Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-20
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five NAV be allowed the Yankee privilege Of
guessing" we will give 4 plan ol Santa Annals
operations for The next six months; and unless he
is backed by England or some other power in the
present movement. the result will prove tia: We
are no. yer: far out oil the way in our calculations
On paper At least the invasion will 90 on swim
mingly. DEGREES and approximations drawn up in
the most grandiloGuent style. will follow fast up
on each. Men will concentrate at the appointed
place. ana the clangor Of Mexican rumpeis will
be heard on mountain and in valley, arousing the
people 10 a war al invasion, determination and
inter annihilaior. Money will he raised "hy
hook or by crook" 10 pay the expenses Of the
grand arny--eyery department will lie called up
on for liz subsidies. Detachment after del1ch-
ment will fill the roads Tcxasward. and flaming
bulletins Will anEonncc the different movements Of
the invading forces But how will ii end? An
Army of twelve, fifteen, or perhaps twenty thoa-
sand men may possibly reach and cross the Rio
Grandc--it may even bcleagucr and take san
Antonio, ana depoy upon The Coorado-lt fur
Their than this i, Cannot advance Badly differed
ami disappointed the 81 000, 900 will not be
all expended for arms and supplies-it will be
harras>cd and cut up, and finally be compelled 10
rc.rea, OIL; OF the country. Such. we opine, will
i've the end of the great invasion. should ii really
be undertaken. unless Is We have stated before,
some foreign influence may &c at the bottom of
all.
During this time, Santa Ana will remain at
home quietly awaiting the progress of events he
has shrewdneSs enough 10 foresce All The while
he will be for,ilving and Strengthening himself
with portion OF the very men and means intend
cd for The rcconquest Of Texas; and when the
whole affair finally fails. he has craft enough
10 throw the responsibility from his own shoulders
and really make capital for himself out OF 4
positive national calamity. He will have hui
inored the people be governs in their cry for war;
and, strange as il may seem, profit by their dis
comtiiure.
These are all specua,ions, of course. and it
NAV be that we are wrong; yet we will stake our
regulations as true prophets that no invasion Of
! Texas, by land alone, will ever succeed. unless
other than Mexican soldiers, and Mexican CAPT
tal are called into reQusision. il Santa Anna
really cnicrans hopes Of reconQucring Texas,
he has sent those steamers 10 New York 10 he
repaired and got IN readiness for an attack upon
Galveston by sea. In case OF combined inva-
sion OF this nature end if the thing is really en-
tered into BIZ the Dictator with determination 10
succeed if possible, then will he BE- there in per-
son 10 rthc immense harvest ofrcnoWn which
must inevitably await a ,riumphan; result. He
knows full well that the conQueror Of Texas
would prove the ruler Of Mexico, and with the
possibility O. such an event he would moi leo-
pard his place by trusting the command OF a
powerful invasion in other hands than his own
But Texas is not 10 be conquered by Mexico
the game is mol in the cards that Santa Anna
holds let him shuttle and deal as he may. The
brave and hardy fronier-men OF Texas are not 10
be forced from the soil they possess. They may
suffer temporary defea!-,hey may he driven
from point 10 poin, hy overpowering numbers-
tn, ultimately they will rally, and second San
Jacinto will definitely settle all the claims that
Mexico may have on the country east OF The Rio
Cirande.