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 786 APPENDIX. PROCLAMATION S. Nos. 33, 34, 35. 6d that ih¤ GOV- that, whatever may be the condition to which they may be reduced, they must %'“?;£'g;·‘?h° not expect the interference of this government, in any orm on their behalf; but WE D0,,:,;:,-cm will be left, reproached by every virtuous fellow-citizen, to be dealt with accordin their Mmm ing to the policy and justice of that government whose domimons they have, in detiance of the known wishes of their own government, and without the shadow of justification or excuse, nefariously invaded. Given under my hand at the city of Washington, the twenty—iirst day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [L. s.] thirty-eight, and the sixty-thirdof the independence of the United States. M. VAN BUREN. BY run Pnnsrnmxr: JOHN FORSYTH, Secretary of Slate. N0. 34. Obrweming an Extra Session of Congress. March 17, 1841. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Con ess to WHEREAS sund important and we' ht matters, rinci y growin out of <=<>¤V¢1£¢>¤ MGH- the condition of th? reaznue and iinanlgesybf the couiitry, alplplear to mi to call gf? “‘° 8;** °f for the consideration of Congress at an earlier day than its next annual session, ay' 184 and thus form an extraordinary occasion, such as renders necessary, in. my jud - ment, the convention of the two Houses as soon as may be practicable, I rh) therefore, by this my proclamation, convene the two Houses of Congress to meet in the Capitol at the city of Washington, on the last Monday, being the thirty- first day of May next. And I require the respective senators and representatives then and there to assemble, in order to receive such information respecting the state of the Union, as may be given to them, and to devise and adopt such measures as the good of the country may seem to them, in the exercise of their wisdom and discretion, to re uire. In testimony whereof? I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the city LL. s.] of Washintgjon, the seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one ousand eight hundred and forty-one, and of the independence of the United States the sixty-iihh. W. H. HARRISON. Bx THE Pnnsmnurz DANIEDWEBSTER., Secretary of State. No. 35. .E1y'mZuing Neutrality as to Oanada. Sept. 25, 1841. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PRO CLAMATION. .P*’°’*mbl° ’°Qll·· Wnnxnas it has come to the knowled e of the overnment of the United gf,§1:h,?:v2°%;'Q;` States that sundry secret lodges, clubs, <§· associatihns exist on the northern formed fo,. the frontier.; that the members of these lodges are bound together by secret oaths; purpose of mak- that they have collected 5re·a.rms,'and other military materials, and secreted
 * 51 ;·)V;<·>;*;t;¤· them in sundry places, and that it is their purpose to violate the laws of their

Gum gm. country, by malnng military and lawless mcursions, when opportunity shall offer, ’ into the territories of a power with which the United States are at peace, and whereas it is known that travelling agitators, from both sides of the line, visit these lodges, and harangue the members in secret meetin, stimulating them to illegal acts; and whereas the same persons are known to levy contributions, on the ignorant and credulous, for their own benefit, thus supporting and enriching