Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-19
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Thursday Morning, November Is, ls47.
THE OLD AND THE NEW PRESIDENT.

Thursday Morning, November Is, ls47.
THE OLD AND THE NEW PRESIDENT.
We regret that we have not room to-day Tor
two highly interesting documents which We find in
the n. Orleans Delta and Picayunc. They are
an address 10 the Mexican nation from Pena Y
Pena, now by virtue of his ctiice exercising tie
supreme executive power-and a manifesto 10
his le!low-cize IS from San!a Anna, who his
just been disgraced b. renewal from high office
The address Of rena y Pena is dated al Quere
taro, Oct. 18th, and though he finds ii necessary
10 throw in lille spice Of "honor and indepcn-
dence" 10 tickle the national vanity Of Mexico,
he evidently brlrays his conviction that bis coun-
Tymen can do nothing better than conclude
treaty Of peace with The United States. After
dwelling upon The repeated disasters which have
marked "lhis fatal war, The lives which the Mex.
leans have lost, the calamies that have over
wheImed The country, The bereavement ofso many
families, and The terrible commissions in The heart
Of The Matchmaker admitting that Mexico is
without revenues and without public treasure
and that her ports, her most important cities, and
even The capital OF her Republic, are in The hands
oil the Americans, he goes on 10 add:
ITO lei The dictates OF an insensaie pride pre-
vail in This bloody struggle, and perhaps The pre-
text Of political party would be TO provoke the
anger of Heaven, 10 submit 10 peace which
does not insure the real good of the country Ter
The present and the future and VIII ich does not,
above all, save our hoaor, without which we can
have no nationality, would be degrading 10 our
name, would prepare new wars, and make US
unworthy The respect OF civilized na'ions.'
We confess that we were pleased with The dig
nifty, the frmness ana The madcsiy Of this address,
which concludes as follows:
"Ffom this time | absolve myself from all
care, and before God and The nation assure you,
with The puresi sincerity, that 30 no, consider
my SELF capable o. governing"
He speaks boldly, as il he felt the responsibility
Of his position, and were resolved 10 carry out,
undismayed, the duties which the Constitution
had thrown upon him. But, above all, he seems
determined 10 crush the power OF military usurp-
crs and violence, and TO rely upon The more gen.
lie moral force of the Constitution and laws. He
has been prominently spoken Of as Presidential
candidate before The Congress a, Quereta o, and
his views are, therefore, the more important.
Santa Annals manifesto, dated al Tehuacan,
Oct. 22d, is Of an entirely different, character II
brealhes disappointment and rage against his
enemies, ard unmilgatcd war against the Amc-
ricans. "Wi,h The force OF innocence Infamous
y outraged" he derounces those who have &C
cused him OF having brought calamity upon The
country as 'ye calumIialors and enemies of the
nation" lie calls upon Gems. SCOT and Taylor,
and upon every individual in their armies, 10
declare upon their honor" whether he who has
fought them every where "has discharged all his
duty to his counlry!"
He promises TO lay before the world an histori-
cal review of his whole conduct, 10 show the cum
ming by which he was ,hwarted, The injustice
with which his plans were disobeycd, and him
| self held up as 'Irailor." We have room but
for brief extract OF his powerfully written adj
dress, indicating Santa Anna's opinions as 10 he
probable action fthose in power upon the ques-
lion OF peace. In this connection, We cannot for
bear from repeating cur conviction. that II We
wish 10 make an early peace, this is no Tine icr
any defensive lines" or other halfway measures,
the sole effect Of which v i'll be to encourage the
now broken spirit o! Mexico A vigorous main
tainance OF The advantages we now hold, will
probably give US peace in sbor, time:
"It you will await events as desire you in or
der TO Judge with certainty, you will perceive that
those who from their clubs have managed 10 dit
fuse dislrust and malignant reflections upon my
conduct, taking advantage OF our mIslonunes
are The very ones who are fastening to treat
with The enemy and 10 yield TO hia, what | re-
fused These same men who cried out "war
without truce" and stiemalized as treason" The
armisice which necessity compelled me 10 enter
into al the capital, when il was The duty OF The
Goyernmen, 10 islen 10 that OF The United States,
these men are now striving bypocTitically 10 per-
suade you hat there arc no elements oil war, that
the nation is exhausted, that its necessities and
its suilerings require peace al any sacrifice
Time, | repeat TO you, will! best teach you the
wickedness Of these factions, The authors OF our
misiortunes"