Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-11-19
SANTA ANNA'S LAST NANTES
TO.

MEXICO TO his feiiow-cOuntrvmen:
With the most poignant and profound
grief do | announce to you that it was
after repeated and extraordinary efforts,
and after fifteen hours incessant fighting,
l saw myself under the necessity of aban-
doning the capital, with my ranks remark
ably thinned by the projectiles Of the enc
my, who penetrated our nearest lines,
strewing the way with their bodies and
with those of the noble Mexicans, who so
gloriously defended, inch by inch, the
rights and honor Of their country. You
have been witnesses that [ have created
resources at time when there were none
that l labored day and night; that | e.
rected Notifications around Mexico that
l organized ard assembled powerful
army in order that might wrest some
favor from fortune which has been SO a.
verse to US. The INSTRUMENTATION of one
General subyerted my entire plan of ope-
rations "a thing which you are already
aware Of In the convent and bridge Of
Churubusco the enemy received some
very severe lessons, which were thrice re-
peated afterwards In the fort OF Chapulte-
pee, the suburbs of Belen and st. Carlos,
and finally in the citadel. But the valoi
of many of our soldiers OF the guard and
the army was not always supported, yet
It was only by fire and sword that the en-
envy, in a day most fatal to the nation,
made himself master of the capital.
have anxiously sought death in all Parts,
because loss so great has occasioned me
the most profound despair. In Chapulte-
pee l received a confusion, in Belen my
clothes werc pierced by the balls Of the
enemy, and around me disappeared the
best soldiers of the republic. What re-
mains to me then in the midst of this woe
and anguish which asSails me, is the I'M.
profitable consciousness that | have sus-
tanned the combat TO the very last extrem.
itv, and that have sold dearly TO the en-
envy his astonishing victory. He has seen
me in the front at AuSustura, Cerro Cor
do, Churubusco, Chapultepec. Relen. ST.
Como, and the citadel, and he shall find
me, | swear to you, wherever 1t shall be
useful and glorious for me to combat.
ought also to announce to you that
have spontaneously resigned the Presi-
dency Of the republic, calling to assume
ii, according to the constitution, the Pre-
sident of the Supreme Court of Justice,
with the Associates, who will be the de-
pository of power, until the National Con-
gress can decide who Is he to whose GUT
dance shall be entrusted It's future desti-
mics.
When power was entrusted to me under
the most trying circumstances, | accepted
IT, in order that might combine the ele-
ments of resistance existing in the coun-
try; and upon the enemys advance to-
wards the capital, resumed military COM
mand. that might oppose TO him u force
of considerable strength, and concentrate
all our resources for It's defence. Bat fter
the fall of the capital, circumstances have
been altered, and now division of the
command is necessary TO promote the same
objects = 10 attack the enemy IN his line
of communication from Vera Cruz TO the
capital is imperiously urgent, and l alone
must take upon me that responsibility, be-
cause l feel 1t incumbent upon me, ever
to place myself in tina. quarter in which
there is the most peril. The supreme
magistracy cannot be exposed to the haz-
ard of war, : 1t is necessary to locate
1T amid population and wealth, in order
that 1t be not given over TO anarchy, and
In order that it may again arise with full
power and glory.
For this reason have | surrendered an
authority 10 me so laborious and so bitter,
and in whose reception and laying down,
l have aspired 10 nothing more than the
welfare of my beloved country. NAV
have committed some errors In the dis
charge of my civil Obligations, but be as.
sured that my desires and my hopes have
known no other stimulus than the noble
one OF sustaining the rank of the nation
In which | first saw the light, and which
has ladened me with honors and with
tavors.
have said it before. and here repeatit,
that never despair of the fate of my be-
loved country. If faction be silent and
will listen 10 the sovereign voice, If we be