The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-24
ADDRESS OF SANTA ANNA.

! ADDRESS OF SANTA ANNA
LstelIgsaos reosired a he Nary Dspufmsui.
The Washington Union contains the
following intelligence lron Mexico:
Files of Mexican papers 10 the 20lll
OF August, inclusive. have been received
at the Navy Department. They contain
the address or manifesto Of General San.
tn Anna 10 the people OF Mexico. dated
The l6lh Of August, the day Of his land
ing at Vera Cruz. II is paper Of some
length, ably and carefully framed. and
temperate IN language and sentiments
tie commences with sort OF apology for
The par, which he played subsequent 70
1884, in forcing strong central govern.
msni upon the Country, which he admits
did not result in ils quiet or prosperity,
and he aiiribuieslo tie diseonlenlment oil
the people the failure 10 preserve the pro.
vince Of Texas. lie then briefly retiews
,hesnndnel Of those who have successfully
administered the government since his ex.
lie. The aggressions of the United States
were encouraged, he says, by the perfidy
Of the cabinet OF General Herrera. Pa.
redes, he says, had always been an obsli.
nate enemy Of popular representative 90.
yernment; when he heard of his projec.
ted revolution Of San Luis Potosi he hop.
ed that his opinions had changed; but
when lie saw Pareles' manifesto Of adhe'
sion To the plan Of San Luis Potosi, he
found i, to be rather dia,ribe agains. the
independence Of the paiinn, than The. pa
| irio,ic address Of Mexican general seek
ing in good faith aremedy for The dislresse'
&c his country and his sinister designs
were fully developed by his act convokinl
Congress, and by the attempts to recon
cile the people TO The idea Of q monarch.
and foreign prince. ssa ss.ssa
lie denounces aud discusses at lengtl
The proposal for monarchial form Of 60
vernlnen,, which he considers absurd AM
impraclicable. lie accuses those in IA
vor of monarchy Of having. almost il
a direct manner. provoked The Unite,
States 10 take possession of Texas, AM
advance an army into the interior of Mex
leo, in order that The nation might be re
tluced tn the alternative of submitting Il
i Angio.American dominion, or adopting
monarchisl form Of government. ftwa
with this view, he says, that in 1874 AM
lsia, when they had the control in Con
gress, they refused the aid which The ex
isiing administration asked for The pur
pose Of defending the integrity Of The ma
iional territory. @ .s . .. o. 81,
lie makes no direct or earnest profes
sion OF an intention 10 prosecute the wa
against the United States. and does no
speak Of this country in the usual term
: Of villi6calion, a'# # H E' ID
He concludes by disclaiming any lesir
or intention 10 exercise dictatorIal power
and therefore proposes Tia, The Congress
about TO he assembled shall be empower
: ed to regulate all branches Of the admir-
: is,ralion of The government, and that III
provisional executive be entirely under Il
control. He also recommends thai. VI
Ill new constitution be proclaimed. III
: constitution OF 1924 be adopted for III
internal administration Of the depar
menis. s-~a'' ~ 7,'1. ~~@>' '+'s
/. Santa Anna left Vera Cruz on the lSt
q OF August Cor the city Of Mexico. III
, papers give no accoun, of his arrival Their
$ but one of them, the Republican,, con
: plains Of their waiting his arrival to TO
{ ward reinforcements to the army Of 1t
north. Santa Anna, il says, is not u
nation nor General Taylor knight.e
rant, waiting the arrival Of new chan
pion. f., t1.s 500 s. a.e :. :.
An official letter of General Ampudi
addressed TO the Mexican Secretary
War, dated at San Luis Potosi, Augu
:. l3, speaks of the march Of Gener
Gaines upon Monterey and Ampnd
promises to set out the next morning wi
Tie brigade under his command 10 retire
the laurels lost at Palo Alto and Resa
de la Palma, though he says he hims'
i is not well, and the greater part Of !
men are recruits. without clothing al
without artillery. J.! 90
A letter from Monterey. dated the %
Il Of July, says, that they expected Gei
h raj Taylor there about the l5,h Of Angus
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