Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-22
Letter from santa Anna.


Anna, we find IN the New Orleans papers
of the 9Th inst. 1t is taken from the
Mexican paper Republican, Of tho 10Th
ut. This letter will attract general at
tcn,ion in our country. He admits that
he was allowed to pass our lines into Mex
leo and that our Presdcn, in SO doing
was deceived. Santa Anna's love for
! Gen. Scott Is not very strong.
HEApouARTERs ARMY OF OpgRArloNs,S
Puebla, May -, 1877.
EXCELLENT SrR.--The comma ndant Of
the flying revenue guard of tobacco Of
Orizaba. the Col. ID. Juan \. Caravco,
whom | left with his command near tho
National Road, between Peroio and No
dalucan, TO observe the movement Of tho
enemy and to harrass him when the op.
por,unity might offer. has reunited to mo
the accompanying documents, which were
taken from the enemy's mail which left
Jalapa for Col. Worth's camp.
Among them you will find General
SCOTS proclamation 10 tho Mexican ma
ton. which from its style appears to have
been written originally in Spa nish and not
translated from the English.
This proclamation of SCOTS is written
with the most refined hypocrisy aud with
ttit iiio3t I'Eclluy. ~ ~ tlc kToat"
est ins.i: vet offered TO the Mexican pco-
pie, whom it has attempted 10 hull "a quieU
so pretendc adormccer) to mako it tho VIC
tim of tho ambition of that nation which
is the enemv of our race, when, in anoth-
or place, it foels no embarrassment in pro-
claiming by the press and in official docu'
ments, that it carries on against us war
of conquest and that this war must DO
III of he nd
of this unfortunate country.
Your Exccllcncy will note in ono of
tho accompanying int rcep,ed le,,crs that
Scott, tho inspector general of tho United
States army. considers tho above proclnma-
ton we'll adapted to aid the views Of the
invaders.
You will observe that this letter har-
monies with others which have boon latc-
ly published in this capital, and which
with reason have been regarded by all
woll disposed Mexicans as moro prejudi.
cal for tho venom (ponzona) which they
conceal than tho loss Of 4 baltic.
But in tho midst of tho mnlevolcnco
(encono) which Con. Scott shows he has
against me, no does mo too much honor
when he says that they had been deceive
cd as to my real intentions, and that on
account of this mistake his Government
permitted mo TO pass to my country. In.
did deceive when they dreamed that was
capable Of botraying my country. Before
this should happen | would prefer to be
consumed by fire and my ashes should DO
scattered that not single atom be left.
Would to God the Mexicans would open
their eyes to discover the poison in tho
golden chalice lhat the perfdious Scott
proffers TO them, and that the reply to his
proclamat ion may be one Of universal in
digna,on against tho invaders Of our soil.
Let war DO made against these without
period, that when we may no longer be a.
Bile. because Providence may have decreed
tho suhjugn,ion of this unfortunate coun.
try, there may remain to her children or
grandchildren, when the wrath Of tho Om-
nipotent shall have passed. the noble work
of revcnging the outrnges committed by
the Republic Of the United States on Mex!
leo. God and Liberty!
AyToNIo LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
To his Excollcncy the Minister Of War
and Marine.