The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-11-04
a PrdrlnrnntIOn.
WAsHlEeToN, Oct. 81.
By Jdmss buchanan, President Of the United
Stdtes of America. Il

By Jdn1es btchan0n, fTeStdenI oJ he OHHeo
Stdtss of America. 4
Whereas, Information has reached me
from sources which cannot disregard, that
certain persons, in violation Of the neutrality
laws Of the United States, are making third
attempt to set on foot a military expeditions
within their territory against Nicaragua, a
foreign State with which they are at peace;
in order to raise money for equipping and
maintaining this expedition, persons con-
nected Herewith, as have reason to believe.
have issued and sold bonds and other con.
tracts pledgiHg the public lands OF Nicara-
qua and the transit route through its terrific.
ry, as a security for their redemption and
| fulillment.
The hostile design Of this expedition is
rendered manifest by the fact that these
bonds and contracts can be Of no possible
government of Nicaragua shall be over
thrown by force. Besides the Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF that
Government in the United States, has issu.
ed notice in pursuance Of his instructions
dated the 9th inst, forbidding the'citizens
or subjects Of any nation, except passengers
intending to proceed to Nicaragua over the
transit route from ocean to ocean, to enter
its territory without regular passport, sign.
ed by the proper minister or consul general
Of the republic, resident in the country
whence they shall have departed.
Such persons with this exception will be
stopped and compelled to return by the same
conveyance thet took them to the country.
From these circumstances the inference is
irresistible that persons engaged in this ex
pedition will leave the United States with
hostile purposes against Nicaragua. They
cannot, under the guise which they have as
sumed, that they are peaceful emgrants,
conceal their real intentions and especially
when they know in advance that their land.
ing will be resisted, and can only be accom- q.
plished by an overpowering force. This
expedent was successfully resorted to pre-.
vious to the last expedition, and the vesse
in which those composing it were conveyed
to Nicaragua obtained clearance from the
Collector OF the port of Mobile, although af-
ter careful examination NO arms or munitions
of war were discovered, yet when they arriv-
ed in Nicaragua, they were found to be arm
ed and equipped and Immediately commenc.
ed bostilities.
The leaders Of the former illegal expedi
tions of the same character have openly ex
pressed their intention to renew hostilities
against Nicarogua. One Of them, who has
already been expelled twice from Nicaragua,
has invited, through the public newspapers,
American citizens TO emisrnte to that Re
public. aud has designated Mobile as tho
place of rendezvous and departure, and San
Juan Del Norte as the port to which they
are bound. This person, who has renounc-
cd his allegiance to the United States, and
claims to be President Of Nicaragua, has
given notice to the Collector of the port OF
Mobile thnt two or three hundred of these
emigrants will be prepared to embark from
that port about the middle of November.
For these and other good reasons, aud for
the purpose of swing American citizens who
may have been honestly deluded into the be-
lief that they are about to proceed to Mica
ragua as peaceable emigrants, if any such
there be, from the disastrous consequences
to which they will be exposed, |. Jlmes Blu.
chanan, President Of the United States, have
thought it fit to issue t1is, my proclamlti1n,
upon oil officers of the Govern.
ment, civil and military, in their respective
spheres, to be vigIant, actvc ard faithful in
Suppressing the iIcg'l enterprises and in
carrying out their standing Instructions to
that effect, and exhortry all good citizens
by their respect for the laws und their re.
gard for the peace and welfare of the couu.
try, to old the efforts of the public authori.
ties in the discharge Of their duties.
In testimony whereof, SC.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President,
LEWIS CAss, Sec'y Of State.