The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-10-16
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
Letters of Gen. Scott and Santa
Anna.
THE PROPOSITIONS or TIE Two
GOVERNMENTS.
Irom ihe Wnshinnlon Union.


/ HEAD ARMY OF UNITED STATES
September 6, lsl1
TO his Erceliency The President a,m General IN
ChiecoCMe Republic Of .Herico.
The 7th and 18th articles of the mp,i,,j,c
or military convention which ludhe Loy.
or of rntiiying and exchanging whhyouy VIZ.
cellency on the oath ult. stipnlalo that the mr.
INV under my command shall have the priv.
lcge Of obtaining supplies from the City o'
Mexico. There were repeated violations OF
these articles soon after the armisticc VA,
signed, aud have now good reasons for h.
ieying that within the last twenty four hour,
/ fnot before, the 3d article Of the same con.
vention was also violated by the same mar.
ties. These direct breaches Of good GiN
give TO this army II full right TO commence
hostili!ics against Mexico without giving any
notice. However, will give the necessary
time for an explanation, satisfaction. orrcp.
ration. lflhese are not givcn,l hereby form
/ ally notify you that ifl do not receive Nr
most complete satisfaction on all these points
before II o'clock to morrow, shall coislc
the armislice as terminated from that holn
/ have the honor to bc your ENceenct,
ohedieut servant. WINFIELD SCOTT.
To this Santa Anna made the foIowM.
reply:
Headquarters ARNIr OF MEXICAN REF
MEXICO, Sept. g. ISL.
To Ills ErceHcney General Hinfeld ScoNC1g
mqnler in Chicf oJ'the .2'ny otNc L. States
SIR: By the note of your EYccIlcncy 90.
der this date learn, with surprise, that loI
consider that the civil aud military am5oH
ties of Mexico have violated articles 81? and
3 of the arnistice which ! conclulcd viii
Your ExccIlcncy on the 2lth OF last month.
The civil and military aulholtics otMcNico
/ have not obstructed the passage OF pro'I>.t'
/ for the American army; and fiat times Lc'
transmission has been retarded, 1t has bcc
owing to the iuprudCnce otihc Americans
gents, who. without having previous 800.
/ Outstanding with the proper authorities g'w
occasion for popular outbreaks, which It N
| cost the Mexican Government much troUN.
to reprcss. Last night and the night before
the escorts for the provision train were read.
V to start. and were only detained hccH,,
Mr. Hdrgous, the agent, desired it. TIE 4"
ders given to suspend the intercourse lt.
tween the two armies were addressed to pm.
waite individuals. and not To the agents oiIa
army of the United States. and were inter.
ed purposely to expedite the transmission
provisions to the army, and to continr THEM
tercoursc to that object exclusively. In r..
turn for this conduct your EXcellcucy M,
prevented the owners or managers Of iln
grain mill in the vicinity ofthe city from fur
uishing any flour to the city, which is true
breach of the good faith your ENccIleucy had
pledged me.
1t is false that any new work or iorrica-
lion has been undertaken, because one or two
repairs have only served 90 place them in I'm"
same condition they were III on the day I'VE
armiStce was entered into, accident or the
convenience ofthe moment having caused
the destruction Of the then existing worh'
You have had early notice of the cslahlis..
mcnt Of the battery covered with the md
walls of the house Of Garry, in this city, and
did not demonstrate, because the peace ottwo
great Republics could not be made to depend
upon things grave in themselves, but otlf
value compared to the result in which al
the friends of humanity and of the prosperliy
ofthe American Continent take so great an
interest.
| There is some obscurity in this sehieT'
which, it is probable. is owing to typogvoII'
| ical errors.-EdS. Pic
1t is not without great grief and even III
dignation that | have received! commune
tiuns from the cities aud villages occupied!
the army Of your Excellency, in relation
the violation of the temples consecratcd
the worship of God; to the plumber of the%
cred vases, and to the proclamation of the IT.
ages venerated by the Mexican people. m
foundlv have | been affected by the con-
plants of fathers and husbands of the Uo
cnce offered to their daughters and Nres
and these same cities and villages have we'
sacred not only in violation ofthe nrmls'cT
but of the sacced principles proclaimed oI"
respected by civilized nations. ! have on
served silence to the present moment, ID {"
der not to obstruct the progress OF negour
lions which held out the hope ottermIha,L"s
a scandalous war, and one which your H.,
cellency has characterized so Justly "S u'H"
ural. But shall desist offering aPotoSTLs
because I cannot be blind to the Nu'n t L,,S'
the true cause of the threats renewing "oI
tilities, contained in the note OF your LNt.,
Iency. is that have not been willing to sl7u
Il treaty which would lessen cons'dera',! .o
territory of the Republic, and not only 'lI
territory of the Republic, but that u'gh,N I I.
integrity which all nations defend 10 'nI ,,,
extremity. And if these consideration '
not the same weight in the mind OF your IL
cellency, the responsibility before inc MI'G
who can easily distinguish on whose ',u,
moderation and justice, will fall upon sO" ~m
fatter myself that your EXcelIcnc! ;M
be convinced on calm refiection,oi inc Too
my reasons. But if by misfortune fr.l
should seek only a pretext TO deprive WV n,nor
city of the American continent OF u" Vt hs
tunity to free the unarmed population Vi ,,b.
horrors of war, there will he left me l'o Lg
err means of salvation hut to repel ioFlJJ ,b
force. with the decision and energy
my high obligations impose upon me- u,n,,'s
l have the honor to be, your ENce'7'N'
humble servant, ANNA,
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA A .,ion,
The following outline of the PrGPoSML New.
of MIR Trist on the one side and OF the i" al
can Commissioners on the other, we Eanor,
length, inasmuch as the Telegraph'c ''E''