New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-26
Exposition Of SANTA Annals Views.


passages in IT OF notable import aud the whole
document Will command attention.
Circular By Don JosI Ramon Pocleco, Secretary Of
STATE. 10 me Governors offhs different STATES
ToLucA Sept Il le47.
Your ExozLLEScY After having sent 10 your Excel.
leDcy from ,he City OF Guadalupe H1sgo the msnu.
script decree issued from tina, city under yesterdays
date ~ his Exceency the President ad interim have
now the honor OF sending you (bsnk copies printed In
this city In order that your Excellrucy may circulate
them In the State which you 50 worhily govern. snd
that the nson may be informed ihsits not lett without
head. ~ MS Exceency. Gen. Don Antonio Lopez Do
Santa Anna previous his march 20 commence MS Mill
tsfy movements against the base Of the enemys opera
lions has cevolyed the Government upon tee authority
5eslgnatso by the Constitution
Iiis Exceileucy. by virtue OF the eztraordnafy pow
conferred him. took the responsibility OF order
ing detss which frou tbs force OF circumstances
could be done 10 conformity with the tenor 81 toe
constitution none Of the bodies whom these attn.
bues vcsIed being IN existence. On this account
hs diapensed with Of the necessary qas.dca.
In Of the colleagues OF The Executive. order
10 give this additional guaranty 10 the nation IL Is
also detrsbe that the place fixed upon the residence
Of the supreme GoyerDmf nj should be generally known
10 order that all the iuncuOnares and OF tho
General Government should regulate their actions
cordlng 10 political system provided by tho lave
Impartial history will some dey record Whatever fate
Providence may have decr-ed the which brought
about the " hch have just occurred 10 the Csp
ta. IN consequences of which II 10 sson,h
mebt indignation and grief IN the power OF the enemy
well by those only VINO truly feel II. i'm
mense loss 10 their county The fact s that OF The
points which defended ine entries - the city having
been abandoned without suy orders and another point
having been taken the ord Of the day the l3lh a.
c combat OF fifteen hours 1t decided by meet.
log Of tbs Generals held that hight 10 the citadel that
continued resistance would only expose The city D. Pill
lsge, aud 10 all the acts Of lmnoray 10 which savage
enemy aJaudIus bmtef
Tbs lsiter WIS misfortune which bis ExceilsBcy
wished 20 avoid At all hazards, ana wifn view ~ whcn
he had ST us CtfU
tons 70 be made Al far advanced points la order 10
tain on the other hand oil bic armarncot sDd the Decgs
sary 10 continue tbs war without owing them "
huIniisng Cspitulaton II "as resolved 10 esecusie
tho ty that very night conducting The whole army 10
tho city vi Gusdavps DC Hicsgo, Ia order 10 tsks th9
next day according 60 the Intentions Of hs Exceiency
road Puebs redeem that cisy out Of toe power
of the enemy cutting Oh Of the sano time All communi
cation with Vera Cruz.
The troops having already commenced the march, and
having MADE some progress on the road. II became
known much TO sattiatior Is surprise that tho
people vh0 the day before although supported by the
army snd vssn, national guards had taken part
in the struggle bad un6.Ttskeu their own account the
determination of the invaders ltnuedsteley the army
was couniermarched and two columns, one under the
command Of his Excellency and the Other under Gen
Don joan Alvarez penetrated az isr as the streets of
SaDto Domingo and La Cercs lsnciog some OF the Anne
rcsns substq ueDtiy after some measures and other
circumstances which II lie unnecessary 10 MENTION the
heroic people of the cspitzl were dissrmed.'
