The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-26
From The N. 0. Pieauune.
LA TER FROM MEXICO.

BY the arrival yesterday Of the schooner Creole,
from Vera Cruz, we have advces from that city to
the Sd instant, her day Of sailing. Our previous in
telligence was received by way Of Havana and came
down to the 3Ist of January.
Upon glancng at our papers, the first thing that
met our eye was long letter from Santa Anna da-
ted from his prison at reroe, the 22d of January
addressed to the Secretaries Of the Chamber Of De-
puties 1t is one VI the most humiliating documents
which we ever read. He begs for his life pitiful-
ly when on bis knees, at San Jaclnto he and the
vaorous Gen, Cos duplicated Sam Houston for mer-
cy-a degradation which Gen. Almone, in the same
emer gency, scorned with the spirit of man.
In his communication to the Charlottesville SUBJ
stance Of which we gve--Santa Anna recalls to the
minds of the MEMBERS in the most vsiD-gorous man
ner, the services which he has rendered Mexico -
He dwells particularly upon the actions of the lh
Of September, 1923, and the 5th Of December, 1888
He repeatedly aludes to his wounds received in bat
tle to his mutated person, and prays like hound
that what little blood he has left in him may be spar
ed He insists that in all his acts, from the very
set Of the revolution against Spanish rule he has had
in view the interests and the glory of Mexico alone
not personal aggrandizement [Oh, no he never
once thought of himself while sending stolen money
10 foreign countries He admits that he may have
erred 10 the adoption Of measures, but he claims that
all his errors have been those of Judgment only He
acknowledges that the recent revolution is now con.
summated; he yields to the general will renounces
the Presidency and is anxious to atone for whatever
he may have done of evil by voluntary eIpatration
and the consequent loss of property and of friends
He lauds with disgusting sttery the generosity and
magnanimity Of Mexcans; asserts that even in the
contest which has resulted in his overthrow he sparad
ar much possible Mexican blood !" that he main
tanned himself at the head Of the army merely to en-
force what he believed to be his constitutional rights
to the Presidency; that the actions which took place
Puebla were mere skrmshes; that he had difficult
~ In restraining the enthusiasm Of his soldiers and
nj m
when they were unanimously devoted to him. He
revives his favorte comparison Of himself with ia.
poleon hoping that the parallel between their careers
may be extended by his own exile, and at the same
time Dragging that II he has not effected quite as
much as the Corscsn the stage of life, he has the
advantages of having lost leg! But we are tired OF
looking through this paper it is so unmanly fawning
ard false. No true-hearted soldier could have die.
tated il.
As to the Prob ,ble fate Of Santa Anna, we cen
give no more definite indication than contained in
the following letter from OF our correspondents
sHe talk about sparing blood, the sanguinary bar.
barian he who ordered the butchery Of Fsnnln ant
his brave associates! who commanded an indiscrimi
nate slaughter at the Alamo, where Crockett anc
Bowie fell who sent the brave Cameron TO an gno
minious death from fear! who brutsly decmated III,
unfortunate Mier prisoners who gave up the city Of
Zacatecas TO be sacked after killing many Of its ct
zensl who has made the hills and valleys Of his owl
country fat with the blood Of his own countrymen
and all to crafty his personal ambition or ava
rice Why, if Santa Anna had got Inclan, or Pa
redes, or any Of the principal chiefs Of the revou
ton in his power, he would have executed them with
as little feeling or remorse As hungry hyena would
a Young hid and now he talks about sparins
blood IL the Mexie,n leaders are gullsd by any
such humbus they sre bigger fools than We take
them for,