The State guard. [volume] (Wetumpka, Ala.) 1847-18??, 1847-06-22

ICY " Inc CkT0pehH pOUeTS, WHen us
sol' object would be 10 preserve ma,
tionaI government in New Spain, and
to repair the disastrous effects of abors
live revolutions upon The provinces
which were once annexed TO the Spanish
crown"
While the grand plot for the annihi
lation of republic seemed to b. rapidly
maturing, under the auspices OF that no.
torinus intriguer Parades, Santa Anna,
unexp .ciedly TO the "monarchical par.
ty" of Mexico which conceived him
10 be. as ef.ctually shut out rs they Were
shut iri-wiihout foreign invention. sud
denly made his appearance in Vera Cruz
at which city be issued his celebrated
proclamation of August l6 from which
We make the following extracts
"That, however, which raised my un-
easiness to the greatest height was to
see in a newspaper of credit and lnflue
ence. published in the Old World, a pro
position made in October last TO bring
US back, by force, under the yoke of our
ancient masters. My conviction was,
nevertheless, still strong, that no Next
can. however weak might be his ait,ch
nent for his country, would dare TO ia,
vor such ideas openly, and still less
10 recommend them 10 the consideration
Of The people,
Meanwhile, news reached me OF
revolution projected by Gen. Parades,
which revived my hopes, for, though he
had been the determined enemy of eve.
ry representative popular government,
supposed that be had altered his opn
ions, and honored him SO far as TO be-.
Ileve him incapable OF advancing
schemes for European Intervention in
The Interior administI alton of the repuh>
lie. He succeeded, and his manifesto
declaring his adhesion to the plan pro.
posed by the II oops qnared at San Luis
fo.osi, increased MY uneasiness; be.
cause | clearly saw in it dtdtr,be
against the independence Of the naii n,
rather than the patriotic address of o
Mexican general, seeking in good laith
To remedy the evils OF the country. His
perverse designs were, in fine fully re
vealed, as well as by his summons (Ior
The assemblage of a Congress) OF The
Gath of last January, issued in conse,
quence Of his revolution. ns by The news
papers showing the tendency of his ads
mirislraDon 10 the establishment Lf a
monarchy, under foreign prince in The
republic.
AS one OF the principal chiefs OF the
Independence of our Country, and the
founder oil the republican system, | was
then indignant al this endeavor Of some
Of its sons 10 deliver the na,loc up 10
the SCOTS OF the world, and 10 carry il
back 10 the ominous days of the Com
quest. THEREuPoN took the firm de-
termination to come and aid you to save
our Country from such stain, and 10
avoid the horrible consequences Of a
measure by which its glorious destiny
was to be reversed, carrying it back 10
what il was, aud 10 wnat It should never
be again. To execute this determine :
ton vas TO offer up my blood to any
one who, in case OF failure, might choose
10 shed il, in compliance uilh terms Of
HE barbarous decree which drove me
from the republic (; but | preferred TO
perish in The noble attempt, rather than
appear Indifferent 10 the ignominy Of
my country, and see the countless sac
rficcs made for our independence and
the right TO govern ourselves all render
ed iIlusory.
.Hence the commissions which have
so long agilaied US, and Of which some
European writers have taken advan,
tsge, so far as TO depreciate cur. race /;
opposing the liberty aud Independence
OF the republic; maniles.lng the neces-
sity Of interference in order to strength.
en- il against the febIile Invasion OF the
United States; and DEF laring, in fine,
that II would be as easy to conquer Mex
leo with a portion of Tie troops now
quartered ia the island of Cuba as it
was in the time Of the native Mexican
princes. My blood boils on seeing the
contempt with which we are thus treat
ed. by men who either do NJ. know US
well, or who, Interested in ransplantirg
among us the fruits Of their old social
So gtems, and of the times in which they
originated consider America in the same
state in which ii was during the l6h
century. Should any attempts be made,
as Indicated, to carry these mad plans
INTO effect, all but one interests of race
aoould be silenced and but one voice acouid
be heard Throughout The continent. The
one hemisphere would Then: be seen ar
ra, &c against the other, and for The dis.
asters which would fall upon the rash
aggre ssor who should thus attempt TO
interfere with the internal administration
Of Other nations, he alone would be res
poDsible.
40 expect, moreover, to strengthen
the nation by monarchy, under foreign
prince, is 10 suppose the existence in il
of elementc for the establishment end
maintenance OF mat system or that,
wearied by its struggle 10 conquer its
liberty, the nation si.hs for European
masters. or for anything else than the
peace which Il alone wants. Efrone-
Gus, mos, erroneous indeed, is this idea.
Fascinated by the example
OF a nation not yet century old, and
hich, under lis own government, has
attained a degree of prosperity and ad-