Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-05-20
,,pnpT.TIoN OF SANTA ANNA.

xy remember the followers Of the administration
,, inactivity OF this General as an evidence Of the
dr, which hid restored him TO his country, bat when
I'D bv the deleneeless condition 10 which Taylor
Id bcen reduced by The JEALOUSY Of his own government
- ,.sauted him with on overwh elnrg force, and when
o.dcd M the mpu atoms Of reselery at hone. he
,,cred at Cerro Gordo, tie regulars under the saga
inns Scott fhedlsgrace and disaster which resulted from
- pcagements has caused the advocates u the adluin
;,ration to affirm with air Of triumph, that poorer
General than Santa Anna the world produced -
and 10 intimate that knowledge Of his cowardice and
ocompetepcy caused Mr.. Polk to appoint hml No
,binp nne forcbly reminds Of The preyarication with
,hicb Falstaf excused himself for his assault upon the
.ue Pruce" and nothing short Of the 'insiinct"
coold have nsgaed the several pleas Piled for Mr. Polk:
, ,ha, he did net permit Sauta Anna pass the book
ode. ID that if he did So because he knew him
10 be favorable peace founded the excison Of sone
half dozea Mexican promises; and 3D. according the
roous .thata Generafos the interests of Mexi-
% ,nd better than Santa Anna for tho interests Of
the United States, could not be found venture to say.
within the limits Of Mexico Sa lta Anna is great gen
cra upon paper He can brag and luser and talk free
Is about spng his blood for his counrybut here ends
bis oencrashp greater humbug. greater hypocrte,
or more consummate demagogue, country pro-
duee He has had the cunning heretofore to delude his
cmntryuen into the bell f that he is great
patriot who loves his country better. above ALL and
ne therefore capable he TO defend it in time Of
war-but this deluson, predict, about to be dispel
,ed-when he will again have TO leave his country FIR
his country's inter, 10 save his headno 10
he trusted with the honor and interests of nation which
b,sunformy suffered and been dsgraccJ in his keeping
We stop to inquire what the motive Of President
Plk--we care not what his object, since we per
s,aded ii good oneone which he believed best for
the interests of his countryin allowing Santa Anna to
return 10 people which had just eXed him, and for
whom reasonable to suppose he no longer had any
parcuar love- IL is enough for to know that the re-
suits of tho could not have proved more favorable to
our own under any other General whom Mexico (or
Mr. Polk could have selected
Now the obvious effect of this ungrateu assault upon
one of Mr. Folks earliest appointments. is to disparage
tho American Generals who have defeated him-and
beaever this war is ended and the people award the
reed Of honor the brave men, who have given The A
,,e,;can nag new claim upon the admiration of the
world. by tie vaor with which they have borne it,
shall be met by unworthy nsinuaiions, that the merit OF
all their achievements is due to Mr. Polk, who had to
select and import General timorous and incompetent
that any body could hare rhppedhim in order to
from the merit of victory than to affirm the weakness
and cowardice of the conquered.
But it is due to the gallant Taylor and Scott. the go
~ of whose achievements is thus insidousy saed,
10 remind cur readers that the fate has beslen
ery Mexican officer that they have encountered Arts
ia. Ampudia Vega Morales, Santa Anna, and the herd
Of nusachoed and epauetted officers whom Scott his Ia
ken at zero Gordo The result from Los Angeles and
Santa Fe Vera Cruz, every where, and under every
American General there has been unboken series of
yicories and unable as Santa Anna Santa ybodyese
is TO cope with army must maintain Tor the hon
or Of those whose blood has seamed up from foreign
soil and whose bones doomed soldier scpnche,
that Santa Anna must be the most formidable Comman
dcr-nclef in the Republic of Mexico if oheTwise, why
it that he, exile, charged with dsat'ection and
teachery, placed at the head of the armyand that
he oganzed and equipped force, infinitely larger than
had been assembled against us before That he used
his private cans, Cor possibly ours TO procure sup
plies and ammunlton-and that he has met us IN two
pitched battles, where nothing but the superior military
ability of army has defeated him VIII any one
have the harJihood openly to say that the attack on
Gen. Taylor at Buena Vista, planned by incompe
tency, and continued for nearly three days by coward
ice? Why the American neral admits the result Of that
attack was at one time very doubtful Will the Apologies
Of Slessrs. Polk and Santa Anna, mpugn the military
pacity which fortified Cerro Gordo the unavailng
sistance which defended it! We hope not The militia
~ reputation of Santa Anna acquired in the earlier
wars Of the Republic. In country where military
Paclty is the sole passpor, to power the elevation Of San
ia Anna is owing to his admitted superiority such
as Canaazo, Arista Ampudia .Torr jmor Vega land
since the Mexicans committed their to him, pri-
vate citizen and an exile in preference to others,
ceve it disced to our off .ers to have defeated
him. We moreover regard the declaration particularly
adiscree coming from the Enquirer the orga.-i lar
of the administrations it will naturally encourage the
Mexicans to proong the war; upon the admission their
foes that their success has far been due the neic
ency of the Mexican General
Is GEN. TAYIORA WING?