The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-29
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the proprietors ut the Boston Reading Room, from
which we extract the following:
"The garrison of this place declared Yesterday
IN favor of General Santa Anna. and against the
actual Government. send You, herewith, a
copy al the plan of the resolutions. which you
will oblige by having published without loss of
time.
BY the enclosed you will find that Inc war
with the United States i'll con,inue until other
wise disposed of by the Congress which is To be
assembled by the revolntionisrs, if they triumph
say four months after they take possession of the
capital. This will make it a matter of six
Months duration at least. am not of. the opin
ion that there is any disposition on the part Of
that PEOPLE TO seek a pacific solution 10 the ques-
ton
TRANsLATIoN.
At n meeting of the General-in Chief. Jose
joan Eandera and officers of the eighth regiment.
quartered in the heroic city of Vera Cruz. to take
into consideration the calamitous stale to which
the Republic has arrived, and toseek the remedy
most fit TO withdraw it from snch a state aud re
store il To life and prosperity Considering that
the principal cause of the existing perniciunS dis
cord is the want of a fundamental system of laws,
to be dictated freely by the nation which has
manifested its detestation of the mona rchical sys-
tenn, aud the want of a Government which NAV
he the offspring of Lublic opinion instead of the
contests of factions Considering, further, that
The existing Government is illegal. and has dis
charged its functions in an oppressive manner,
and issued an anti popular call for a Congress,
with a view TO the establishment of a monarchy,
and that while occupied in a plot % detestable it
has neglected the defence of the national territory.
and abandoned upon the frontier that portion of
the army charged with its defence: And consid-
ering. moreover, that the Republic is on The road
To ruin, and that it is necessary now more than
ever to labor as7idiously to unite and strengthen
The bOndS Of union diSSolyeh hy p,iScrtrDoe
ahjnring all our private opinions. the officers
aforesaid agree To second the plan proclamatory
by the people and garrison of the city of CUE
laxara on the Goth of May last, as far as the fifth
article inclusive, with the following additions:
LIST. All those who may have heen banished
for political opinions since the year 1921, 3 in
vited to return to the Republic and cooperate in
The present movement.
I'd. By this the circumstances Of the war with
the United States are to be considered as in no
wise changed, but it is for the Congress which
will assemble to determine relative thereto, and
for the Mexicans 10 obey their resolutions.
Sd. A general invitation is ~proffered to all those
IN this department who may have taken up arms
against the existing order of Government to unite
in this plan, which has for lis object the public
veal alone.
4th. AS his Excellency Gen. Don ANTONIO
LoPEz SANTA ANNA had the glory to establish
the Republic, whatever may have been his errors
he was a firm supporter of public liberty and ma
tIonal honor-ior this we proclaim him leader of
this great enterprise.
Signed by the officers generally.
A correspondent of the New Orleans Times
writes as follows:
"VERA Cruz, August /, 1916.
yesterday, at | o'clock, P. NJ, this city pro.
nonnced in favor of Santa Anna and Federation T.,
and by this conveyance two commissions are dis
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once more and rule the destinies of Mexico
. The most general belief is thathe wiH settle The
pending difficulties bctpeen The United States
and This country.
e" In Mexico the Ministry had resigned in con-
sequence of Gen. Bravo having been sworn as
President nd interim. Orr letters from the cap
iral. dated the Both ult., says that The neIc MIN
iSters tUiU, Dithout exception be disposed TO
make peace Nth The americans.
Nothing new from Com Cnnner's squadron
nor from the other coast, in relation to the Cali
fornias.''
The New Orleans papers of the 18Th contain
news of the same nature as the above, but much
more in detail. The Picaynne says the five
articles of The plan of Gaudalaxara, are to the fol
lowing effect
list. A reputation of the Congress summoned
bv Paredes I'd. 4 declaration in favor of a new
= UNIV GsS w X CbfEC tpihl w iNP ltNNlid
laws Of 1S24-which. Congress should be charged
with the formation OF a constitution, excluding
utterly the monarchical principle Sd. Providing
that Congress should assemble within four months
after the l%iberating forces gain possession Of the
capital 4th. Guarantying the existence Of the
army land 9th. Declaring traitors whoever should
oppose the assembling Of such Congress, attempt
the liberty Of IFS members, or oppose the constitu
ton it should establish.
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the following additional news:
Early in July Senior Becerra. the Minister Of
Justice, resigned his post, and after Gen. Bravo
was installed in power, the other Ministers like.
wise resigned. Letters from the city of Mexico
dated the 2oth July. give the following as The
most probable composition Of the new Ministry
ID. Antonio Garay, Minister of Finance ID.
Tgnacio Mora VilIamil, Of War; DR.. d. Luis
Gordon. or d. Luis G. Cuevas, of Foreign Rela-
tons and D. Fernando Ramirez, Of Justice. sc.
A letter of the 5Oth July, from The city Of Mexi.
co, speaks Of the new Ministry as being already
formed, but without giving the names. 1t adds,
moreover, That The nc,O Ministers ,cere ,oitbout
exception disposed 10 make peace 1cih The Uni
ted States.
President Paroles had determined to release all
prisoners confined for political offences.
The Government declares that it will repel by
force the invasion Of the national territory. For
this purpose. the various corps are 10 be increased
and every effort made 10 strengthen the army.
The nsurrectiouisis at Jalapa and Guadalaxara
do not seem to give the Government any uneasi-
ness. A report was current that pronnnciamen-
10 had taken place (t has already o%ccurfed) at
Vera Cruz, bat it did not bear the names of either
Of the two Generals who command there-Gen.
Mozo, in the city. or Gen. Rod. de Celia. in the
castle. Gen. Pacheco would pot down the affair
at Guadalaxara, and if he were found insufficient,
) Paroles IS marching towards that place.