Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-03-15
From the N. o. Pic. of 24ih FeS.
LATER FROM MEXICO.

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intelligence was received by way Of Havana, and
came Gown 10 the 3lst Of January.
Upon glancing a, our papers. the first thing that
met our eye was long letter from Santa Anna
dated from his prison at Perote, on the 22d Of jan
uary. addressed TO the Secretaries OF the Chamber
OF Deputies. II is one of the most humllIating
documents which VIC ever read. He begs for his
life as pifuIly as when on his knees, at San
Jacin,o, he AMI the yalorous Gen. Cos sup.
, plica,ed Sam Houston for mercy--a degradation
which Gen. Almon,e, in the same emergency,
scorned with the spir, ola man.
10 his communication to The Chambers-ihe sub.
stance of which we givo-Santa Anna recalls to
the minds of the members, in the most valn-sofi'
GUS manner, the services which he'has rendered
Mexico. He dwells particularly upon the actions
of tho llth September, 1920, and the 9th of De-
ccmbcr. 1898. He repeatedly aIludes to his
wounds received in battle, 10 his mu,lIated person,
and prays like hound that what little blood he has
left in him may be spared. He insists that in all
his acts, from the very ou,se, of the revolution
against Spanish rule, he has lad in view the in
forests and the gory of Mexico aIoue--not per,
sonal cgrandizement.-[Oh, no! he never once
!!tought Of himself while sending stolen money to
foreign countries!l lie admits that he may have
erred in the adoption Of measures, but he CLAIMS
,ha, all his errors have been those OF Judgement
oplv. He acknowledges that the recent rcvo'u'
, ton is now consummated; he yields 10 the gener
, al will renounces tho Presidency, and is ANXIOUS
TO atone for whatever he may have done OF evil BY
voluntary expatriOtion and the consequent loss o'
property and Of friends.
Tic lauds, with disgusting fat,ery, the gcncro'
sity ard magnanimisy of Mexicans; asserts sha'
o:en in the contest which has resulted IN his over
f throw he spared much possible Mexican b'ood;
J., hat he maintained himself at the head the army.
; merely 10 enforce what ho believed to be Ills con-
s,utonal rights to the Presidency that the actions
which took place at PuebIa were mere sklrmishes;
that he had difficulty in restraining the enthusiasm
Of his soldiers, and tha. he voluntarily gave uP'he
command of ,hom when they were unanimously
devoted to him. lie rcvves his comparison OF him.
self with Napoleon, hoping the parallel between
,hoir careers may be extended by his own exile
and at the same time Dragging that if he has not
effected quite as much as the Corsican on the stage
of life, he has the advantage of having lost leg
But VIC arc tired of looking through this paper, |.
is so unmanly, tawning and fa'Se. No truc-hear'eo
, soldier could have dictated IT.
4 AS 10 the probable fate of Santa Anna, we can
-;r,o rnucdtIou sIIaH IS Coh'aihou
in the following letter from one of our corFcspon'
/ dents -
. VlRA Cruz, FEB. 3, lS45.
: have only time to drop you few lines. Moth
ing new. Santa Anna is in confinement in Pc
ro,c, while his cause is before Congress constitul'
. ed in Grand Jury" at Mexico. lie must think
, occasionally of his friends tie Texans. Govern.
mcnt no doubt regrets that he did not escape as ii
is desirous of being generous with him, but at the
same time fears public opinion, which is very stor-
my against The wretch. Should Santa Anna not
be punished with all tho rigor Of the laws another
revolution cainst the Government would no doubt
bo the result. Grcat confidence is felt by all in
TIE present Government, which in my opinion will
prove to be good one, and the frs! truly repub.
D can one this people has ever known.
Respecting Texas, would say that it IS useless
ever to expect The consent of this Government to
its annexation to the United States. lf it should
be annexed, it will make great deal of noise here,
but nothing further than talk will result from il
in my opinion.
| send you few papers, to which refer you
for Santa Annas petition 10 the Congress, pray
ing for ccmency-a most disgracefulIy h1mIIia.
ting document, and just such one as might be cx'
pccted from such cowardly dog.
Z, CoSMoPoLITE.
The papers from every Department of Mexico
como freghted with expressions Of Joy and graf
uIa.ion 1t may not be without significance. the
fac, that we now receive files Of the liberal
, pa pers as due; little while since we never could