Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-09-24

pubic, ne there uSuipeu tAc supreme R0WriI
and began to put IN cperation his scheme o.
European Intervention In cur interior admins
tratiun. whilst the hosts of the Anglo Americans
I were advancing 10 take possession, even Of
the banks of the Rio Bravo Having at bis
disposal considerable forces in the capital and
the adjoining departments, he allowed the en-
my tune 10 advance, without resistance,
through our territory, and at iength-mcsl
+ tardiiy--he sent To Maiamoras q small body oil
troops, needy and unprovided with anything
necessary for conducting a campaign with
success. Who can fail TO see, in these peril
/ dious manGuvers, The bastard design of alsrac.
ting the forces Of the enemy 10 our central ter
I riiores, in order there TO propose 10 US, in the
midst of the conflicts OF war, as the only means
of safety, the subjection of the republic TO SER
vtude, the ignominy Of the country, the revi-
val Of the plan of lGUALA--in fine, the return
I 10 the government OF the yiceroys.
! with this object, and for this fatal moment
which every means was employed TO hasten,
was Congress assembled, chosen for the pur-
pose, composed only of representatives OF GER
tain determined classes, not forming even a
sixth of our population, and elected in man
ner per6diously arranged, TO secure number
of voices sufficient to place the seal of oppro-
brium on the nation. Leaving, with scarcely
single representative, the great majority OF
the nation, the eleven bishops of our dlocesses
were declared deputies, and our ecclesiastical
cabildos, were authorized to elect nine others
on their parts, giving TO the bishops the faculty
| of appointing such proxies as they might
choose to take their places in case they should
not find il convenient 10 attend IN person.
/ Does not this prove abundantly that decided
endeavor was made to supplanI the will OF the
nation, in order to give some species OF author
itv to this scheme for European intervention
/ in the settlement Of our internal affairs?
"The protestations ofrepublican sentiments.
made by General Paroles after these irreirag-
/ able proofs SO fully condemnng him, were
only new acts of perfidy intended 10 tranqullIze
the republic, TO set its suspicious at rest, and
/ to arrange the occasion for carrying into effect
/ his base designs. He uttered these pro,esta-
tons in the middle of March last, when he
saw the public discomfort manifest itself against
/ his power and his plans. But what followed 2
! Did he not continue to protect the TEMPO, q
newspaper established in the capitol itself. for
the sole object Of rendering republican forms
odious, and recommending the necessity Of a
monarchy advancing every argument which
could be supposed calculated TO lead asiray the
good sense of the nation2 Did he convene
another popular Congress Did he retract
the summons which he had issued in January.
placing the fate of the nation at the mercy OF
! The few men who remain Of the old contnen-
tai rerime2 Every thing continued in the
same way, and when the press was prohibited
from discussing forms OF government, II was
in order to give an amnesty TO the writers IN
I favor of monarchy, who were the prosecuted
bv the judicial power, and TO encourage them
TO continue their criminal publications, while
silence was imposed on the defenders of the
republican system. Meanwhile he FASTENED
I bv every means in his power the assembage
oil the Congress destined to carry into effect
his monarchical plan he concentrated his for
ces in order to suppress all movements on the
part Of the people, alarmed by the near APP
proach of such an unpropitious event; aban-
doning our frontier to the invaders, or rather
surrendering them TO the foreign enemy, by
the reverses which he had prepared and ar
ranged at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
'No, Mexicans! let there be no compromise
with party whose conduct has been tissue
Of cruel treachery towards our country have
nothing 10 do with il, however flattering be IFS
promises, and whatsoever the forms with
which il may in future invest ITSELF"
The following are the plans which SANTA
ANNA proposes for the conduct Of his admins
tration
"The fraudulent schemes Of the enemies OF
our country being thus unfolded, and the true
source of its misfortunes being laid open to all,
the radical remedy of the whole evil consists in
putting an end forever to the ruinous control
| of mnorities, by calling on the nation honestly
to fix its own destiny, and TO secure lis terrific
nv, its honor, and its welfare. Thus placed in
entire liberty to act, as il should be, in the
midst of the discussions carried on by the press,
in the tribune, and even in the streets and
squares, it will take ints consideration the
evils which surround it,and seek the means Of
resisting them and satisfied in its desires, mis-
tress of its own fate, it will display the energy
peculiar to free people, will prove equal TO
the conflicts in which il is to be engaged, and
will come out Of them. not only honorably,
but, moreover, entirely regenerated. In this
way the administration established, resting on,
and springng from public opinion, may dis
play all its organized forces TO maintain our
| territory, instead Of quartering them in the
! central towns, as hitherto, under government
created by sedltous movements, constantly at
war with the nation, and occupied solely in en-
deavors to save itself without regard for our
external dangers.
"Fellow-countrymen, never has the stua-
ton of the republic been so difficult as at pres
J eDt. It's udtlOudi tAiotcuSc oh ouc
side on the other an attempt has been made
TO subject il to the hardest of all lots, to Eu
I ropean dominion. Such is the abyss to which
we have been brought by the endeavor to gov
ern our young society according to the system
adopted in the old. This, the true cause Of the
long struggle in which we have been engaged,
winch has weakened our forces, and by which
the interests of the majority have been sacri-
feed TO the extravagant pretentions Of small
minority. This state of things must be ended
in compliance with the wishes of the nation
and by opposing to the former the union of re-
publicans Of true faith, the concert of the army
and the people BY this Union ,Ue shall con
quer the Independence Of our country; thus uni
ted, ,re shall confirm IL By establishing peace on
the SOLID basis Of public liberty; thus united, zee
shall preserve the integrity Of our immense terri.
tory
'sBut now with regard to the plan proposed
for the revolution, it is my honor and duty to
observe, that by limiting the Congress therein
proclaimed to the organization OF the system oil
government, and the determination of what
relates to the serious question of our northern
frontiers, the provisional government Of the
nation would find itself required, until the
system has been thus organized, to use its own
discretion on all other points. This would be
investing the provisional government with die