The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-05-15


e. w. Fenton, either in person or by letter. Com
pensation liberal. None need apply unless they can
give the most unexcePtionabe testimonials.
THE DESIGNS OF SANTA ANA.
MR.. POLK'S KNOWLEDGE OF THEM.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT LETTER.
Every day, every hour reveals the motives
which influenced President Polk in taking the
command Of the Invading Army Of Mexico
from General Taylor, and in stripping him Of
his troops while Santa Ana lay at San Luis
Potosi with a force of 10000 men thoroughly
equipped and within striking distance Of his
foe. We shall ever believe that President
Folks object was the destruction Of TAYLOR!
This is serious charge to bring against the
Chief Magistrate Of the United States, but facts
and circumstances connected with his known
hostility TO the successful Hero, and his unwor-
thy persecution or the old soldier, furnish to
our mind, mass Of irresistible evidence to sup
port the charge. The able letter which we pub
lish today from the Journal Of Commerce Of
New York presents such clear view OF the
designs Of Santa Ana that we cannot see how
it is possible 10 avoid the inference that almost
strikes one in the face, Of the participation Of
President Polk in those designs. We believe,
and we can tell Mr.. Polk, not only we, but
the whole country, without respect to party,
that he intended to destroy TAYLOR, and that
the sacrifice Of our gallant volunteers and sol
diers in the valley Of the Rio Grande, was no.
thing il the scale, so that TAYLOR could be
reached. We have, it is true, the most des-
pcable opinion of Mr.. Polk as public officer.
but we are not alone in this opinion. 1t is not
the opinion Of prejudice, but an opinion based
upon his public acts since he has been Presi-
dent. If we are wrong, time will vindicate
him from the charge we now make. but
so far from such being the case, we predict
that the charge will We, be brought home TO
him even more decidedly than il is in the fol-
lowing paper. But there is one glorious con-
ISOLATION al hand and that is, that God in his
mercy protected the brave and good Taylor
from the united designs Of Santa Ana and
Polk.
THE BATTLE OF BUE.N:4 TISI.A-IT'S
IMPORTANCE, &c., CONSIDERED.
have not the least doubt that the battle Of
esBuena Vista" is considered by many, if not
the greater portion Of the people Of the United
States, as an affair Of no very great importance
in these warke times, but that il was matter
of every day occurrence, and therefore not
much to be admired or wondered at
In order that those persons may be undeceiv.
ed, hope shall be able to show from few
facts which have gathered within the last
four months, connected with this subject, (hav-
ing had some considerable knowledge Of the
Mexican character before), that it was an af.
fair of some little consequence, and Of rather
vital importance to the people as well as TO the
government Of the United States-that such a
Fandango as that, is not got up every day in
the year, if we are al war with Mexico.
In the first place, Gen. Santa Ana, after the
defeat Of Ampudia at Monterey, assembled
and organized alarge army San Luis Potosi,
and every one will agree with me when | say
that this force was so large, that Mexico could
i'll afford to support it in state Of total inactiv
ity. Il was evidently for some purpose. That
Santa Ana intended it TO hold possession of
Tampco is not at all probable, as that place was
abandoned without struggle. That he intend
ed il for the defence Of Vera Cruz, is likewise
highly improbable, for the only communica
ton between San Luis and Vera Cruz, is by
way of the city Of Mexico, distance of over
FIVE hundred miles; and il intended for that
service, in all human probability, i would have
been concentrated at some more convenient
point The city OF Mexico itself, as matter
of course, needed no defence, for it certainly
was safe so long as the Mexicans held posses
sion Of Vera Cruz. Where then did Santa
Ana intend to operate with the army Of thirty
thousand men which had been raised al such
an expense, and the very subsistence of which
amounted to thousands of dollars daily2 Was
it supposed that he would quietly remain at
San Luis Potosi with this mammoth force unil
attacked-at what period he did not know, nor
was it in the power Of any human being to in
form him. man Of known energy Of char
acter like Gen. Santa Ana, would be the last