[14] *Circular to the governors of Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri Territories.

Sir: In the absence of the Secretary of State from the seat of Government, I am charged to transmit to your excellency, as I have the honor of doing, the inclosed copy of a proclamation of the President, referring to certain unlawful preparations which are said to be on foot within the United States, particularly in the State of Louisiana, toward an enterprise against the Spanish dominions, warning the citizens of the United States and other inhabitants thereof against participation in them, and calling upon all faithful citizens and the several authorities of the country for their aid in the suppression of these preparations and designs.

DANIEL BRENT.