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military posls and towns, the fundamental arti
cle is ia Ihe following words:
"Ariiele Firsi. Tbs people and garrison oI
Iihe town of-disayOw the summons lto .
lCongrsssl issued on the 9Th Of Marcn last by
the SO-oallcd President al interim Paredesl and
/ his Ministers. The "iyranls' aud military despois
whom il was proclaimed that our army "came''
into Mexico TO overthrow. as beinga direct al.
attack upon the sovereignty ofIhe nation. Iby
"ihe Dictator Paredes," as the Proclamation
calls him, and issued with the evident object ol
making the nation appearto call ior monarchy
with a foreign prince 10 gOrerH il"
This last was the grea, bugboar held out ,c
the Mexicans by President Polk as we'll us Ex.
President Santa Anna; These ,yranis," saws
the Proclamation "some Of whom boldly advo.
Gated nOngrchiedi GorerHnsnt, anJ would
place a EzoPeAaa priAcs upon the throne Of
Ikszio0."l
The identity Of tho language Of Santa Anna's
"Plan" and of the "Proclamaon" show plainly
enough that the one served as mould for the
other which might easily be, when il is known,
from the documents transmitted 10 Congress by
the President along wilhhis last annual message,
that copy of the "Plan" of Santa Anna was re-
ceyed by the President in Ii letter from Mr.. Black
our Consul to the ciry of Mexico, under date Of
April e6. 1916, five weeks before the Procld.
nation was sent from this cily.)
The CORRESPONDENCE between the purposes Of
Santa Anna and our Administration is further es.
abished by evidence afforded by the govern.
ment paper in this city. Thus, for instance. wo
find in "iho Union" Of June 10 (some days after
the "Procamalion" to "ihe Mexican People"
was seat from this cy) the following:
'NEw Events IN MExI-o.-Th, follow ng ar.
tico translated for the Union" will afford an
idea oftha way that Paroles Government, ioun.
dtd on military ujurlalion, is working:
From The Vera Cras Locom1ior. Nay %.
"The Supreme Goyernmanl has intercepted. it
is said, a pau of the corre5poud1Lc5 which was
kept up by various individuals in Mexico with
the rayolulioniSiS Of the souIh,t aud in cons3.
quence tbs cz ms below namal w.r. imm III.
ately arrested, from their beirg directly or indi-
rscIty implicated: Don lgnucio Trigucros,"
&C., &c.
We have her, tbs sam, phrases with which
the Proclamation is so thckly in,crari'd.--
"Your government is in ih1 hands oflyrantS and
EsmpsrS," dependant upon the power Of II
military Dictator" says til, Procamaon.--
President Paredes government is founded on
military usWgaiOn," is an "uiurped authority"
says the gOrerRmpHi PAPER.
We wcrs CON, I.t,lv puzzled fora time how
to account for the very gr1nt anxiety of our
President. (who has shown SO liue respect TO til.
fr 'edom of The press at homc) for th3 "libery of
the press" in Mexico; an anxiety so great that,
ID
oflh3 considerations with him for invading that
Republic. Bui we have found in the course oGa
casual search Of the file Of tbs "Union," what
appears 10 be key 10 this conundrum. The fol-
owing abstract Of news from Mexico" orig.
Ially published in The New Orleans Courier Of
ipriI "a and copied into the "Union" Of May 4. |
SAC tius month before the Proclamation was
,cnl from this cly,) will show in what way the |
freedom of the press hal been invaded TO excite
hs Indignation orlhis Government to such an ex
lent as to enter into tn avowed motives for the
invasion Of Mexico by "lho Republican army of
the Union"
Gen. Almoneis appointed Minister to France,
and Francisco L'rlo Dc Pamda and Francisco
Lazo Estrada, Secretaries of legation. These
g ,ntIcmcn are at HlrdAa. whcrS every day they
have long conferences with Santa Anna, who is
awaiting with impatience the rerolHtiOn U.dci is
10 replace him al The head Of Government,
The MeHcan Government has prosecuted tlco
rcro ,papers, and two officers of the arMy. The
z ,lorna and the Contra TEMPO. journals in The
interest Of Santa Anna, have been sez1d, and
i,r5ccro. editor Of the former, and Luis ESpino,
# tho Later, have been arrested.
The nrma and Conlra Tempo advo 'atcd
'p7nIy and boldly the restoration Of S na 4 ma
So that tn. abolition oGlhc liberty Of The press
" tho tyrants Of Mexico Consisted in proSecu-
ing presses which advocated the overthrow of
The usupcrs," 10 put Santa Anna in their place.
Besides the above, there wcr, other Indications
n tn "Union," could one have understood them |
3 well rs We do now, that our administration
1as calculating upon Santa Annals return 10
owcr. Onthe 10Th Of March, 1896 the scheme
4as alluded to; on the 4Dh Of April person was
aid to have arrived her, from the city Of NlCxi |
o, who give information to the Government ed.
Tor that Santa Anna would return TO Mexico in |
ha month Of MAY, and that n new revolution was
t hand. On the 4lh Of June, about the time
hat Santa Anna was expected To set out from
lavana, This Proclamation was Forwarded. and
h, day following the "Union" betrayed u con-
ciou3ness Of what wa' on foot.
We have shown that th'r, was M identity Of
'lrpon on tbs part Of President Polk aud Elk.
'rssidem Santa Anna. That thera was also mn
concert. tacii compact, ba'
wIen these high perionage', might well have
cen inferred in th abi3nca of direct proof But !
her. is no need To resort to inference. The
'ro,iIonl's Mas'Og' Ot lh1 m1aline Of Congress
II d &c mb'r !au, l'Ils tha whole story. It is not
'cas@ry for us here to quote The memory Of
very reader. 1t is enough 10 repent The heads
fit.
Scarcely hope Of adjusting our difficulties,
&c, could b. cherished says the Message
while Partd5s remained u, ,h5 head o(rhl Gov.
,ramenI, &c. Besides, there wa good reason to
,licvJ, from all his conduct, that it vas his in
o.. III. u ..Ili.. ..r N...i in.n