Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1836-11-26
Ant. LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
To Excl. President =, &. EuaNgrr.
PRESIDENT BrRNETT's ANSWER.

To his Ercciteacp The President.
Genar0l i, .ono Lops; de Santa ,luna:
ExcEL.LNr SiR;-l our communication of tne
| 9tn INST. p,troflug to be protest 70 he publish
ed to civilized world, has been presented to me.
Tbs government OF lcNas cheerluly lecog-
| Gikc5 IL youg eNcelenCy, the ,l,h TO make know
| to toe VOID every grey ,acr .mi ild,uce that YOU
| may have eXi e,raced at their bands, | admit
that his government has been constrained, by The
Influence Of a highly excited popular Indignation
to deylate for season from the terms Of that ar
tice Of the nealy made between this government
and your eNeecncY, which relate, to your trans
potauon TO Vera tuz. And III making thi, ad-
mission, ptole,s profound modification, for ii
! does not belong t. this government To MAKE even
| Il slight deviation from ITS solemn engaGeu enis.
! But the causes that nave produced he con>tialn
| under when the Government haS acted, an, not
unknown To you, and should regtct To believe
that yen were incapable OF giving to them a lust
appreciation. The citizens and clljzrn soldiers,
soldiers d Texas, have icit and do EEL, Gcei
| mteaSe and righteous uCiluati0n At toe mann
| ATROCITIES winch have been relpelratcd ~ tit
hoops ldciy Under ycnr eNCeilcGcy'o CoIDiGaud.
and especially at the tarbaious na>sacl, OF tht
braye { ol. 1 an:iln and his gallant COM anlols,
Ito" lar your cXceency participated in thai a
uomnaoIe and NOTORIOUS laugIle, / am not dis
posed to conjecture lut II Is both natural ana
tue ihal ,he people OF Texas nnputo ii TO your
rXcelltney'N special command.
" hrn ihn pt,uArlntDnt &C IoHar oelo,nnaed tho
treaty OF The 18th ult. with your excellcncy, the,
did Il IN good faith and thcy intended relcioiiAh
to obseryc every stipulation Of that treaty. iom
embarkaton on boad The AIMED schooner Irwin
tibr, an effect OF that attention; but your ox-
ecrencp la, bad too much experience in the
way"adne3s oIpopuar eNcItement>, not to feel
The necessity Wh.ch prunp,ed your subsequent
dc.@tha'l1n aud the post .one.nent Of your stipa-
lated departure.
Isl. Your exceiency "protcsts, firstly, for ha-
wing been heated more Ak, ar ordinary criminal
than as a prisoner OF nal tie head o IA respcct-
abIe ndton, even alter the a.etmenS had been
com,neEC, d.
do not precisely comprehend 'ae chatacttr Of
the treatment objected t., and would have teen
pleased to have mad The Specification ii ,om
eyceliency aiiudes to the accommodations which
have been assigned to you. would tcp,y that |
oaye cheefuIly subjected my own sci! family
TO many haidships, N order to render your excel
icncy the best accommodations in o,r puwer-
ihat We are At present destitute Of TIT ordinary
comIoyts OF ll,e Is manly attributed to your excel
ency' Welt TO on new country county, and On
this account we Ite less regret that you should
parake Of our provisions.
I'd Your second protest, relating to the treat
ment experienced by the Mexican General Adm
ali v ali, Involves soue facts which do s,Lctti-
" deplore, bat for which this government is not
stflcuyrespOnelble.
Your eXcellehey is sensible that We have done
all IN power to guarantee the sale return Of
Gen Wall to the Mexican camp. But our orders
have been conba,eaed hy lhe commander of tie
Texan army, al a remote distance from the seat
OF Entertainment The reasons that have actua-
ted thai officer have not been full, detail.d to Us;
But We are informed they are pedlcated on some
alleged npudences oil General Wall, whose good
discretion we know, has not been very conspl-
cuousy manifested during his stay among US
Sd lbe article Of your protest is against the
non-uthent Of The exchange d pll,oucIs ,iipuia-
ted N Inc 9ih article, asuuch ds, al the present
time, notone Mexican prisoner OF war mas been
set at liberty, Notwithstanding tie liberty gwen to
oil the TEXANS IN POSSESSION OF the army under
my comnaud."
Your eScrIiency seems to have more minute
intelligence on this subject, than bias come to NY
knowledge; tpi have no oihciaI information Of a
,lnse Aian prisoner having been gwen up un-
der the tgaty. Some OF Tie intended victims,
the companions OF the muIdIed ianuin, have
happily Effected their escape and safely arrived a.
mo:i- uS; y4t ,ht'e cannot lie considered us hbe-
rated III tlt sel-e 81 tie treaty, whereas, Als 90
, yetnment Ais lratnHoaaly l.schargeO styti,I Me-
Acan caPNcs, and dehaycd then expenses to
: .'ew Orleans, tie destination which they soci-
ted,
4th. Thefourth clause Of your excellency's pro-
est has teM atecedently answered IN part
Your eXceint cy's recollection mas betrayed you
into an eIiol, when you say "ihe President hni-
-eIi. and TIC abinet OF Texas beng convinced
that lad olnctuaiy fulfilled all my engage
iEents,' &c. &c.
inns Government was convinced that your ex.
ceilency had Complied with some Of your stipula-
u'1s, aad tnt, cOnyetion aGgrayaies HE morunca-
uoa which the late events have inflicted upol
: iLeh bul they we've BOT lriorned tt.at sal iht
property had besn gIvSn up,' On that any Of thC