Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-09
From, the NO. Delta.

TSTEREsTINGa MEXICAN DOCUMENT, !.
The Battle Of Cerro Gordo-Santa Anna's
Defence .Merican Acknowledgment iof
the Splendor of cur Vict0ry. a: g.ss,s!..
The victory Of Cerro Gordo appearstoi
Ihave produced "a oreTpoweifull effect in,
the City of Mexico than any which we.
have ye gained. The enemy had never.
before fought under such favorable .cir.I
cumstances cunning was never.
before go embarrassed and confused, toran'
apology, Santa Anna was never SO com
petely slumpea 'inlhis whole life. Phe,
strongest evidence,of the exhaustion mud
poverty Of Santa Anna''s imagination on
this subject, is 10 be found in the severe
aud free expressions Of the press, not only
dscrediling his explanation OF the Cerro
Gordo affair, but also impusning all his
former statements in relation 10 his battles.
The papers are loaded with these scepti-
cal aud satirical effusions. The currenf
against him is rising highsr and stronger.
Why" say these writers. "are Gems.
Aris,a, Ampudia, Heredia, Conalizo &c,
SO roughly handled by Santa Annals
friends on account Of their 'misloriunes,'
when much greater misfortune Ct the
Genera-in- Chief is praised rather as an
act Of patriotism than disgracelul fou z"
The excuses given heretofore by Santa
Auna's friends are mol satisfactory TO the
unreasonable scribbers Of the Capital.
The preteuce that the National Guard did
not understand The use Of arms and be"
haved badly in the action, is well met
with the reply that the National Guard
were all captured at their posts, brayely
fighting, whilst the veteran regulars were
escaping under Ampudia, Canalizo, and
the GeueraI-in- Chief. This is good hit.
Other arguments are disposed Of with like
ease and pungehcy. - q - .'' 81
Santa Anna; in order TO justify his roul
at Cerro Goldo, bestows upon Gen. Scolt
and his gallant army higher praise. and
>confers upon this achievement more
brilliant renown, than our own warm i'm.
agiuationa and proud hearts ever conceived
Here follows the vindication of the mil
itary conduct of Gen. Santa Anna inthe
baule OF Cerro Gordo, published in'ithe
Diario del Gobierno, at the City of Mex
leo, on The 30lh April: s'aitso ,
VlNDICATlON OF SANTA ANNA,
The internal enemies oflh country, the
secret agents Of our external enemies,
those who are laboring 10 open 10 Them
the gates of the CAPITAL neglect no means,
however criminal Of fomenting dissenlions
and dislrusl among US, as more favorable
to the designs Of The invader is our own
disunioU, than all The disasters we can
suffer in combat. Hence the zeal and the
bad faith with the events of the war, dis
figuring Them in such a manner that the
disasters Of our army, as we'll in the North
as in the East, may be attributed not 10
involuntary errors, but to treason.
With like motive do they eudeavor 10,
depreciate Gen. Santa Anna, knowing, as
they do, athe is the enemy whom the
North Americans most fear, and that be
once out of the way, they will have re-
moved the principal obstacle that,ahey
have mel with up 10 The present ,ime, in
their career of destruction and conquest.
This idea predominating. these internal
enemies of the country have published
various pamphlets, representing the tri-
umph obtained by our arms atSlhe. ADgos-
tura as loss. Al the present moment.
they are doing the same thing inrelaiioni
10 the actions Of the TELEGRAPH and tCero;
Gordo, in both ofwbich they censure the
General-iu. Chief, inlerms soiseyere sthat
il only RENAME to accuse him clearly and
expressly oftteason.J EiSssii,, u
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