Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-11-02
BY James Buchanan, President OF L. s.
4 PROCLAMATION

- AsOSAsh.i.i iOAN'
Whereas information has reached mo from
sources which | cannot disregard. that ce:-
tain persons, in violation OF the neutrality
laws Of the Uuited States, are making u
third attempt to Sc, on foot military e6Pe-
di,on within their territory HgaiEst Nica:e-
qua. foreign State with which thry are at
peace; 10 order to raise money Tor equip
ping and maintaining this expedition, per
sons connected herewith, as | have reason
to believe, have issued and syld bonds and
| other contracts piedsing the public lands OF
Nicaragua aud the transi! route through lis
territory as q security for their redemption
and iuifment.
Tue hostile desigo OF this expedition is rem
dered manifest by the fact thas these bonds
aud contracts can be Of no possible value 20
their holders, unless the present gOSernment
of Nicaragua shall be oyerthr0wn by force.
Besides, toe envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipo;eu;iary OF tina: goSernmont IN the
| United States has issued notice, 10 pursu'
auce of his instructions, dated on the nth
Instant, ior5idding tho citizens or subjects o!
any patton, except passengers lnteodlng t.
proceed through Nicaragua over the Transit
route from ocean 10 ocean, to enter lis tsrrl'
tory without regular passport, signed by
the proper minister Or coDsu!-g neral OF tie
republic resident in the couu::y tom "hence
they snail havo departed. Such persons,
with this exception, will be stopped and
compelled to return by the same conveyance
that took them 10 the cjuotTy." From these
circumstances, the inference is irresistible
that persons engagad n this expedition vii!
leave the UDiied States with hostile purposes
against Nicaragua. They cannot, under the
guise which they have assumed, that they are
peaceful emf grants, conceal their real lnten-
tons, and especially waen they kn0w, 10 ad'
vance, that their laodlpg w!!l be resisted,
and can only be mpIshed bT an OTe7-
towering force. This eGpedient was success
| fully re,o.ted TO previous to The last rxpea!-
ton, and the Yesse! in which those composing
it were conveyed to Nicaragua, obtained
clearance from the collector OF the port q
Mobile. Although, after carctul exarnlna-
ton, no arms or munitions Of war were als
covered on board, yet, when they arrived IN
| Nicaragua, they were found to bc armed
and equipped and Immediately CONNIE ucei
! hostil;les.
The leaders of former illegal expeditions
Of the same character have openly Expressed
their intention to renew hD-tliitles against
Nicaragua. Oae Of them, who has already
been twice expelled from Nicaragua, has in
Sited, through the public newspapers, Amer
! lean cItizens to emigratg 20 thai republic,
and has designated Mobile ~ the place OF
rendezvous and departure, aGd SiG Jaaa Do!
| Nor,e as the port to which they are bound.
| This person, who has renOunced his ale
| glance to the Uaited States ard claims TO 90
| PresiGen. of Near qua, has given notice to
the collector of the port o. Mobile that two
or three huudred If these emigrants will be
prepared to embark ircm that port about the
middle of November.
For these and other god reasons, and for
the purpose Of saving American citizens
wha may have been honestly deludsd into
the belief that they arc about to proceed 70
| Nicaragua as peaceful cmigrants, If any
such there be, from the disastrous conse-
Qucnces to which they vii! be exposed, |,
.mes Buchanan, President of the United
States, have thought it TT 10 issue this my
proclamation enjoining upon ell officers Of
the government, civil aud military. in their
respective spheres, to ie visiaut, active, aud
faithful in SURPRISING these Illegal eater
Drises. and in CARRYING cut Their standing
instructions to thai effect; cghOr.!nG ri goo
citizens, II their respect tJr the laws aud
their regard for the peace and welfare OF the
country, TO aid tie efforts Of the pnb!c au-
thoritcs 10 the discharge Of their duties.
In testimony whereof! | have horcuntJ SCI
ny bard and caused the seal cf the United
States to be affixed to these presents.
Done al the city of Washington, the thir-
l.. =. ,iesh day u! October, ono thousand
cighs hundred sad ti:ty-aight, ard CT
the inderendence Of the Uaited States
the eighty third.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President. LEWIS UAsS, Sso'y. Of State.