The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-02

supply tho means for carrymS on war against Tex
as was in fact incompetent for the ordinary daily ne
cesstes Of the government,
Meanwhile, affairs proceeded, heavy opposition
to Santa Anna began 10 manifest itself IN Congress
aud throughout the Republic He had been raised
| TO power-though apparently with great unsnimity
yet the event has shown, by military revolution
rather than by the spontaneous general choice OF The
people.
For on his expressing wish to retire short time
to Manga da Clavo for the Of his private affairs
(as he had done in is42) in which case the con
sttution required that the Senate should make choice
of President ad interim, 10 ofhcate during his alb
scDoo from the seat Of government, the ministerial
candidate, General Valtelin Corolro, prevailed by
ons vote only over his opponent, General Ricon.
Such, then, the position OF things OF October
1874; Santa Anna being President propetario Cana
lzo, President inteimo aud the Congress assembled
IN special session. occupied with the foreign relation
and the financial endorsements OF the Republic
when the revolution broke out in the large and pow
eriu Department OF Jalisco.
On the LIST of November, 1874, the Department
Assembly Of Jssco adopted and published what is
called ifiatirs being act provided for by the
constitution in virtue OF which the Assembly submit
ted the proposition following:
The National Congress will make effective the re-
sponsbiity Of the Provisional Government, TO which
was subjected by the 9Th Of the basis of ucubaya
which II sworc 10 and caused 10 be sworn TO by the
nation.
.. The law Of August 2lst, 1914, imposing an ex-
traordiDary constitution, is repealed.
3. The Congress will occupy itself by preference
IN reforming The articles OF the const uton, which
experience has demonstrated TO be contrary TO the
prosperity Of the departments.
This act adopted by all the authorities of the
Department. civil and military, and made known by
public documents issued under the signatures of the
civil governor Escovada and Of the commandment gen
eral Gnlindo, with his principal officers; and thus
lar 1t was IN Mexico constitutional and not reyo-
lutlonary actor in Mexico the military participate
equally with the civil authorities in all political pro-
| ceedngs.
But though nomnally constitutional act il was in
reality revolutionary one, skiiully arranged and
| combined Tor the overthrow Of Santa Anna.
| To this intent, General Mariana Paroles, who had
| commenced the revolution Of l6il in the same De-
partment Of Jalisco and who had since to that time
acted with Santa Anna, was pitched upon to be the
agent Of his overthrow.
The secret movers of the new revolution obtained
| for General Paroles the command Of the department
OF Sonora, to reach which il is necessary to march
| through that Of Jallsco.
On the way to his Government, Paroles stopped at
Guadalaara, the capital Of Jalisco, with the troops
under his command, and there pronounced openly and
directly against Santa Anna and assumed the func-
tions OF military chief of the revolution.
The four departments of Zacatecas, Aguascali-
entes Sinava and Sonora concurred at once in the
pronuneiamsnto OF Jalisco; and thus the five North
western departments were in arms at once against
Santa Anna. Between these and Mexico, there
| intervene the two departments Of Guanujuato and
Queretaro.
Paroles advanced to Lagos, the frontier Of ia
isco and there established his headquarters with an
army OF l4OO men, to await the progress of events
In the contiguous department of Guiana uato was
General CortaZar with 1000 men, whom Paroles
depended for support but The rapid movements of
Santa Anna himself prevented Cortaza from join
ing Paroles, (ii he had the intenton,) and compel
led him or the present at easD 10 declare for Santa
Anna
For instantly on hearing what had taken place in |
GuadaaJsra, Santa Anna, who was then at Manga
da Clavo, in the Department Of Vera Cruz, and IN
whose neighborhood large body of troops, pro-
tessediy collected for expedition against Texas set
out for Mexico, beng invested by the President ad
interim with the conduct of the against Paroles
He SET out from Jaapa the 7th OF November, at
the head of $50 men, crossed rapidly the Depart |
ment of Pueba, where he received seine additional
troops and on the 18th arrived at Guadalupe a town
near Mexico, where he fixed his headquarters.
He had left the departments of Vera Cruz and Pu- |
ebla full of professions of loyalty his government
and he found The professions that of Mexico
and similar professions to him there from Que
retero and Guanajuato; and he prepared to march
from Ouadaloupe, and to assemble at Queretaro, a
force of $4,000, with which to oyerwhelm the little
army of Paredes.
But, even at this moment all powerful as he ap-
peared, at the head of great army, and with all the
Departments behind him loyal, symptoms began to
appear OF the uncertainty of his for though
the Congress did not professedIy support Paroles,
yet it insisted that Santa Anna should proceed con-
additionally which the latter was unable or inds
posed to do.
The Mexican Constitution provides expressly that
the President cannot command in person the military
force either by land or sea without the previous per
mission of Congress. Santa Anna had taken the
command without even pretending to ask the consent
nf and I,,y, hail
revolutionary act quite as positive and serious as
that of Paroles.
Nevertheless, on the Odd he proceeded on his
march to Quereteo; and on the same day the Cham
Der of Deputies voted the impeachment of the Min
lister of War, General REYES for signing the order
under which Santa Anna held the command of the
troops. Congress also voted to receive and print the
pronuncamentos of the revolutionzed department. in
all this indicating disposition, not to be Mistaken of
hostility to Santa Anna.
On arriving at Queretero, Santa Anna found that,
although the military authorities were proessedy in
his favor yet the juno departmental had promo unced
for the initiative of Jalisco. Therefore, he made
known to the members that if they did not repro
notnce in his favor he would send them prisoners TO
Perote.
hey refused and three Of them were immed
atey arrested by his order, and sent of under
strong guard in the direction of Mexico and Pero,e.
When the report Of these proceedings reached Mexi
CO, the Congress Immediately summoned before il |
the Ministers of War and Government, to know
whether they had authorized General Santa Anna to
imprison the members of the junto departmental of
Qucretaro.
This subject occupied the Chambers on the 29th
and 30th Of November; and their attitude had now
become menacing that the President ad interim
Canai-o (after consulting with Santa Anna) took
the high handed step of deciding TO close the session
Of Congress by force, and declare Santa Anna, Die
tator of the Republic.
Accordingly, on repairing TO the Palace on the st
of December the members found the doors shut
against tbem and guarded by soldiers, and on the I'd
appeared the proclamation Of Canalizo as Pres dent
inferno declaring the Chamber dissolved indefinitely
and comforting all the powers of Government legis
lative as we'll as Executive on Santa Anna as Pre-
sdento Propriearo, the to be exercised by Ca
nszo as Prcsidento INFERNO, until otherwise ordered
by Santa Anna