Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-02
PROCLAMATION
By James Buchanan, President Of The United
States Of America

By James Buchanan, President Of The United
States Of America.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
Whereas, Information has reached ME from
sources which cannot disregard that certain per-
in violation OF the neutrality laws ofthe United
States, are making third attempt TO set on foot
military expedition 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 connected
Herewith as have reason to believe, have issued
and sold bonds and other contracts, pledging the
public lands of Nicaragua and the transit route
through its territory, security for their redemp
tion and fufllmeut.
The hostile design Of this expedition is rendered
manifest by the fact that these bonds and contracts
be of no possible value to their holders unless
the present government Of Nicaragua shall be over
thrown byfJrce. Besides the Envoy EXtraordina-
ry and Minister Plenipotentiary of that Govern
ment in the United States, has issued notice in
pursuance of his instructions dated the 9th inst
fOrbddng the citizens or subjects of any nation to
proceed to Nicaragua over the transit route from
ocean to ocean, to enter its territory with lut reg
uar passport, signed by the proper Minister or
Consul general Of the repubic, resident in the
country from which they shall have departed.
Such persons with this exception will be stopped
and compelled TO return by the same conveyance
that took them to the country. From these cir
cumstaBces the inference is irresistible that persons
engaged in this expedition viii leave the United
States with hostile purposes against Nicaragua
They cannot, under the guise which they have as
sumed that they are peaceful emigrants, conceal
their real intentions, and especially when they know
in advance that their landing will be resisted, and
can only be accomplished by an Overpowering force.
This eXpedieut was successfully resorted to pTevi-
GUS to the last expedition, and the vessel in which
those composing it were conveyed to Nicaragua
obtained q clearance from the Collector OF the port
of Mobile, although after careful examination no
arrr,- or mn of HsEFOWnrg0
when they arrived in Nicaragua they were found to
be armed and equipped, and Immediately COM
menced hostilities
The leaders of the former illegal expeditions of
the same character have openly expressed their in
teutiOn to renew hOstlllteS against Nicaragua. One
of them who has already been expelled twice from
Nicaragua has invited, through the public newspa-
pers, American citizens to emigrate to that Re
public, and has designated Mobile as the place of
rendezvous and departure, and San Juan del Norte
as the port to which they are bound This person,
who had renounced his allegiance to the United
States and claims TO be President of Nicaragua,
has given notice to the Collector Of the pOt Of Nc
bile that two three hundred of these Gmigrants
will be prepared to embark from that port about
the middle OF November
For these aud other good reasons, aud for the
purpose Of saving American citizens who may have
been honestly deuded into the belief that they are
about to proceed 10 Nicaragua as peaceabe eInl-
grants il any such there be from the disastrous
consequences to which they will be exposed l,
James Buchanan, President OF the United States
have thought it fit to issue this, my proclamation,
enoining upon all officers OF the Government, civil
and military, in their respeetives spheres, TO be
viglant active and faithful in suppressing the IL
legal enterprises and in carrying out their standing
instructions to that effect and exboriing all good
citizens by their respect for the laws and their re-
gard .or the peace and welfare Of the country, TO
aid the efforts of the public authorities in the dis
charge OF their duties
In testimony whereof, &c.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President,
LEWIS CAss, Sec'y. Of State.
YELLOW FEVER.
NEw ORLEANS, Oct. 81.
The Howard Association close their labors this
day, the fever being no longer epidemic.
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