Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-12-18
Vol. S--NO. 13--VvhOle No. 371
SAN TIA ANNA.

A
Anna wonid appear to be, at length, completely !
talen,--ns longer military chiefat the head Of
ar'nies,-no iongera President and virtual die
tsor, the ruling spirit and master Of his country,
no longer even a fugitive, contendnr with
dignity and courage against fnte.-but help.
less hopeless, submissive victim and prisoner,
patiently yielding to arrest and patiently expec.
tirg the ignominy ofa trial, in whca he is 10 be
auairned for military 'ncompeiency and, we
nre even told, pecula,on or robbery Of the public
treasury.
The life Of Santa Anna illustrates in an extra
ordinary degree the viciss,tudes Of that fortune,
which. in the ancient times of superstition and
fable. was worshipped as controlling divinity;
though it resembles less the career Of demo.
cratic chief and military dcmngogue of our own
era and hemisphere, than the history Of the slave
Of an oriental arch,-a Marcos, or Beisar.
us, or some palace menial, raised by the caprice
Of fortune. or the purple, from the lowest obscu-
ri,y up through all intermediate posts and dig.
mites, to the glory Of military command, and
triumph, and mastersbp--only, byn similar ca.
price. to be suddenly pulled down and degraded
even below the depths Of former nsicnfcance.
Or,--it we must find for the NJ, xlcan ex Presi.
dent more dignided parallel, he can Se com.
pared To Demetrins, the Destroyer Of Cities, the
very football of fortune; who-with more vslor,
the advantage .ofroyal lineage, and a character
;,C y,>rb bah IN - hoe
been for blood through every adventure Of
fortune. 10 rise and fal,-to be exileG and re-
ca He'd, win thrones and be driven from
,hem,-to fight and conquer, and be conquered,
and, finally, 10 end the drama OF ambition in
unutterable wretchedness and degradation, and
in chains.
II is now twenty six years since Colonel San.
ia Anna rose from obscurIty, partisan OF ltur.
bide under whose aus pces he drove the Span.
srds out of Vera Crsz, and was appointed 60.
vernon OF tina, city in 1921. lie was the faith.
bu, having incurred the dispeasure Of that carl.
| csrure of royalty, and being threatened with the
loss OF his commission, he seduced his reg giment
| to revolt, invited the old revolutionary chief
| Victoria from his mountain conceamcnt TO head
the rebellion, and thus had tie merit of dethron-
ing the emperor and restoring the republic, But
the republic not rewarding that merit in de-
| gree equal to his expectations, Santa Anna re-
vol'ed again, and against IL, marching IN 1923
with corps of six hundred fellow traitors from,
Tsmpico to San l.uis Po,osi; where he spread
his fsg modest'y proclaiming himsef Protector
Of the Republic. This patriotic speculation en-
'irely failed: F., be rebel was captured and dis
missed to retirement on his Xalaps estate 70
FIVE years In lS25 he was partially res'Gre'
To favor; and in 1898, after the presidential e
} lection Of that year. he again got up ebellio
. for the purpose of deposing Pedrazs, the Pre-
dent elect, and substituting Guerrero, he &
fea,ed candidate. This enterprise hspr en- ID
he successful; and Santa Anna was re, ,arb
with the posts of Secretary of War and Co
. mander.in chief Of the Army, early IN 1920.
WINS in the same year That Sr air. sen, her !,
= invading army. under Barre dsr., who landed
l. Tompico, TO be beaten and captured with
l. whole force by Santa A nn.... Yellow fever, a
:, the incompeiency Of B.rradas, were power
t. anxl'arles; but this vas the most glorious
pioit Of Santa Annt.'s life.
?. From thst Toment. until Ire TOOK the re
ID h'mse"' We standing occupation of Santa Al
d c"ns's'' n making and unmakng Presider
,e tie 'e'h roned Guerrero and pa, Bustamcn,e
y. sp'1ce-tsking care to have Guerrero 6
tor treason-in 1881. Next year, Santa Al
S: turned against Bus'amente, and actually
O Pedraz,. his former victim, brought back Fl
10 exile to finish rome two or three months Of
g. mex 2rcd Presidential term. In 1883, Sa
I'd, Anna was elected President himself put dc
20; several instructions, refused the Dctators
L. offered BY the army, as Cnsar did the cro'
ON and. in 1896. destroyed the federal constltu
a and system OF independent States, (similar to
re- own,) substituting the central system, BY VT
an' the sovereignty of the States was merged
The consolidated central government. Is ated v
a. the success OF his schemes, and still M the
&c" Of affairs, Santa Anna marched into Texas
-. commit the butcheres OF the Alamo, and su
At San Jacinto, the retrbution OF an overlh
more disgracefuI than was ever, perhaps, st
red by sny general, great or small, beiute
- time.
spL IN 1893, he rose agaiu from the contempt
in a Which that disgrace had thrown him, and
Her tinguished himself by suppressing the Fed