The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-31 00:00:00

Republic, to the Nation and its Allies.

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It having come to my knowledge that some chiefs
and officers of the invading army of the United
States, which have operated against Vera Cruz,
said that General Scott had previously advised me
that the families could leave, to avoid the evils attend-
ant upon a bombardment, and that consequently
those which have happened are chargeable upon me;
in order that neither now nor at any future time any
accusation of injustice may stigmatise the defence of
Vera Cruz, I declare that it is false that any such
advice was given ; that the only communication I
have derived from General Scott tended to summon
me in general terms to surrender; that even the
neutrals were prevented from leaving the place ; that
if the Mexican families could have left, the enemy
would not have occupied the place without first
burying its defenders in the ruins.
JUAN MORALES.
JALAPA, APRIL 24, 1847.

General Scott is said to have dispatched a messen-
ger to Mexico or to the point occupied by the Legis-
lative Junta. This is the old song, and the olive
branch.
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VERA CRUZ, Aram 29, 1847.

An express is in this morning (April 29, 1847)
bringing intelligence of the continued advance of Ge-
neral Worth and some disconnected rumours from the
city of Mexico. The citizens are throwing up wslls
of sand, I fancy, around the place, and expect the sol-
diers to defend them. How far their expectations
will be realised, we may judge by the past.
The public voice is openly heard in opposition to
the late Mexican demagogue, Santa Anna. " Coward,"
" Down with the traitor, are the cries that are now
heard in the capital.
I am very happy to learn by this express that
General Shields is not dead ; he is improving. The
steam ship is expected to move every moment.
Before Santa Anna left the capital Senor Anaya
was elected Deputy President, and immediately
issued the following proclamation :
Citizen -Pedro Maria Anaya, President Substitute of
the Republic, to his Fellow-citizens.
Mexicans—At a moment in which the loss of
Ulna and of Vera Cruz, in which the danger of the
capital itself obliges the worthy President of the re-
public to vacate the Government and take command
of the army, the vote of the representatives of the
people has committed to me the Executive power of
the Union.
Ever devoid of ambition, and deeply penetrated
with the terrible difficulty of existing circumstances,
the imperious force of duty alone could impel me to
accept the responsibility. But, a citizen and a sol-
dier, I owe to my country the sacrifice of repose, of
life, and even of my reputation. The voice of pa-
triotism cries to me that it is necessary to save our
country or to perish.
The war which devastates Mexico is for us the
most sacred of causes. The world contemplates with
disgust our neighbours of the North converted into
conquerors, to gain possession of a territory which
the faith of treaties, which rights the most worthy of
respect assure to us. Never was there a defence more
legitimate, never a war more necessary. In it every
thing is at stake—our honour, as well as our national
existence, the present and the future.
The territory we have lost, the cities which have
been bombarded, the blood which has so profusely
flowed in this war—all constrain us to prosecute it,
undismayed by reverses. It is necessary to prove
that our name ranks with justice among those of the
people of the universe. Let us accept the trial to
which Providence subjects us—that from great crises
nations are regenerated.

This people cannot think of peace, because it
involves its consent to the dismemberment of our
country ; it cannot think of the disgrace of our
name, because the unworthy thought would proclaim
that Mexico, incapable of showing her valour, and
enduring sacrifices, is at the disposal of every people
who can bombard her cities and march an army upon
her territory. After such disgrace, our independence
would be a derision, our nationality a transitory act.
War then is the cry of the people ; war is the policy
of the Government.
To wage it successfully but one element is neces-
sary—Union. Too long has our strength been wasted
in senseless conflicts; it is necessary to unite the
whole against the fbreigner. In the name of the
country I conjure all Mexicans that they rally around
the sacred standard of Independence and the Repub-
lic ; that they cease from these pernicious divisions
which facilitate the projects of the invader, which
excite smiles of criminal joy in those who count
upon erecting a foreign throne upon the ruins of our
conquered and humiliated country.
Mexicans—l have not accepted power for the
triumph of any party. The Government thinks only
upon the common salvation. In its eyes all generous
opinions are worthy of respect ; all republicans are
I good sons of the- country. Throughout my life,