Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-11-05

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 a
third attempt to set on foot a military OK
pcditon within their territory against Mic
aragua, foreign State with which they are
a, peace. In order to raise money for
coupling and maintaining this expedition
persons connected thorowith, as | have roa-
son to believe, have issued and sold bonds
aud other contracts pledgng the public
lands of Nicaragua and the transit route
through its territory as security for their
redemption and fulfllment.
The hostile design of this expedition is
made manifest by the facts that these bonds
and contracts can be Of no possible value
to their holders unless the present Govern
mcnt Of Nicaragua shall be overthrown by
force. Besides the Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary Of that Gov
ernment in the United States, has issued a
notice in pursuance of his instructions dated
the 27th instant, forbidding the citizens or
subjects of any nation except passengers in
tending to proceed to Nicaragua over the
transit route from Ocean to Ocean to enter
its torritory without regular passport sign
cd by the proper Minister or Consul of the
Republic resident in the country from
whence they shall have departed Such
persons, with this exception, win be stopped
and compelled to return by the sane con-
vcyanee that took them to the country
From these circumstances the inference is
irresistible that persons engaged in this ex-
pcdition will leave The United States with
hostile purposes against Nicaragua, They
cannot, under the guiso which they have
assumed, that they are peaceful cmigrants,
conceal their real intentions; and especially,
whom they know in advance that their land
ing will be resisted, and can only be accom-
plishcd by an overwhelming force
This expedient was successfully rcsortcd
to previous to the last expedition, and the
vessel in which those composing it were
conveyed to Nicaragua obtained clear
ancc from tho Collector Of the port of Mo-
bile. Although after careful examination
no arms or munitions Of war wcre discover
ed on board, yet when they arrived in Me
aragua they were found to be armed and
equipped, and Immediately commenced
hostilities. The leaders Of the fermer IL
legal expeditions Of the samo character
have openly expressed their intention to re-
new hostiIities against Nicaragua. One of
them, who has already been expelled twice
from Nicaragua, has invited through the
public newspapers American citizens to
emigrate to that Republic, and has design
ated Mobile as the place of rendezvous and
San Juan Del Norte as the point to which
they are bound This person, who has re-
nounced his allegiance to tho United States
and claims to he President of Nicaragua,
has given notice to the Collector of the
port Of Mobile that two or three hundred of
these emigrants will be prepared to en-
bark from that port about tho middle of
November.
For these and other good reasons, and
for the purpose Of saving American citizens
who may have been honestly deluded into
The belief that they are about to proceed to
Nicaragua as peaceful emigrants, if any
such there be from the disastrous consc-
aueuces to which they will be exposed, /,
James Buchanan, President of the United
States, have thought it fit to issue this, my
proclamation, enioining on all officers Of
the government, civil or military, in their
respective spheres, to be vigilcnt, active,
and faithful in supprcssing these illegal en-
terprses, and in carrying out their standing
instructions to that effect, and exhorting all
good citizens by their respect for the laws
aud their regard for the peace and welfare
of the country, to aid the efforts Of the pub
'lic authorities in the discharge of their du-
ties. In testimony Whereof hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of tho U. s.
to bo affixed to these presents. Done at
the city of Washington, this 3oth day Of
October 1858, and of the Independence of
the United States the SD.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
LEWIS CAss, Sec'y of State