Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-11-29
PRESIDENT GURNET'S ANSWER.
/ rCUTIvE DEPARTMENT.,
EelaSco, 10th June, 1886.

To his ErceEcacy the freS'deM,
Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
EXCELLENT SIR: Your communication
Of The 9th ins ant, purporting 10 be pro-
test to be published TO the civilized world,
has been pr s"nted to me.
The government of Texas chccrfully re-
cognize to your eXccll@ncy, the right TO
make known the world every grievance
and injustice tina. you may have experen-
ced nj their hands. admit that this GO
varnment has been constrained, by the in
fllence of highly excited popular inftIgna
fion, to deviatr for a season, from he terms
Of that article of the treaty, made between
this government and your exccency,
which relates to vcur transportation %
Vera Cruz. And in making this admission,
profess a profound mor;ifica ion, for II
does not belong 10 the spirit Of this govern
ment 10 make even slight deviation from
is solemn engagements. But the causes
that have produced The cons raiat under
which the government have ac;ed, are not
unknown 10 you, and | should regret to be-
leve that you were incapabl, OF giving to
them a just appreciation. The crlzens
and the citizen soldiers of Texas, have icl
and do feel, deep, intense, and righteous
indignation at the many al rocltcs which
have been perpairated by the troops lately
under YOUR exceIlcncy's command and
especially at tn barbarous massacre of the
brave Colonel Fannin AMI his gallant COM
panons. How far your exceitcncy paru-
cipated in that abominaion and inglorlous
slaughter, am not disposed to conjecture;
but il is both natural and true that the peo-
pie Of Texas impute il to yoar excelIcncy's
special command.
When the government Of Texas soenl-
nized the treaty ofthe l4th ultlmo with your
excellency. they did it in good faith, and
they intended rehgously to observe every
stipulation Of that treaty. Your embarka-
ton on board the armed schooner luvincibe
was an effect of that intention; but your ex-
cellency has had too much experience IN
fie waywardness of popular eXcltements,
no. to feel the neccssity which prompted
Your subsequent d;barkation and the post
ponement of your sipulaicd departure.
Isl. Your excellcncy ''protes.s, firstly,
for having been treated more like an ordln.
.arv criminal than as prisoner Of war, the
head of respectable nation, even after the
agreements had been commenced"
do no precisely comprehend the char
actcr ofthe treatment objected to, and would
have been pleased to have had the spcclti
cations. your excellency aliudes to the
Accommodations which have been assigned
10 you, would reply that have cheerIuIiy
subjected my own sick family 20 many hard
SHIPS, in order TO render yoar eXceI!ency
the best accommoda' ions in our power
That we are at present destitute OF the Or
dinarv comforts of life, is mainly attrIbuta
bic to your exccllency's visit to our new
country, and on tuIs account We feel less
regret that you should partahe Of our priva-
tloHs.
2od. Your second pro es;, relating to the
treatment experienced by the Mexican Cen
eral Adrian Wall. involves some facts
which do snccrely " depore. but tor Which
tl,s rov ramen:'is 10. strictly responsible.
Your excei,cncr is scIS:bic ihat we have
done all in our power TO guarantee tae saie
return of General Waii TO the Mexican
camp. But Our orders have been contra.
vened bv the commander OF the Texan ar
nv, a, a remote distance from the seat OF
government. The reasons that have ac-
mated that officer, have not been fully de-
tailed to us-but we are informed that they
are prcdicated on some alleged imprudc'--
cies of General Wall, whose good dIScre-
ton, we know, has not been very coaSplcu-
ously manifested during his stay amongst
u.
81. t. .hirI article of your protest is
aao,:rst he poH-fuliImcnt of the exchange
Of prisoners st;rrla-e" in the ninth article
;,osn,uc, IS 70 .ho r.c~ont inc. nat orc