The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-11-09
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American Affairs In Europe-Opinions or the
Mexican War,
From the London News, Oct l2l
The circumstances which attended Santa Annals re-
turn Mexico his apparently good understanding with
vaua; the facilities for landing and the Difference
shown him by Commodore Common and the American
blockadng sqnsdron; all corrsborated the prevalent
the and assistance of foreign power and tina,
his rehabilitation in the rank Of frat officer the repub
lie, would be the signal Of peace and accommodation
Those ideas and hopes nst yet directly contra
dictcd. But the delay of Santa Anna resumng IN au
thority to which there seems no opponent naturally
gives rise to doubts as to the sincerity and consistency
SAINT. Anna is very able man; second Bonaparte he
calls himself We will not for tho smilitude He
!. most unprncpled certainy he has given proofs Of
the most daring courage at time and Of most oil
S Sncs Sowardcs at others but after ALL he stands a.
the Table Land. His address to the Mexicans on bis
return is strange compound; very able containing
sages almost mystic as Mormons manifesto
There is. here and there however, a naviete about
Anna tells the Mexicans. with great frankness, "to
establish government based on the support Of the
upper classes; on the proprietors the educated the
Vain attempt; those clssseswere divided were waver-
ing, were corrupt, were incapable Of giving govern
ment that support which alone it could live. Upon
these higher classes, much should like to favor
them, and protect them and rule by them. still have
found vain to rest and shall not try again. Expe
rence Of them has forced me to try the democracy and
to put faith in the people at large from whom alone
can expect some zeal some patriotism some dsnterest
edness and some OF that support requisite for govern
ment which must not only provide for internal tranquil
iy but for deferce of the national territory against
Such psrsphrased into plain English, is the language
Of Santa Anna i is impossible not to give it and him
s
Like my predecessors to sustain the army in great
to keep down the population but trusting that popu.
necessity require it, against the country's foesn No
language can be more plausible No conduct look
even with the purpose Of making peace the pratensions
OF that most exorbitant and merciess foe which
presses upon Mexico.
Unfortunately we have to relate that corresponding
with this mistrustful and ambiguous attitude Of Santa
Anna the Americans have resumed their projects of ag
General Taylor which eyinces this for he paral
ised at Matamoras, and obliged to move heaven and
earth to make in eight months an advance on Mon
ing against Tampico the second port of the republic
and this may be the scene Of more formidable operations
than Matamoras AT any rate, it gives immediate facili
ties and advantages to American trade which the pos
session OF Matamoras gave but partially.
paid particular attention TO- the peculiar mode of Ameri
can naval warfare. The Americans have been used to
make dreadful oucry against old principles Of block
ade But their own is something and monstrous
that how our government has quietly tolerated and
sbided by it, is. indeed passing strange They have de-
clsred that all the ports which they shall seize in Next
shall be open TO their trade in all commodities
exclusively to their trade. They will allow
DDS to enter that have not been in Ameri
can ports and paid duty to the American customs Man
chester produce must give way to Lowell They declare
our calcoes contraband Of war; bless the mark Their
without any remorseful encouragement Of a foe that
pays In dollars Such being the adopted them
sna sUsraed by u.s. we are not At their attack
dollars but these dollars will find their way back
Immediately into the pockets Of the New Englanders
The Mexicsns will not suffer much. 1t is only John
Bull who usual bears the blows of BOTH of all
bel!igsrent parties in every quarter OF the globe
Tsmpico, less bent upon carrying its ortcatons than
its custom house by assault, Santa Anna is declaring
against the Vaccinations OF his predecessor who
splred he says to introduce European monarch into
Mexico L 10 very possible that Parsdes and Herrera
may have been foolish: very possible that feeling
tiers Of Mexican disorder they might try grasp like
1uIbde that straw sceptre which Lear brandshed and
which beokens monarchy is. however bat idle and
dgnaton against visionary and mad project,-while
the stern and solid reality of Anglo American conquest
the Mexican empire We know not what to think OF
Santa Anna Whether he be Brutus the fool play ing
the idiot before his oppressors Brutus the patriot
ditasng his country's liberation, remains an enigma
for time alone to solve.
Iron the London Chronclel
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stimulus, Mexican matters in q state Of most melo.
dramatic interest. Where has confidence in anv
man, ana where there Is an equal diversity Of actors
in most Of previous notices of the affairs of the Rio
Grande we have confessed ourselves at nonplus in
spect TO details. What Santa Anna might do what he
might not do, has been to permanent mystery. And
we have owned to doubts As far the utter ab.
sence of principle convert man into problem,
Santa Anna has, in our eyes, been Pons .asinorum
That he would act as q selfish man knew we'll That
he would act according to circumstances was mere de-
ion from hso ~tr.. II
these circumstances would change with railway pace
rapdity calculated But that he would appreciate
them rightly was doubtful This last point could only
be determined by the extent which he might prefer
patriotic energy to party manGuvres.
Honesty is the best policy Santa Anna may may not
Honesty is the best policy, but no honest man acts
upon that principle alone. Nevertheless, Santa Anna
Now the present conflict Of policies lies IN tho ques-
ton whether il most advantageous for Anna
sell his country to the United States to his oppo
son to that same union as a means Of charging his
power as a Mexican President Higher grounds than
those involved in this dilemma have attributed
TO the Camillus and Napoleon Of the West.
Consequently we have been puzzled. In the eyes of
lookeron, as mere matter oil interest and chances it
was .oss.up In the eyes OF tssn Anna himself jaun
diced by faction was complicsusn of equivo
cal kind. Which was best for hn-Ame rican traitor
ship, or Mexican parotism2 Which, calculated upon
pure selfish grounds was the real policy OF our own
Charles Ito sell his country France Tor louis
to buy it for himself by the show of patriotsm7-
Doctors disagree as TO the answer
At this moment Santa Anna is equally q mystery in
England and America. We, who never professed to
him, because 80 creduous as
TO trust him. have reason for our obtuseness
America however, has jus; right to complain of be-
ing deceived She who came in contact with him in
Texss-she who tempered W it'll him before his exile
she who play ed with him during his exile the game of
Louis XIV and James lI.-she who began war with her
own arms under the full belief that she terminate
through his negotiations who passed him ugh
blockade, and passed him with the especial purpose
finding an agent ior her own especial workshe, after
all this, does not know what to make OF him.
IN, according to his own account, that the
.ou try, 10 quail TO the responsibilities Of a reply.
lie is simple citizen. He is merely member OF the
LeeisIatn We Of heroic Mexico. He Is whom the
army has As tered by accrcdtng with an influence
nothing more. The Congress must decide.
The Congress uust decide. Be il Nothing is
ana nothing to the taste of America
America wants a cesVon Of territory and vote OF Con-
grcss 10 essential he validity Of the transfer Ger
tanly Ia Congress that America desideraies and it
nothing less than Congress that conscientious Tex
admit party sufficient to make conveyance
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