Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-11-12
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
To james X. Polk, President IF The United
STATES, and all .2nnered Countries.

To james x. Polk, President IF the United
STATES, and all .qnnered Countries.
Dean SIN: I'vc done my hest, according
TO your directions, TO get round Santa Anna,
but it is all no use. He's as slippery as an
eel, and has as many lives as a cat. Trist
and | together can't hold him, and Scott and
Taylor can't kill him off. We get fast hold
of him with our diplomatics, but he slips
through our fingers; and Scott and Taylor
cuts his head off in every town where they
can catch him, but he always comes to life
in the next town. and shows as many heads
as if he had never lost one. / had a long
talk with him in the city, and pinned him
right down to the bargain he made with you
when you let him into Vera Cruz, and asked
him why he didn't stick to it. He said he
did stick to it as far as circumstances render
ed it prudent.
But" says |, "Gineral Santa Anna, that
amt the thing: a bargains a bargain, and if
"A man has any honor he will stick TO it,
Now" says |, "didn't you agree, if the Pre-
sident would give orders to our Commodore
TO let you into Vera Cruz, didn't you agree
to put Your shoulder to the wheel and help
on this ~annexin business, so as to make ea-
sy work of it} And now, | ask you, as a
man Of honor, have you done it2"
circumstances alters cases, Major" says
Santa Anna. "When AR. Polk and | had
that understanding, he thought he needed a
: few more votes than he could muster in his
own country to bring him into the Presiden-
icy another term. SO we agreed, if | would
turn over the votes Of Mexico to him to
bring him in another term, he would after
: wards turn over his part of the votes in
{ n prfb A IN arfna To tna % no . n hrIntr rnn in
next time. But ] soon found it would be
throwing our labor away, for Mr.. Folks
part of the votes in his country was getting
10 be SO small that they wouldn't do much
good to either Of US. SO | concluded to
hold on to what | had got, and stick to the
: presidency of Mexico"
"Then,'' says |, ''you Amt going to stick
TO your bargain, are you !"
NO." says he, circumstances alters ca
ses,"
Then l tried to scare him out of it. I told
him our folks would whip the Mexicans all
into shoe-strings in a little while. And it
made no odds whether he fit for anneXin or
against it, we should go on jest the same, and
before another year was out Mr.. Polk would
be President of every foot of Mexico; for
we should get through a~nnexin the whole OF
it.
Every WELL" says he, ego on; the Mexi,
cans like the business; they can stand il
longer than Mr.. Polk can for Mr.. Polk
will have all the work to do over again ev
cry year as long as he lives, for there ism
"a place in Mexico that will stay annexed
any longer than jest while you are holding
on to it,"
SO you see there's no doing any thing will
Santa Anna. What course it is best to tax,
now seems rather a ~puzzler. | haven't tim,
to give you my views about it in this des
patch, but will try to soon. Give my low
to Mr.. Richie. | meant to write him too
but | shall have to wait till next time.
Your faithful friend and private embassa
dor,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.