The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-06-12

ran the gauntlet of lancers from SAL
tilIo to Rinconada, carrying the order for Gen
Marshall to march on with his two heavy pie
ces Of ordnance.
The Northern press is noticing, with much
excitement, an extraordinary communication
which recently appeared in the Philadelphia
Ledger, from its Washington correspondent.
The tenor Of the remarks which have been
elected on the subject and the view that is
taken Of it, may be judged from the follow
ing, which we take from the Philadelphia
North american:
The SANTA ANNA TREASON, ITS CHARACTER
AND DEs1GN.-We find the following in the
Ledger Of Saturday, and are constrained to In-
vite our citizens to a thoughtful consideration
Of its developments. We extract it from the
regular Washington correspondent OF that
journal:
"victory round on every side, and not .
drop Of comfort. Peace is apparently as Tar
off as ever. We shall, for want of power to
treat with, be obliged to keep possession OF q
goodIy portion Of the conquered territory, and
to fortify and hold all the strong places IN our
hands.
"With the defeat Of Santa Anna, my hope
Of peace is considerably diminished, for how
ever strongly the opposition prOss may have
rallied against what it was pleased to call the
passport granted to that chief certain It is
that our best hopes of peace rested on him.
and that nothing but the imPossibility of sus-
tang himselfin Mexico, has thus far bafiled
his efforts to make the Congress agree to the
proposition of our government to send COM
missioners. l.
stThe tone Of his warlike dispatches was
from the commencement, forced upon him BY
the circumstances in which he was placed, and
perFectly understood here by the President
and his Cabinet. Santa Annals only hope o
success consisted in first satisfying the nation
al vanity Of his countrymen, or availing him
self of some lucky accident, to turn, for a mo
ment, the fortunes Of war, and to improve tina
; moment for concluding a peace lie can't
very near such chance at Buena Vista, bu
the battle of Cerro Gordo has put an end t
his prospects, and with them, to our calcula
ton of peace from that quarter"
\ 1t is our first duty to inquire the source 0
these terrible developments Of a most feariu
and disgraceful treason; for unless this be tn
!. mere hallucinations of lunacy or the idle sian
: ders of a print wholly out of the pale Of credi
!. there il that in it which demands attentions
We assert that it is of a source worthy OF gray
consideration, one Immediately connected witt
this administration. The correspondent 9
the Ledger is known to be a property OF TIL
administration-an ultra Locofoco. 1t is know
that he is in the confidence of the GoVernmer
] especially in the State Department, and th'
he has repeatedly been made in advance
the press, the organ of its divulgements
the public. We cannot therefore, and we d
6 not doubt, that in the above communication D
/ has given truthfulIv the views of the admins
a tration.
And this belief is rendered the more cont
/ dent by the knowledge, that the President !
I, his annual message admitted the existence {
an intrigue with Santa Anna. He did this
/, enough Of itself to cover the Government an
the country with shame, and 10 rouse ever
bonest heart in our confines to mutiny an
!, "a 90. but he did more-he recognised
/ s,iIt continued connection, and promised eve
!. then. that Santa Anna would yet procure
|. naace. Let this be remembered in conjun
ton with the other facts.
To effect this purpose it was necessary tn
Santa Anna should be upheld in Mexico.
The alliance demanded that the two Pre-
dents should sustain each other. To give eel
\ to the Mexican miscreant, and SO enable b
to cary out Folks designs, a victory was n
cessary. Read the above letter, and say va
" were Folks purposes.
aThe tone Of hiss-santa Anna's-"wsrl'
dispatches was from the first forced on 81
90 ~ the circumstances in which he was place
4. AND PERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD HEE
he BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CAL
-NET.o aAND CERTAIN 1T IS TIA
4. OUR BEST HOPES OF PEACE REsTI
% UPoN HtM.n "Hs eartc perg near ae6
bo chance al Bucna YSte, BIT tte Jdtae Of Ce
,ut Gordo Ia, pa N cid 70 MS projects and W
MaH NM XXI"