Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-05-17

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when Santa Anna made hls bold march
mon Mexico IN llecombuf lat, delefmln
= cd ~ crush lhc revolution OF every hal
= ard. twill ba feeglleecl that he nasimed
h The bnnpbtIesi tung IN hts Official CORES
1onIonco with Con Herrera AID bic
|t.oyrfnmpni, 1T Tho Same tno ncclnpa
Inyine his official letters 20 Herrera with
private .onos, written in the ffoGl and
= cordial 5piril Of soldier addressing Il
friend and courado IN arms. llorfcra's
+ replies were conceived in mush the same
spirit, aud led Va n believe at tho time
that # ho failed, SNln Anna would lose
nothing but The roius of Goyornment.-
lis futile and lrcachcrous attacks upon
y Pueba put different face upon the
matter, and the exccrations upon him
D., for causing an unnecessary slaughter to
attain ends purely seIdsh--which burst
forth from every part OF the country
indicated that no mercy would be al.
lowed hm that the Government would
be forced to yield him up, victim TO ap.
pease the cry Of outraged humanity,
however it might be inclined TO save him.
1t wasSven doubtful if the popular rage
would allow the Government TO inter.
pose at all in the matter, so far as TO
procure for him the form of a tr ial-so
erocious and sangulnary was the tone
Of the press in denounclng the tyrant.
Well, on the 18th Of January he was
taken prisoner, while Stalking away from
his purSuers, by men with arms in their
hands. No violence, no iudignity was
offered TO his person. He was escorted
as quietly to his quarters at PerOte as
possible, and there received such atten.
tons as were due his former rank, and
every alienation of his msfortunes
consistent with the security Of his per-
son. But alter he had overcome his first
ialarmS--Ior he must have expected that
the popuIace would cIamor for his blood
he reassumes his former naughty tone
in addressing the Government, aud talks
as brayely as when al the head Of ten
thousand troops, He would scarcely
have done ths-lor Santa Anna IS no
hero and loves life mad Iy-haa he not
received some indirect assurance that, in
the worst event, his lie should be spared.
The next thing which strikes one is the
extraordinary delay in regard to his ;ri-
al, and the dilatory manner in which ii
has been carried on, The case was
simple one, and the evidence agains him
not only accessible but known 70 the
world. Had Government designed to
mete out 10 him his deserts, justice
would have been more speedy; he would
already have atoned for his crimes by
the forfeiture of his life. 1t cannot be
that it was intended to visit upon him
the due penalty of career stained with
pecuIatIon, extogtion, tyranny and blood
shed
Affairs have now taken new turn
The late revolution is forgotten In the
overwhelming magnitude Of the question
of Annexation. On this single question
the Mexicans are unanimous, and so ten
acious are they Of their claim upon lex
as. that in fretting and tuning about 1t,
thew will be inclined to let off as easily
as possible those involved IN their own
late revolution. We adverted to this
aspect of the subject yesterday, and the
more we reflect upon 1t, the more obVI.
ously does it appear to be the policy OF
the Government TO pursue course OF
Ieniency towards those accused OF political
crimes. Mexico, with all her population
united rs one man, would find it hard {
matter 10 reconquer Texas; and to cope
with the United States, unless sustained
by foreign powers, appears QuIxotlc.--
But let her be torn by civil discussions
even let any considerable portion of her
army be disatfected she can scarce
iIv protect her Northern departments
from the predatory and murderous IN ;
Dads OF the savages-much less take
Texas. L
Thus does the progress Of events ia !
vor Santa Anna. His crimes will DO for.
COTTON in the general clamor against the {
United States, and it will suit the policy {
OF the Administration as well as the |
personal feelings of It's members, to pro- [
pltlate his friends among the people and
The soldiery who have fought under him O
This can be done by allowing him to n
leave the country for while, 10 ponder d
upon schemes for the reacquslion Of Il
wealth aud power. These are but spec Ii
uIalions, and therefore idle, perhaps; \
but there is something fascinating in f
dwelling upon career so prominently b
marked by the extremes OF success and ="
of adversely, No: is it without instruc- a
ton to study the incidents in the life OF o
one who has repeatedly lost all the fruits 81
won by eminent abilities aud great ener- r,
gy of character, by yielding to the die til
taes Of avarice, treachory and cruelty. P
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Music IN PRlsoN.--We learn that on 81
Sunday The Hutchinson family visited re
Sing Sing and took part in The chanelI r