Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-20
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Hon. T. p. Moore, and others, Committee
(From tic Nrl- orleans Piraganr, A"g"st >
THE INVASION OF TEXAS.

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THE INVASION OF TEXAS.
Al no period since Santa Anna wresed The
Government Of Mexico ifo:.l The HANDS 81 Bus,a-
meflc, in ISL. has he been placed in - difficult
position is a present We will not do the Die
aor The injustice 10 suppose tina, he he's the most
remote expectation Of ultimately recongGcrine
I'eyas-he is man OF too much experience and
foresight TO indulge in am such wild and vision
alv hope-5ut the force of circumstances has
driven him into the alternative of making hos
Tile demonstration against tho new Republic. and
he would iain make his subjects believe that he
has entered heart and soul into the scheme
II has been The misfortune of Santa Anna, from
the earliest period o; his chequcrcd career 10 have
ambitious rivals opposed to him-not one Of them
possessing his craft or his real talent yet still men
with sagaciiy enough 10 throw stumbling-blocks
in his path and whose envy at his success has
never sumbcrcd Could We silt the thing 10 the
bottom il worl be iound that these officers have
keT, alive a feeling Of hostility against Texas in
the minds of the people. and finally with the and
which the agitation OF the annexation question
in this country has given them, they have sue
ceeded in flaming tritlinG breeze into storm Of
popular clamor. II must not be supposed thai
these men are al heart in favor Of the measure
not they: for we 10 not believe that many OF them
could be hired. coaxcd or driven across the Rio
Grande but they have succeeded in forcing
Santa Anna himsclfto come ont in favor Of the
scheme OF reconqucrng the 'revolled province" Z:
they term il, and they fondly hope tina! something
NAV grow out of il which will lessen his tremen.
dous power and influence and increase their own
We ara much mistaken if, in the end, ii does no
extend The popularity and strength ofthc Dictator
7. home. terminate as the invasion may; Tor, al
though We do not believe that he is a man of stl
Client dcp.h oil Judgmen, and Of that far-sccina
mind which pene:ratcs The future and guards
against exigcncies irai NAV arise, yet he has the
tact and cunning 10 "rapple with present Difficult
ties, and turn The best wrought schemes Of his
enemies 10 his own advantage.
The lesson taught Santa Anna on the fatal
field Of San Jacinto has never been forgotten
and from that date up Ia the present, we have
little doubt he would have been willing, ii any
time, 10 renquish all claim to Texas Tor mere
song provided he could have convinced the
naughty Mexicans that the escutcheon OF The ma
lion received no tarDsh. But here has been The
difficulty. To have recommended recognition
Of The independence Of ''reyolied province
would have been hooed al BY Il people aeepci in
false pride, and who are made clamorouS by The
opposition of even those who in their hearts be-
lcvc that such would be- the best policy On this
point those nimical 10 the Dictator have had Inc
advantage and they have not Eesitatcd Ia use it.
Finding that the popular voice OF The country
was decidedly in favor Of the movement and thai
il would be impossible 10 stem the current setting
against his own better judgment, Santa Anna
hmSelffnally comes ont. and with seeming good
will declares that he intends TO prosecute the wal
against Texas with yi-or. He calls for 10000
mcn and Si000,On0, and these after some lille
opposition in the Mexican Congress are granted
Now what is 10 bc done with this money and
these men?
!; has been asserted that the army Of invasion
is 10 concentrate al San Luis Po!oSi, a place
some three hundred miles north ofthc civ OF Mex
leo and on The direc; road 10 Texas, and that is L
BE- comman,edby Gen. CanaliSo Ofihe abilities
OF this officer we know but little; We only know
that he Will never reconquer Texas. Il NAV he
asked why Santa Anna Goes not give The com.
mand 10 Urea, Paroles, Aris,a, or some Other
othceroi known experience? He knows 100 much
! for that Urea and Ari>ta are both in the North
and report has il that both are dsatieced and ony
waiting favorable opportunity 10 declare in IA
vor OF separating lie Northern departments. ana
adopting federal system ottheirown. Toplace
men and money j, their disposal would be IN ac
which Santa Anna is shrewi enough to know
might be directed against himself md they vii
therefore nc watched and kept quiet. The present
concentration OF men and stores al San Luis i.
really as much intended as a check upon thesJ
oicers--AriS;a. in particular as he is Z genera
OF great talent and nowcr-aS i, is for an invasion
OF Texas, or we are much mistaken.
Dr.. hing, formerly Of ST. Louis, has been a.
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