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

Juan Morales, General of Brigade of the Mexicali

Republic, to the Nation and its Allies.
It haviog come to my knowledge that some cbie(ted
and officers of the invading army of the United
States, which have operated against Vera Cruz'
said that General Scott had previously advised ne
.
that the families could leave, to avoid the evils Otto?
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 tuff
f
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 -•-
nave derived from General Scott tended to summer
,
we in general terms to surrender; that even the
neutrals were prevented from leaving the place ; tb
if the Mexican families could have left, the earl
would not have occupied the place without firs
burying its defenders in the ruins.
JUAN MORALES.
JALAPA, APRIL 24, 1847-
General Scott is said to have dispatched a messes'
ger to Mexico or to the point occupied by the Legit"
lative Junta. This is thw old song, and the oliVe
branch.

VERA Cauz, APRIL 29, 1847.
An express is in this mcrning (April 29, 1847)
bringing intelligence of the continued advance of Ge•
oeral Worth and some disconnected rumours from th..
city of MexicO. The citizens are throwing up w 51,16
sand, I fancy, around the place,
di ,Trsh
et to
udhelxtfiheicettailhd,n:id(t.teehrleanmiiastgo.
demagogue,
eano,riwye
will he realised, we may :u4ge by the past. e-
lawtenAwlei
thfhaerearafetinrhdieei
se'rxtlP et:
are
oct*
watt ah'etnis°oo1ccp :t1;
Santathe
Anna.in °PPeerisi
heard
am very hp
rdin the c.l p i:pal .y
to learn by this x
General Shields is not d-ad ;he is impreoviPnrges.s tht
The
~,t.aensa
l)serh,etitpesdiasnetpxa epcutteyd Anna top leftrme so
ivtdeheene
p President, and
every
yital moment. Senor
. Ansfa
umnediatelY
issued the following proclamation :
Citizen Pedr, Maria Anaya, President Substitute of
the Republic, to his Fellow citizen&
M xic;.ns—At a moment in which the loss of
Ulna and of Vera Cruz, in which the dangq. of the
!apital itself obliges the worthy Pres Ant of the re-
public to vacate the Government an.l take command
tf the army, the vote of the representatives of the
:)eopie has committed to me the Exttutive power of
The Uni n.
Ever devoid of ambition, and deeply penetrated
.vith the terrible difficulty of existing circumstances,
the imperious force or duty alone could impel me to
,ccept the re-ponsibility. But, a citizen and a sol-
dier, I owe to my country the sacrifice of repose, of
rife, and even of my reputation. The voice of pa-
triothm 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
lisvust our neighbours of the North converted into
conquerors, to gain pos,.ession of a territory
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 ever",
thing is at sake--our honour, as well as our national
existence, th“ present and the future.
The territory we have lost, the cities which have
been bom profusely
bombarded. the blood which has so which
flowed in this war—all constrain us to prosecute it,
undismayed by reverses. It is necessary to pm."
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
,ioun*ry ; it cannot think of the disgrace of our
rime, because the un worthy thought would proclaim
that Mexico, incapable of showing her valour, and
enduring sacrifices, is at the disposal of every people
ho 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 c(nflicts; it is necessary to uni o the,
whole against the ti,reigner. In the name of the,
country I conjure all Mexicans that they rally around
the sacred standard of liielependence and the Repub, •
lie ; that they cease from these pernicious dirisiao s
which facilitate the projects of the invader, whit ;12
excite smiles of criminal joy in those who coo nt
upon erecting a foreign throne upon the ruins_of
J
ur
conquered and humiliated country. •
have not accentcd power forathe
triumph of any party. The G ,vernment thinksof
upon toe common salvation. In its eyes all genera IS
opinions are worthy of respect; all republicans r
good sons of the country. Throughout my

