Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-02-02
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Santa Annals Pass.

The House Of Representatives being anxo1S
70 know the acts .. eyeats which led to the Me xi-
can War. and the MANNER in which the Presi-
dent is vigorously prosecuting it. called upon Mr.
Polk to inform The 70 Mr.. SIideii's nstruc-
tons, and alse by what authority Santa Anna
and his Generals were permitted 10 pass into
Mexico--Mr. Polk refuses 10 inforn the Peoples
Representatives how Ire instructed Mr.. Sii1ell,
but is Constrained 10 disclose how he furnished
"aid and comfort to Iii enemy. and the cele-
figures following
I lPripatc and eonfdsninl
L. s. NAVY DEPARTMENT,
My l3, 1916.
! CoMMoDoRE: IFS ,u.a Anna en- Ieavors 10 en-
ter the Mexican ports. you will allow him to pass
freely, Respectfully yours,
GEORGE BANCROFT.
Commodore DAVID CoSsoa,
Commanding Home Squadron.
! On the very day the declared, the
President Of the United States, directs by his
: Secretary, that Santa Anna should be allowed
"fo pass freely through block ng SOU ad
into the Mexican ports! The Executive followers
and retainers throughout the land. and all his
organs from "tho Union down. have denied
that any Pass was given-yet here it is, laconic
it is true, but free and unconditional. Short il
is, it has cost the lives Of thou sands Of our
countrymen and millions Of money. 1t was
a stupendous blunder, not to be forgotten or
forgiven-it would have been reasonable act,
had it not proceeded from imbeciIity and folly.
Immediately after this free pass officially
given, Antocha proceeds on his visit to the exiled
Santa Anna. at the Havana, and three months
thereafter, Commodore Common reports the
cess Of Antocha's mission, and the riJtuc Of Mr..
Folks Pass.
PRINcEroS, SACRIFIcros, Aug. lG, 1916
/ Su:-The brig Of war Daring. gust about sail
ing for New Orleans, W it'll dispatches from the
English minister in Mexico to Mr. Pakenham,
at w shngton, allows me an opportunity, and
sufficient time, to inform you that Gen. Santa
Anna and his friends have just ived at Vera
Cruz, in the English merchant steamer Arab,
! from the Havana.
have allowed him to enter without molesta-
ton, or even speaking the vessel, AS was inform
ed by the senior Englsl, al officer here. Capt.
Lambert, she carried cargo, and would not
be allowed to take any in return. l could east
iy have boarded the Arab. but deemed it most
proper not to do So aowin ing 1t to appear as II he
had entered without my concurrence II is now
quite certain the whole country-that is the
garrsons of every town and fortr-ss--have de-
ciared in his favor. But, unless he has learned
some thing useful in adve sity, and become anoth
er man, he will only add to the distractions of
the country, and be hurled from power in less
than three months.
Respectfully, your obedicnt servant.
D.CONNOR,
Commanding Home Squadron.
Hon. G.. BANCROFT, Secretary o. the Navy.
l write in great haste.
1t is therefore a xed fact that President Polk
did give Santa Anna free pass-that il also adj
nitted '.his friends.'' RejoD and AImonte-and
that Commodore Conner studously endeavored
to have the Mexicans to think that they entered
rithOuf his concurrence.
In reference to this subject, Mr.. Senator C1Ar-
TON, in his late speech. used the following bold
truthful, condemnatory language. Let it be read
and circulated.
Many years ago there was a certain gentle
man in our State OF Texas, then Province
claimed by Mexico, by the name Of Don An
tonic Lopez de Santa Anna. He met some A
nerican troops-if 1 recol-ct the history Of
times gone by-at certain place called Goiiad,
and induced them TO surrender to him under the /
promise that they would DO fairly and honorably
treated as prisoners OF war. lie took ont every
man of them. the next Gay, and shot them, one I
by one, DE- berately in cold blood. lie violated
his solemn pledge before God and man; and
bloody rutfan-Innrderous vallain that he Ishe +
slew one hundred and seventy nine of my coun-
trymen, after pledgng his honor to give them
quarter. On another occasion this Don
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna massacreed some
hundreds more of our countrymen at a place cal /
led the Alamo These things fresh in the I
recollection Of every American patriot. There (
is not an honest American heart that did not |
burn with Indignation against this ferocious
ruffian account Of these atrociOus acts. WE'LL
sir when this war declared in Nav, 1916 !
the President of the United States-the head of
the Administration and Of the Executive Govern
me nt--gave this same Santa Anna, with all his /
titles. FREQ pass through the American fleet, /
into Mexico.
Mr.. Johnson Of Maryland, lin his seat Jon I
a. ,1c1, dor
Mr. Ciayfon-On the very day, my honora-
bic irie nd remarks. which the de- |
cIared, the President Of the United States issued
his order to let pass the Perlured assassin with
out let or hindrance into Mexico. This, sir, is /
one of these points In which desire to the
Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs
so easily repeI the attack which he has invited. ]
am bound. sir. TO hold up the conduct Of the
President in this instance, not only to the Senate
but to the American people. and ask the cham
piom Of the Adm inistration or any gentleman on
the other side of the chamber to demonstrate to |
us the with which he can repel the charge .
Of misconduct. gross misconduct on the part OF
the President of the United States, in admitting !
that nurde rous rufiian into Mexico.-What. sir, (
have been the consequences Of that act Why /
let me i'll reply take up newspaper which IS
good authority 18th my honorable friends on the
other side. In the '.Union'' Of this morning l /
find the following paragraph
We have received file Of the North Amer |
can. printed in the city Of Mexico. from the Sd
of Novembe. to the 9Th of December We find
the following in the American Of the last named
date. 1t had already appeared in the New Or
leans papers:
"Oace More--Senors Cuevas. Atristian, and
Couto, the Mexican Peace Commissioners, are
still in the city. we hear, but of course eff
feet nothing. Ii is said they will not go 10
Washington as long as Santa Anna is in the the
country. The Government dare not even pay
their expenses; would the Commissioners
dare go there aud make treaty; for the Napo- /
leon of the Wet may turn up again some day.
and then President Anaya and the Commission /
ers would be shot. Oh, what deplorabie con- |
dition have this people reduced themselves to.''
ask. would not the ejaculation have been /
more appropriate. "Oh. to what a d-plorable !
condition has the President Of the United States
reduced this people and this country" Upon /
his head, sir, and other, must this sin rest; /
and if the honorable gentleman the other .
side Of the chamber have ingenuity enough TO