New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-19
Late and Iu,portau, from Mexieo-santa Anna''
Recep,ion-No Peace TO be had-hs1'can
Plans, Movements, &c. &c.
Fron our Special Cc-esp' n6snt II MEXICO

OF vEzI czrz, sept 9th, ls+6.
The Squadron still hes OF San Anton L1zardo
and consists OF some twelve or fourteen sal OF va
rous sizes from frgate 70 gunooat- Comrno-
dors PERI arrived here on the 23d. and viii assume
command OF the Mississippi Il she ever returns
from Pensacola
santa Anna Is al last firmly re-settled in his
strong seat He declines the Presidency, but takes
command OF the Ar.ny and hints IN q long letter
On that subject that it may be necessary TO e1eF-
else supervisory function over the militsr: as
positions OF the government He IS no doubt dlsap-
pointed TO ind that he is less necessary 10 the
Mexcans than be supposed himself to BE- ana tha'
he must graduate his pretensions accordingly HIS
time is approachinz however. and unless he finds
il convenient to pass a few months in the
United States At Gen. Taylors instance, many
neck will feel the weight OF his politically leavy
foot.
His entry into the Capital was made. by little
management. perfect triumph Noleys OF artli-
ery peals Of bells and human voices arches
shows speeches and inscriptions, welcomed HIM
back as the Deiiverer of his Countrywide hero OF
hundred battles some enumeratedl-the F. ther
OF Sovereign People-him, who was glad TO sneak
out OF that country, eighteen months ago, without
having his neck unhingsd.
The restoration OF the Federal System is really
something for few of the States TO be proud Of
but the condition OF Mexico is such, in my opinion
as to render the central plan productive OF the most
7 good 10 the country at large. Every State now
! STYLES itself Free and Sovereign, and presume
they conceive the title 70 belong 70 them But
they are far very far from being free. and almost
equally short of sovereignty II IS preposterous TO
suppose that freedom exist where the mind Is
I bound Not to have chains the limbs Is but
exemption from the lot OF a criminal: the worst OF
/ slaves have that kind OF liberty We find amongst
/ Christian communities popu!ace led by designing
demagogues into successive whirls OF civil dissen
sion and boodshed. only IN those whose relGlon Is
! coInpulsorv circumscr1bed BY the narrow limits oil
\ single creed Mexico is in this category
The following which | translate from Jalapa
paper. shows the spirit with which our advances
I are met:
Confirm me in the perpetual possession OF the pro
perry OF which have robbed you and give me iaTora
bic opportunity 10 ,ob you o! more
such Is the true reading OF the proposal OF peace
which the President OF the Ansio-amerlcan United
states has made 20 Mexico. Such proposal from one
OF the volunteers which follow Taylor anxious 20 I'LL his
pockets in any fashion, would have excited no surprise
but tina: the Chief OF civilized nation should give such
proof of mmoraity,is matter OF shame and alarm
to al! who have any thing lose II plain that this
step shameful il il in any light has been prompted
By the fact that our enemies unable 20 bear the I'M
rense costs the war and the knowledge that within
tour months from this time their troops and their squad
rons Will perish with hunger, or the inhabitants OF Phi
ladephia New. York &C viii be ruined by the new con
trbutons and severe imposts which the said President
some time since asked authority today upon them
We are therefore hrmi: persuaded mat with sum
Glen; constancy suffer little longer the evils "nlch
arise OF these illusions OF power VIII
be early dssipaed and that the proposal OF peace which
is clothed in terms OF bitter provocauon' VIII be,
in the OF few months repeated in decent and
Just language. While al this Is proceeding and the
general Congress shall ce discussing the matter II Is de-
srabe that the public writers and persons we'll informed
upon extra subjects should themselves 10
lative action tEl Zempoalteca.
News of the occupation of Santa Fe and the
retreat of Armiio reached the City OF Mexico on
the sth inst and caused much alarm, as Its pollt-
ical Importance is really great. The Commandant
of the District endeavors to throw the blame upon
Armio and his officers, but it is impossible to dis
guise eiiectuallv the fact that the people OF New
Mexico and Chihuahua are either favorable to the
Americans or perfectly Indifferent to the reign
inc family-Mexico or Yankee, it is all the same
to them. FL Diaro Official however proves
very satisfactorily. OF course. to Its inends-that
such an American preference cannot exist, and en-
tiers into various details to that end. can only
gather one important deduction from his array OF
facts and that is that the Spanard. like the In
dian and the Buffalo must forever retire before the
advancing steps of the Anslo-SaSon or be crushed
beneath his feet. Great wrong, terrible Injustice
NAV be involved in Its course, but that course IS
not the less onward Westward and S0athlcdTd-
Ii is our duty to impede IFS progress only as an en-
gineer regulates the velocity OF his wonderwork
ING car not as n clown would do, by throwing OBJ
stacles before It's wheels. Louisiana and Florida
and Texas lie before the Spanish race opponents
of the will of God in this regard, however false
the character of the Anglo American may appear
in the view of that race
1t is evident that Peace must nor be conquered.
Our proposition is utterly misunderstood, and per
haps deserves to be, as It'll clothed in or accompa-
MED by improper language. The news from Mon
terev is rather cheering to the Mexicans, Tor Mea
is there and his communications breathe more con
fidence than those which he wrote from the banks
OF the Bravo in April last Ampudia relieved HIM
in the command on the Both, but presume lie will
continue to write letters His is hopeful heart
Santa Anna Will probably rendezvous at the city
of San Luis Potosi and may wait in that neighbor
hood for General Taylor. | thing the Mexicans will
have more people In the teld-more concentrated
and better drilled-than the Americans Seventhou
sand men reported TO be now In the neighbor
hood of Monterey, several brigades within few
leagues OF the Capital. and two three IN process
o: formation in different parts, besides the main
body thirty thousand who to be ready for ser
vice BY the first of December. In OF defeat in
the nechborhood OF San Luis Potosi OF our main
body. what would be the result Would not the
complete evacuation OF Mexico be an immediate ne
cessltN Inc Government, III tne exercise u! us
wonderful sagacity, has differed from and set aside
General Taylors opinion OF the Importance OF
military path by Tampico, which line of com
munication could be kept open to the Gull, where
guarded depot and outlet would render subsistence
certain and withdrawal safe and the consequences
may be happy Out OF evil good may come.
would rather pay two hundred millions for peace
than single dollar for war
The Mexcans fancy themselves to possess, as a
nation traits OF character far superior 10 the lead
ing features OF the United States In respects
this fancy is not so exravagant as many Ameri
cans may regard it, and that you may see what can
be said on the subject viii let Mexican tell his
own story. Iquote from FL Diaro Official of the
18th instant.
Ii Mexico there are Slaves nor Is there man in
the country liable TO treatment worse than beasts should
receive Is the case with the unfortunate negro Of
Louisiana and other States The mere act Of stepping
upon soil brings freedom To the stranger from other
lands The Aborgines not here prosecuted and
crushed they the United states OF the North
There s moneyed arsoc-acy established here as IN
Philadelphia and other parts OF the United States where
the possessor of half million OF dollars j. gentleman
no matter how he acquired them In word Mexico
possesses many OF the elements OF freedom than
the United States.
Under the new order OF tliHgs ;hs prsteSt for war