The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-25

sdnnG-lhe Fe0ce F0tfy IN MeTtc0.
Santa Anna Is by means man Of the highest order
talent but unsuccessful he has been In arresting
the advance of army the capital and its occupa
ton by small force Of ten thousand men, it must not
be forgotten that the stern resistance offered to every
step Of our advance since army entered the valley
Of Mexico has been organized solely by his influence
and industry He does not always fight his troops well
-he did at Buena vista-nor has he that indomitable
will that wrest victory from superior or even an
equal force he has evinoed the most admirable tact
in raising troops and preparing means Of offence and de-
fence under the most Instantaneous circumstances
After the battle Of Cerro Gordo his fortunes at the
lowe ebb and had army then marched on the CAPT
tai II would have entered without resistance The city
of Mexico was at that time nest of adverse factions
who did not stop at spling each others blood In the
Streets and anarchy reigned triumphant. Among the
factions militant Santa Annals bitter enemies the
most influential. The Mexican army had been totally
annhilatsd at Cerro Gordo, and all its materie of
captured or destroyed Santa Anna, whose influence
had been built upon his popularity with the army found
himself thus shorn Of his strength and the capital in
possession of his rivals and foes In this country, his
influence regarded as entirely at an end. Since
that time he has not only crushed his personal foes
in the capital, but has with almost incredible
industry organised force for its Defence greater in
number and stronger in appointments than any that
has been brought into the eld at time during the
war And now, when driven from all his strongholds
and forced at last to evacuate the capital, he still en-
beavers to animate his counymen to further exerons
From all this 1t is clear that If he be, Is alleged, def
cisnt in personal courage and fithless in diplomacy he
is at least fertile expedisns and remarkably ssnsuns
and elastic under the most dsheartenng He
is evidently conscious Of being suspected of cowardce
for In his report of every battle he carefully emphasizes
the personal hazards he has run.
Letters received here from authentic sources, declare
confident belief that Santa Anna was strongly favora
BILE to peace but he became convinced during the
gress of the negotiations that he would not be sustained
in making treaty any terms at all likely to be
ceptable to our The supposition that he
is secretly in favor Of peace confirmed by his appoint
msnt of two advocates Of peace Herrera and Acorta
associates with the President Of the Supreme Court Of
Justice In the administration of affairs. The admins
tration s far is able judge from the accounts
received, entirely made up of peace and repub-
cans-ss in addition to the three above named, De Ia
Rosa appointed to tho Bureau Of Foreign Affairs is also
advocate of the peace policy This fact, and the
large in the Congress that
to have assembled the 6th inst render it not at ali i'm
probable that peace commission may be sent Washing
ton to treat with this This is the only step
which can arrest the ruin that threatens Mexico Here
remote from the din Of conflict and the many
circumstances which must necessarily preclude the pos
sbility Of calm, dispassionate consultation upon the
momentous interests involved the commissioners would
find in the Secretary State disposed to treat their
proposals with the most honorable, and consistently
with the interests Of the United States the most liberal
consideration.
treaty made by Mr.. Trist in accordance with his
FIRST instructions under the circumstances existing at
the last advces would be unfortunate 1t would not
meet the approval Of his 1.-THE government
had had any communicating with Mr. Trist after
the battles of Contreras and Churubusco the prce hs
instructed at rst to submit, would have been
terisy altered The right Of way the sthmus Of
Tehuantepec would then have been a qua Since
those battleswe have taken the enemys capital and
fifteen hundred men-two events which materially alter
tho relative position of the two countries. The fret
gives the power to exact the latter the right de-
mand larger concessions the part of Mexico shoHd
commission proceed hither to treat Of peace bur
government, am confident, would not demand great.
extent of territory than that embraced In the treaty
Mr. Trist authorized to make, except that it would
make the cession Of Lower California sine qua non;
but it would be unwilling to give large bonus for
the territory coded, it would have been willing to
give prior to the battles that resulted In the capture
Of the Mexican capital, GALvIENsIs.