The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-12-25

ted 10 Congress in my last annual ihes-
/ sage. In any event, II was ceritln that
no change whatever in The government ot
Mexico, which would deprive Paroles al
powcr, could be Err the worse, SO !ar a'
the / ned States wee concerned, While
il was highly prba!Ie that any change
'uTst he for the better.
This was the state of affairs existing
when Crrgress on the 18Th of May last
.,coguzed the existence Of tie war whIci
/ had been commenced by the government
Of Paroles; and it became an Object o'
much importance, with a view 20 spec
/ dy seu,en en-, of cur difficulties and the
{ restoration Of an honorable Yeare, thai
Paroles should rot retain QoNer IN Mex
/ ice.
Before that time there were symptom,
Of revolution in Mexico. favored, as i
WAS understood 10 be, by the more Ijbe'
raj party, and especially by these who
were opposed t. foreign interference ant
to the monarchical form Of government
/ Santa Anna was then IN exile in llavano,
/ having been expelled from power and
/ banishcl from his country ty revo!n'
zion which occurred in December, 1871;
/ but it was known that he had sill = con.
siderable party IN his favor IN Mexico
1t was aIJn equally well known that u,
Vigilance which could be exeyt,d hy ou'
squadron would, in all probability, have
! prevented him from eitcling a landing
somewhere on tire ex'eu.i,e gulf coast o
| Mexico, If he desired TO return to hi-
country. lie openly prolssscd M entire
change If policy; had expressed his re-
! gret tn he had suover',, the fedora
co1'tu.i'n Of 1921, and avowe ! ,baI he
was now IN il'or of s restoration.
| He hal publicly declare lis hostility
IN IT. { strongest terms, to lhc establish
men! Of a monarchy, aad to Europc, 81
interference in the a.ilirs Of hi, country
lpforms,inn to This eler, tad been re
ceiyed from snurces believed tn be TClla.
n!c, at the date Of the recognition Of Il t
'N's''h'e Of "sr oy N'h-reS'' al" was
afterwards fully confirmed by the receip
Of he despatch IT cur consul in tie ciy
e " X,cp. win the accompanying doru
.nth''' "h''' are htie"l|H "Ansm'''"
"eS'"eS' II was teA'o'''ie l" support
that must see The ruHous consequeu
'eS 20 M'N'r" u war WV" I've '"'''
States a"" '""' II "ou'u ne MS '"'0''s' u
''V"' Pe"''
Il WIS ""0'' 'ese circumstances "''
upon ,"efe ,""S'ueF''""S Nial i WE
''''''" AI'''. . not To OF S'r"'' = ''
'''i' 10 '''N.c"' SHOULD h' "'"pI " a.
~ '"' ''J''' was ''' I'N'"'"''." '
P'"'e' ana WIZ" '''a' 't"' u" reason wa
l''''''''" WI! We H"""l' '""' pau "'''
"e'',' '"' "''' "''"' ~ '''"- 81 '"'
''"'''"'' ~ pF. N."''Ng ''t return ~ Jus
'''"' to i" A'"' '' We ''',''lH' u
was "''c''" ''"' ''' '"''. '..' ".' .''
49, ''''','H '- ''' ''''' u " ".'' ''
"''P'' '' ''l' ''''' ~ . '''" N'"' ~
WI" W y ,N''' ..I ''', ~ " 81, o.
" ';s.! y" E'' ,,. .,I'U 10y, '" y. '.o '
vi, nG '', ,,.as..,. WIZ, , o",' '.' r..
states paredes .,s, .o.,r., ~ ,..
Gs.;on and mors,cl,., in ,,irr.,lg
II. L.I hu, ro.a,.t,. I.c... r.....' ....,.....
f,I in , nil,,a,r ,eyoL.,.o ty ,,Iirl B..
hsJ oh,,ireJ n,,,.. y. ~. A.. .,,,rr
o,s,ry If ,h., Un;,eI S,,s. wi,h .Ii,h
no had ;,,oI,oJ tic ,ou,,r, j., the .v;s,.
;n ,..r Sao,, Ann, LoJ Lsor ,v,.lIoJ
r,om mover he the army-was Known 10
no i, ooe, hos,;I;,, n p,,.,lss ard ouh.
EcIy rIal,,oJ himself ,c,;,s, (orsi,n m.
,or,.r,;,n orI ,Lo r,,,a,.,;on IF ,no,-.
.hy IN ,Icvico II Wow or ,L,.s r,c,s
and circumstances !, w,s th,, vLer or.
lc,s were i.su,d IN ,be commander Of our
naval f rces in the Gulf ON HE 18th d,y
or ,r,y I,., o,lc ,,o dave .r,,,lo az.
,s,,rce Of the war had been recornizpd
bv Coporess To mace I, coas,. Of N,ex.
10 urdcr hlockaj. he was directed no,
,,..oc, the passage Of Santa Anna to
y; '% ;,, ,.,,, . atIemp, TO return.
'"'N','' ' ,.,,' -, 70 IN Mexico in
, y .'',.o" ~. r', tu,.;,, BE-
W" t:' 49,, -, w., " r'I p,,oiss na. o,<r
80 .',.,' W. lJ ~, Loo. l,n;.,,,