---

P. Ruiz 3 airanda, Cap Lin of Mexican Nasit
command ing artillery.
Viceate Arguellea, captain artillery.
Jose Ma Mate, captain.
Jose Ma Gallegos, commanding Grenadiers.
Mariano Camocho, Ist Lieut. Artillery.
Bartohme Amable, 2d L..ieut. Artillery.
Jose R. Cobarubiar, 2,1 Lieut. Artillery.
Jose (le Lastor Bras y Soller, Lt.-Col. Battalional
la Lihertad.
Jose Nui•ez, Capt. 6Th Regt. Infantry.
Jose Ma Mareno, Captain 6..:h Regt. Infantxy-
Gregorio del Callejo, Ca pt. 6,h Infantry.
Rafael de Berrabidas, 24 Lieut. 6th Regt . Infantrl-
Salveio Velez. aid-de-Comp to Gen. La Vega-
Francisco Fernandez, Ist Lieut. Mexican Navy'.
The above prisoners, under the charge of CaPfalo
George W. Hughes, Corps of Tooographical
gineers, arrived at Vera Cruz on the 21st instant,
shout one hour previous to the departure of tbe
McKim.
It has been left to their election by General Sct;
whether they should remain close prisoners in ‘!„,
castle of San Juan de Ulna or proceed to New `—si
leans, where they should be allowed such personal
liberty as their c,,ndition and conduct might seele_.
require of the commandant of that post. It is or
derstoA that all of the 'Oleg •,ing captured oacerairT;
expressed a desire to le, transferred to the thitteu_
States, and that Colonel Wilson, Governor of
Cruz, hid acceded to their wishes, Veil'
and had directed
that a vessel should be held in readiness to sail, for
their accommodation, about the 25th of April.
The Mexican loss at Buena Vista, officiaity re
ported, was 1,138 killed, 1,500 wounded.
JALAPA, APRIL 23, 8 vliiitth.
An express has just arrived from General or
He entered Perote yesterday morning about elevaos
o'clock, and found a Mexlcan Colonel, vill" °be
all too
charged with the surrender of the place and
arms and munitions of war generally. None cheat
lare.e
guns were spiked, and were found in exc
order. Ampudia, with about three thousand
.ab
organised Lancers, moved out just far enntr-a,
avoid a conflict, and then proceeded on. f, and
Santa Anna had not passed through Pero that
must now be in the mountains on this side of :ed
place. We understand that information was l'eca o elvat•
yesterday that General Worth had thrown v`, "
post towards Puebla and would march iintneais
in that direction himself. bat
It is now certain that Santa Anna is at Oriqs• ith
little fort at the foot of the mountain of that nay le, IV
about one thousand troops. flag,
He NS •as seen at that place on Sunday mornini ,there
and was heard to express his desire of remaining ,ber
till he could muster a sufficient force to make all ‘o'" of
stand. He will not dare to return to the
Cu
Mexico is the universal opinion, until some
should crown his efforts to redeem his thousenie_Ptor
mites to the deluded people and the clergy, the
bei
Itn now his only backersat
gis said that those who snow cling to his dr ...,I°Otbsc
standard are brought from Oajaca 9 °I" sal
not more than two or three hundred of them Ix ,
arms, those, too, being in a very bad condition-.We learn that he pretends he can yet repulse
invaders of the soil, if he can rouse the Re acher;
and form them into Guerilla parties to annoy sul
ysa
bodies of our citizens and soldiers, whom t'ney
have the temerity to attack. "it' °C
The following is from the Mexican Chromc de
the 284., by a person just arrived from Orizaba.
knows that General Santa Anna had arrived 007.
with about 200 Dragoons, and immediately cc 02,1
menced recruiting, having now under his coma!:
about six thousand men, including the fugitivas
fl bm
Cerro Gordo. ,Lapp
He also assures us that a correspondence has :
seized by the authorities of Mexico, addressed bye
great personage to Senor Rejun, offering ace tol"
um if he would bring about an early peace, "ea
place all the requisite means at his disposal. Thai
In Puebla General Inclin is commanding.
are fortifying the town for resistance.
re in
The navy are happy, and arrangements a •
course of ,vmpletion fur the expe ditio
ft powto the souttt
er the po
%era, and a start will soon be made a
along the southern coasts are secured.
A Brand expedition is to be fitted out for the Pa"
.
cific, n..,t by way of Cape Horn, but by internal nays
vation. It has 'a
real existence, and the movement I.
,eriously contemplated--of its object, lam also igon
rant.
It is to be composed entirely of sailors and ma'
rives, two thousand in all. Is it not Quixotic ? all
pretty confident that it will be abandoned when
the difficulties come to be weighed, although it Mai
at this mArnent be resolved upon.
The correspondent of the limes says :
I send you the first two numbers of a paper issuel
in this city, the Mexican ( hronicle, from which
',lre the liberty to clip the following mnrceau
General
Morales _measures the veracity of the
American officers by the Mexican standard, hence ills
mistake ; I can hardly consider him capable of al
.:rent
rect falsehood, but this document
would
seem to jus
such a charge.