Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1836-12-01
SANTA ANA AND TEXAS.

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! General Santa Anna has addressed co,,
munication to the Texan government, 40
ciaring his having complied with the term.
entered into by him, and PROTESTING in ths
iirst place against his having been treated
more as an ordinary criminal than as pris.
oner OF war, the head Of respectable nation.
secondly, against The treatment of Adrian
all, Mexican General, who had entered
me Texan camp witha flag of truce, with
inc consent of the Cabinet, and under the
word OF honor of General Houston. Third
", against The non fui6lment ofthe 9th ar
iicie OF his capitulation, which provides for
Inc exchange Of prisoners, asserting that nj.
though the Texans had been freed not sin.
gle Mexican had been set a, liberty.
tourthly, against the performance OF
me condition which was sine qua non, that
lie should be semitic Vera Cruz " hen the 90.
vernment shall deem proper-they being
sa'ished That the conditions of the treaty had
been fulfilled on hispart, which, as he allie.
yes, had been done SO far as he was concern.
ed; Filthy, against the violence commit
'eu on his person in forcing him 10 return on
shore after he had embarked. and exhibiiing
INN TO the soldiery. And, finally, against
his being kept in narrow prison calculated
TO lnJnre his health, guarded by sen,ineIs.
and suffering all the privations which make
lie insupportable; also for Tie uncertainty
IN which he has been kept in regard to his
own fate and that of his fellow prisoners.
lothe protest, Of which the above is an
abstract, President Burnett, oil Texas, has re-
turned an answer, framed i'm a courteous and
becoming style, IN which he admits tina, cir
cumstances of popular excitement had cons
strained him TO deviaie slightly from the
terms OF The treaty respecting Santa Annals
return TO Vera Cruz-the excitement having
been caused by The cruellies committed by
The troops lately under command of Santa
Anna, upon Colonel Tanning and his party,
oil the Mexican Generals participation in
winch slaughter, he expresses himself un-
wiling even to conjecture. He says that
the embarkatiun of Santa Anna on board of
the Invincible, had been the result of the
governments determination to COMPLY
strictly with the terms agreed upon. and that
mis- subsequent debarcation was owing 10 no
puiar excitement, which rendered il indis-
pensable TO postpone his departure TO the
hrst item in The protest the President states
that the accommodation of Santa Anna had
been the best within The power of the au-
thoritles, as he had exposed his own sick
family to prvatiOns, in order 10 make him
comfortable, and that the want of the com.
iorts oil lie was owing 10 the visit ofthe Mex
ican army. In reference to the treatment of
General Wall, he alleges that every thing
had been done 10 afford him safe return.
but that the order to that effect having been
conlravened a. a distance from the seat of
government, the reasons for it were not
known, but were alleged 10 originate in in,
discs elton on the part OF General w all, " hose
conduct during his sojourn had not been
prudent.
Touching the non fulfilment Of the 9th ar.
'ic'e respecting prisoners, the President de-
ciares that he has no official know ledge Of a
single Texan prisoner liberated under the
treaty, although some of the survivors OF
Trainings con. mand had managed 10 escape
whereas The Texan government had released
several Mexican captives and paid their ey-
pensesto n. o. where they wished TO 90. OF
the admission on the part Of The Texan cabi.
net that Santa Anna had performed his part
oi the conditions, the President says tha, so
far from having done so, cattle had been dri-
ven oil by the relreating army, and brass
pieces OF artillery, found al the Alamo, had
been melted down and destroyed, both o.
which acts were in contraveniion of the ,rea.
~. w iih regard 10 the exposure of Santa
Annals person in his deharcation, the Presi.
dent disclaims any intention To make show
OF him, however natural il might have been
for the people TO desire TO see an individual
SO connected with the late occurrences, and
that he was aware OF no act of violence com
united on his person, which, as that of pri-
soDer OF war, was held sacred. He concludes
his answer, by alleging that The apartment
OF which the general complains as narrow
prison is larger and more commodious than
that which constitutes both his Office and the
residence OF his family, and reminds Santa
Anna that The best accommodations which
the aew government had enjoyed, had been
broken up about two months previously by
the army under the immediate command Of
his excellency, al the burning of the town Of
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