In view of the fact that he held back the issuance of his proclamation forbidding a breach of the Neutrality Act for _five full days after_ the Raid had been made, there was manifestly some understanding between President Johnson and the Fenian leaders, as the American authorities were perfectly cognizant of what was intended long before Gen.

O'Neil crossed the boundary, and might have been prevented from doing so, had the United States officials at Buffalo exercised such due vigilance as Gen.

Meade did in the Campo Bello affair..