10 Undertaking carry out his first iutent the most
formidable obstacle 10 be encountered was the entire
want Of The troops Nhi Ostu nfc Gays Without
any support His Excelleucy the President had ex
haused all his personal res0urces. From the 18th "
Aug the date of the misfortune At Psderna 20 when
our present stu alton is t. be sscrbeJ up 10 that day
that TO- in twenysix days-nOt man nor dollar had
been sent any part How could 1t be exscted. or
even expected that the City OF Mexico which had al
ready made many sacrifices. should alone carry on
the and bear the weight OF the burdens which are
destroying the nation
TO the evils Of the war caused by the invaders. II
would not have become the Government add those OF
fia lyp u IA eyI ID
vet disbsnd the troops In order that they might de-
vastato the roads and villages, would have been s,i
greater evil The difficulty was insuperabe. as there
no food that day for the soldiers and the stu
ston was dreadful. His Excelency the President,
since bis to the Republic, has above all had to
conteud with difficulties of this nature and 20 them IL
10 be attributed the greater part of mforiuDes
but rather destroy force which after being puri
organized In different manner, could sui be
rendered seryicesble to the nation he embraced the
middle course of dividing the army Into sections IN
der the command Of tried officers giving them ins,ruc
tons as to tho roads they we're To take HIS Exeeency
eserying for himself part OF the cavalry. la This man
ner were obvised the great evils OF disbsndmcut OF
the army the burden distributed not 20 weigh
on single district, and above al 1t furnished ~ the
States Of the interior nucleus which they could in
cres1e or shape they might ike In order 10 carry
The war, which they have sll demanded without iiten
Ing TO any propositions of peace from The enemy
As regards political organization, his Excsleney saw
the extreme of perpexty of another kind In which he
was placed by bis deermio alton TO continue personally.
the defence of the Independence OF his country until
us through the will of God and Town dissentons.
and under which We suffering should put end TO
bis existence His Excelency old not wish TO be In
vested with the character Of President OF the Republic,
In conformity with the resolution of August OF last year.
his desire being devote himself exclusively to carry
us on tho war against the invaders and If be has since
assumed that power II vas 70 put down civil war
which was raging in the Capital and finally 10 raise the
necessary TO place Il in state OF ceierce
His Exceeney saw that there was no one before
whom he could make bis resignation In ofder TO eesse
himself from that onerous charge which prevented him
from pursuing the only object OF his ardent ce'ires snd
} which hsd drawn upon him many annoy snces that
ali his end bis repeated orders had been In vain
10 bring about meeting of the Congress composed Of
l4 members which held is regular sessions for
want OF numbers. and Of which hardly twenty six mem
bers could be assembled on occasions wren re applied
to IL 10 discharge the mission which bad been coDnded
10 H. and In order that the Executive might DO no more
than carry cut the will OF The representatives OF the
nation. $3.50
His Exeelency saw tbs, for the operations which
he meoi,eed II would be necessary that he should Re
personally abtent from the centre and thstmovne WIN
his forces In different directions the uncertainty OF
bic movements would occasion great onculiias In tue
administration of the Government he saw finally the
contamination OF the triumph Of the enemy BY aosn'
doupe these questions To the views OF designing psr
sans Under thoss circumstances, his kxctlieney de-
ermiped 10 issue the decree which communicated to
your Exceency. and OF which have the honor 70 an
mex printed copy, by which his Excecnoy. the Presi
dent ad afers endesvored to consult not Only the Oh
seryauee OF the fundamental law In great crisis but
also the spin, Of Tire law and the VIII oi inc nsuon'
uapitesird former occasions.
His Excellency only Intends BY this decree to NJ!
vacuum la the present circumstance 10 preserve re-
presentation OF ihe uuiy and nationality OF TIE hepuoHc
the Capital OF ~hich Is IN possession OF tue enemy-out
BY no t. impose his will upon his fellow cilzens
Far from the be has this occasion only taken upon
himself the solution OF the difficulty because peh,r al
the Capital which Ito legal residence nor In any other
part OF the Re, Sc Ia there legislative BODY ana DC
il ready 10 abide BY Whatever ii rnsy decide
After purs originating ia Intentions 50 honor
sbe there will not bo wanting vile passions inst always
will sccuse sfier misfortune, and upon nat very &c
count they the more reprehensole His kNceheney
The President carries In his garments n the death oil To-
oivduas sllcd 10 bis person, and In hrs own person
irreirasble tesimonals of his sedcnis 10 devote him
self n his country Gen santa Anna does not despair
ON account OF these ms0funss nor On account OF IN
gratitude which IL siil worse HIS kNceieuey renoun
eos power snd vet 1t 10 possible that stupidity may Join
with malice to add absurd cslunpies 10 Die other iu
menss disasters lie soancons power ard VIII II con
s,gps three facts 10 history Tor bis etrrnsl hen0r,
Firstly that the North al the Eat and al me Gap
i,a although with various fortune ne mas eesn ioond
CONTAINING the enemies OF his ccuny appearing 81 al
Donts of the battle and In those most oseo 10 o"n
ger Secondly. that in all tee states tnef fo'Pre'ne
,raixi0nas pOratiOns. remain