Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-31
SANTA ANNA'S PASS.


CORRESPONDENTS BALTIMORE PATRIOT.
WAsuINeToN OcToBER 81, 1916.
The New Orleans Topc and the United States Gazette
discussing the grave and important question involved in
the pass Of Santa Anna and Amone the present Gene
rassmo Mexican army and the President of the Mex
Republic, through the American blockade into the port of
Vera Cruz. And well may those and all other patriotic
journals discuss matter of such great import and expose
possible the facts in the The be
seriously reflected upon by the whole American people.
Santa Anna exile, residing at Havana. He had
been banshed from his country because he tyran d
had amped the constitution of his country under his feet
He had impoverished the Mexican naon but managed his
operations make himself the and of untold
riches His conduct towards the Texans richly entitled him
to halter and which would have gaced his neck in 1886 but
for the unaccounable eniency Of Gen. SAM Houston All
Texas abhorred him. and all United States ought to have
done No who cherished the least respect for those
brave Texans who slaughtered the battle of the Ala
and at Golad lost their lives in the Mer expedition
could for put confidence in the
cherous Santa Anna How, then, he to have free
pass through our squadron into Vera Cruz
/ Who counselled it Was it Senator Houston He has
had the credit of planning and advising the whole procedure
If his work-f he prevailed upon Mr. Polk
into intrigue with Santa Anna whereby the could
take command of the Mexican army and make his friend and
bitter enemy, Amonte, the President of that Republic
then let the world place his the credit namy
such advice If it done through his advice then let
his skirts be freed from the imputation.
But the done. Santa Anna and Aonte and other
distinguished Mexican officers granted free pass through
blockade the port Vera Cruz and they
the head Of the Mexican Republic and its army, aising
force of thirty thousand troops march upon army
and declaring vengeance against the United States
Who aided them in getting into the high places they
and from which they issne snch
ciamentos against army and people Who did the
deed By whose order they allowed pass safety
into the port of Vera Cruz That is the question, and il
must be answered.
have been reading various of the dreadful
tally Of troops the Rio Grande. II is shocking think
Of find in the Alabama Journal of the 2st instant letter
from OF the volunteers of that State, dated "Camargo
September 29th, in which the writer says " From actual
calculation, than thousand have died upon
the banks Of the Rio del Nore nothing of the immense
numbers that have been discharged and home lin
gerng condition. many Of whom will undoubtedly
recover The Alabama regiment alone has lost one
hundred men, which is in ten, and all this too, in
be held in patriotic and kind remembrance by their
ymen home if they bad fallen in battle, which would
on many accounts have been far preferable" Most
of regiments cut down from three to five hun
dred men, when all started with than nine hundred
Speaking of the battle Of Monterey the writer of the letter
says Tennessee and Mississippi covered with wounds
and covered with glory The Tennessee regiment is lite
rally cut up, having lost hundred and thirty
in the CHARGE and having only about three four hundred
at the commencement"