The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-06-11


, The legal mode Of sslling aside The slse
. too through lhs action &C Congress. q
whom Ihe voles Of the States were 20 b
returned; hui. nnloghiI alely, thfy did moi
avail themselves Of il. Before . single
week had elapsed afier the rtsna Of lie
election vas knesn, and 4 nc before Con.
Iersss had assembled. BY whom the roles
were 70 be officially counted and proclaim
Cd, The psrIizans Of Gea. Guerrero, en-.
faged a ihs unexpected issue, determined
upon an appeal to arms in suppnn Of their
chief. With this view, Gen. Santa Anna,
fai the head Of = body nf 500 men, took
possession Of lie CASTLE Of Perole, and
Published there m address. BY which he
adorned tie nation that me will &c re
majority. a. expressed BY the States, was
no, the sense Of the real majority of The
inhabitants; and iha, he had taken i up-
on himself 20 reciify this error by pro-
elsimlng Guerrero President. This do
enment was dated al the I" Head Quarters
o. the ibera,ing army at Pero.e, 10Th
September, 1925" Public Indignation,
aroused By n proceeding so unpnncipled
and subsersise Of The institutions Of the
country, soon put down this reasonable
attempt. The President (yieicria) ,ssued
ms Proclamation, denouacine Santa Anna
IS traitor. and zen, considerable force
against him, which sonpelled hin 10
make bis escape with small part of his
adherents into another part Of The eoun-
Try. where he was subsequently eapiur-
But the prompt suppression Of Santa
Annals revolt against the government was
scarcely effected, when a more serious in
snrreclion broke out. in the capital. On
the night Of the 30th Of November, 1928.
= considerable body of militia headed by
the ex-Marquis Of Cadona, surprised the
government guard, seized the guns and am
munition, and signiied TO the President
their determination either to compel Con-
gress TO issue decree for the Punishment
Of the Spanish presidents in twenty.iour
hours, OF themselves to massacre all those
who should fall in their hands. They
were soon joined by leaders of the Guerrc-
70 party, and Guerrero himsslf left tho city
with small body of men to watch the re-
sult. The President (yictorial acted with
some degree of indeeision; aud being sus-
pccted Of learning in favor of Guerrero,
The consequence wss general pifidgs'u,
the city by an undisciplined rabble, under
pretence of seizing Spanish property.
which lasted two days. when Gen. Petlra-
"a, the President elect, abandoned his post
as Minister Of the War Department in
which he was suceeededby Guerrero, who
caused suspension Of hostilities. Pedra-
"a fled into the interior. and finding his re
val was likely To maintain his ascendan-
cy, by means of his appeal TO the popular
excitement against the Spaniards, he re-
solved to Withdraw from scene where
his just claims could only be enforced by
civil war, and having formally resigned tho
presidency to which he had been elected,
he obtained permission to quit the terrific
mes Of the Republic. Congress assembled
on the LIST of January, 1929, and declared
Guerrero duly elected President, having.
next to Pedrazs, obtained majority Of
votes. Gen. Anastasio Bustamente w;s
named Vice-President; and new minis
my of the Yorkino party took the place of
those members of the former administra-
ton who had favored Pedraza. The office
of Minister of War was conferred on Santa
Anna. who. in open defiance of all law.
had first taken up arms in support OF Cur
rero's pretensions. The new sdministra-
ton was organized in April, 1929. accord
ing to the provisions Of the constitution,
of which the forms were thus preserved,
although its essential principles had been
srampled under foot by the leader OF both
parties.
i Thus terminated the frs! struggle for
i the presidential succession in Mexico: and
| deeply have those engaged in i; since had
reason to regret making an appeal to arms
instead Of peaceful resort to the eonstltu-
! :ionsl mode of settling their disputes. Most
Of the more prominent actors in those
scenes afterwards persisted, victims to theii
: own blood-stained policy. and the country
:. still suffers the consequences OF their gull
ty measures. Scarcely, indeed, had Guer'
rcro time TO enjoy his triumph, when fresh
causes of discomfort arose, and Bustaments
= the Vice. President of the republic, unfurl
: ed the standard Of revolt. The army II
] the capitol declared for the insurgents. ant
r Guerrero having left the city for the field
3 was soon after compelled to abandon the
: government to his new rival. The coun
e try was again plunged into the horrors o
civil war, which continued to rage TILL thu
4 death Of Guerrero, who having been take'
: by strasagem, at Acapulco, was convicted
!, by court martial of treason against tn
k State, and executed at Cuila, in oaxaca
f. on the l4th February, 1881.
l., Bustamente was thus left IN the posses
;, sion Of the first office Of the Republic, al
s though elected only to the second; but n
was not destined long to enjoy his acces
q sion of power. Santa Anna, another OF IN
lr former sdhereHts Of Guerrero, was tn