The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-06-12
NuImbeY 30.
Hem, 70 OUR CALCULATION u peace

THEM, TO OUR CALCULATION Or peace
from that q~uarter.n
Such is the language Of the administration.
We will not pause to characterize q policy so
dark, SO reasonable; but will proceed to
prove by facts that the plan Of the adminis-
tration was here indicated, to give a victory
to Santa Anna, In order that he might, 10 use
the words Of tho writer quoted above, Sturn
the fortunes Of war, and improve that moment
for concluding peace"
At a time, when it was known, when it was
communicated by Gen. Taylor to the admins
%tratiun, that Santa Anna was gathering large
force, at San Luis Potosi, Of from 80 to 10000
men, the Government withdrew from him
without notice or explanation, the main part
of his force, including nearly all his regulars,
and his best officers. He was left in a state
of apparent helplessness; and that too in the
face Of an army four times his number. What
was the object of this? An attack upon Vera
Cruz. But why was not Santa Anna at Vera
Cruz2 Why did he leave the door Of Mexico
open, and prefer to attack a detached force in
an extreme section Of the republic? And when
SO Unexpectedly repelled-("he come Uery near
such d chance al Baena pista,' says the admin
~istration writer quoted above) why did he
make what his countrymen believe 10 have
been but a feint a Cerro Gordog
Whether or not, authority, this letter singu-
larly chords with the facts. 1t explains the
withdrawal Of Gen. Taylor's force, the orders
given to him to retire and afford Santa Anna
a triumph over every post this side of Monte
rey, bathing the country In the blood Of the
gallant American volunteers who occupied
it. 1t acknowledges, in the most distinct mans
ner, that the intrigue with Santa Anna has
/ been continued to the present time. 1t ex4
presses with a horrible frankness, a regret that
Taylor and his little host were not sacrificed at
i Buena Vista.
The charge of a reasonable conspiracy
t between the Presidents Of the two coun-
tries in recognized in both. The Mexicans
believe Santa Anna is a traitor in the pay Of
: Mr.. Polk, and seek his life. The treason, if
i, it exists, is equal on the part Of both the cOns
= tracing parties.
/ "Our best hopes Of peace rested upon him.'
Santa Anna. There was, then, no trust in
the patriotism of the country, in the valor Of
our army, nor in the irmness of our govern
ment. "Nothing but the impossibility Of sus-
' tanning himself in Mexico has thus far bafled
. the efforts to make the Congress agree to the
proposition Of our government The whole
war has, then, been a game played between
:" two dark political gamblers, who understand
their mutual policy, have played into each
others hands. And what Of the thousands
who have persisted in this terrible game?-
What of them, indeed!
The lamentations Of this writer over the
s. victory of Buena Vista, his expressed desire
y that Santa Anna should have prevailed, and
our patriots have been msssacred (for sucl
Mt must have been the resulD presents a pictur,
OF Of political depravity too horrible for contem
n plation. This is not treason m~erely-thougl
IL it is treason the blackest-but il is the mos
O. insane form Of sanguinary malice, Over tn
at graves of Mckee, Hardin and Clay and thei
ne compatriots, the writer laments that Taylor ant
ut Wool, and all who battled by their side, wer
70 not laid in the same tomb. All should hav
IA been offered as sacrifice to Santa Anna st
satisfy the national vanity of his countrymen,
Of and enable him "to turn the fortunes of wa
Tul and to improve that moment for concluding
he peace"