The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-09-25
NEWS FROM MEXIcO

NEWS hO VI MEAN ~
Flies OF Mescan papers the 2dlh Al.
susi inclusive have been received at The
Navy Department. They contain liuie OF
interest except the address Of Cen. Santa
Anna to the people Of Mexico, dated the
18th Of August, the day Of his lsnding Of
Vera Cruz. The following notice OF Il Is
copied from the Washington Union, which
state. that il is paper ably and carefully
framed aud temperate n language and sen
timent:
lie commences with sort Of apology
for the part shleh he played ,nbsequen, 10
! ls3i, IN forcing a strong Central botetn'
men, upon the country, which he admits
did moi result in Ils q1,et or prosperity
and i,s atitibuies to the tisconiert ct the
people The iallute 10 preserve tho province
Hi Iexas. He Nen bueny reviews TIE
conduct Of those sho have snccesslseiy
administered the Government SINCE hises-
lie. The ageressions Of the United S'aie'
wo,o ,nconrazct, he say., hy the prThdy
Of mo Cabinet or Gen, Herrera. Paroles,
he says, had Away. been al obstinate CO.
cmy Of any popular representative Govern
rarnt when he heard Of be projected re-.
yolution At san LUIS Potos TO hoped that
his opinions had changed bu, when he saw
Pafcdes's manifesto ot adhesion 10 the plan
of San LN. Poto,l, he found It 70 be ralh
ar dalribe nsaus' the Independence Of
the nation Than the patriotic address ni a
Mexican General seeking 80 good faith a
retnpdy lDr the dislfc*ses Of hi4 country
and hls sinister designs Nerc fully deYelo,
ped D, ms acl conyok'ng Congress, and ~
the attempts to reconcile the people to he
idea Of monarchy and foreign Prince.
lie denounees and discusses al length lhc
proposal for monarcmcaI form Of Gov
rrnincn,, WHICH nc considers absurd and
lmoractlcobe. lie accuses those IN favor
ii monarchy OF having. almost IN d.
rect manner, provoked the United States t,
Toxic possession Of Texas aud advance NJ
army INTO the interior Of Mexico, IN ordot
d that the nation might be reduced 10 the al
. Tentative OF Submitting TO Anglo. American
; domination, or adopting monarchleal form
, OF Government. 1t was With this view, h,
! saws, that ~ 1874 and lSi5, when they
had the control IN Congress, they refused
} the ad which the existing Administrator
asked for the purpose of defending the IN
, tesrity OF the muonal territory.
. lie makes no direct or earnest probes
siea Of on intention 10 prosecute the wa
. against the United States, and does no
speak Of this country 10 the usual terms 0
. ylIihcation.
He concludes by disclalmlng any deslr'
II or lnleuton to exercise dctatutlll power
e aud therefore, proposes hat the Congress
. about TO 10 assembled shall be empowere,
. IT, regulate all branches Of the admlnlslr1
f ton Of the Government, and that The pro
. yi4loua Executive be entirely under It
r control. He also recommends that, unit
F.. new constitution be pro-, aimed, the con
}, -tilution of 1894 be adopted for the inter
i nal administration Of the departments.
' The Union gives further intelligence. -
|. says in continuation, that
Q Santa Anna left Vera Cruz on the ! ISL
FL. of August for the city of Mexico. Tn
y papers give no account Of his arrival there
+ but one Of them, the Republican,, cor
: plains Of their waiting his arrival to for
!. ward relnlorcements to the army Of til
5 north. Santa Anna, il says, is not the ma
= ton; nor is Gen. Taylor n knght.orrar
!. Whiting the arrival Of new champion.
Z, An official lcttrr Of Gen. Ampulia, at
= dressed To the Mexican Secretary Of Wa
!. and dated at San LUIS dc poios, | 9th
a August, speaks Of The march Of Gen. Gdiac
e upon Monterey; and Ampujla promises I
3 set out the next morning with the bugad
b under his command TO retrieve tho laurel
u lost nj Palo Alto and Rcsaca de Ia Palms
: though no says he himself is no, vel an