The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-04-01

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aonal release. BY il lfostiTtiesawere susfsnd-
%, and the army which had invaded Fgzas
under his command returned, iii pursuaoss Of
this arrangement, uah4olested to Mexico.p
Now, sir, propose to examine the validity.
Of this nooty, thus solemnly claimed, ii a
sago to Congress, to be Of binding force on
Republic Of Mexico. Santa Anna was 4 ctbs
tive, a prisoner 81 war ahdIo procure his1e-
lease made this pretended treaty. Let is s4p-
pose that when President Polk had failed iuAb
efforts to supeTaede General Taylor BIZ thq tp--
Pointment Of a Lieutenant Goreral, ho.htd,
finding he could oct rid Of HIM I'LL I'LL. .otliaf
wgy, proceeded la
s5I Baena Vista had taken the command Of the
army in person, as did Santa Anna. And sup
pose further, (not an unreasonable supposition0
that he had lost that battle, had been taken
prisoner by the Mexicans, and while in captiv-
lily in the halls Of the Montezumas, had made
a treaty, ceding to Mexico not only Texas, but
Louisiana, to Tic Mississippi river-would gen
tlemen have assonted to tho validity. of such
an instrument? Yet, sir, it would have all the
authority which belongs to Santa Annals
treaty.
But the President tells US, that though Santa
Anna was a prisoner of war, yet his author
ity had not been revoked" The treaty, he
says, was made in the month of MAY, 1886
On the 9th Of July following, NJ. E. Dc Cor
o%stj2o, the Mexican minister residing in Wash
ington, addressed MIR. Forsyth, Secretary Of
State, as follows:
"WAsHlNaToN, July 0, 1886.
"Sir: Having been assured. that SONG new
commissioners of the so. called Government
Of Texas arc about to arrive in this federal city,
and as they may, perhaps, in order to give great
er weight to their negotiation, bring forward
some agreement Which Santa Anna may have
concluded since he was made prisoner Of wa +
on the field of San J%acinto, | consider it NY
duty to communicate to you, Mr.. Secretary
OF State, as it may not as yet have been seen
by you, for your information, au official copy
OF the law promulgated on the goth of May
last 1886 BY tie Mexican Congress, the third
article Of which precisely provides for this
case, by declaring such agreements void a5
iuj!io,
Signed, M. e. DE COROsTIZA.
"To Hon. JouN Fonsyru, s%ocrotay ofState.
Fhcn follows the law referred to, the first
sud thitd sections Of which ale as follows:
"3rt. /. The Government viii excite the
Pattiotisn Of the Nekiephs. and will 'oatFlag
All the rcsourcosIn its power, to continue with
yigor the war in Texas until the national hon
or be established, the interests Of the republic
secured, and The liberty Of the Presi-
dent General be secured"
cart 3. The Government will fulfil the OBJ
iects Of the first mlicle, without regard to any
stipulation which the P: :e, 1 i(%1Saania ANNA
may make, or have made while a prisoners
such stigula,ions, being null, void, and Of no
eftct,"~
Yet the President Of the United States tells
us that Santa Annals authority had not been re-
yoked. Here, too, he uses guarded language
with a peculiar meanings keeping the word
Of promise to the carp I" His authority'' (he
says) chad not been revoked" The treaty
was signed on the 18th May; the law just re-
to was promulgated on the Goth ofMay,
six days after the treaty, but before 1t was
known in Mexico. 1t spoke Of tie treaty sti-
made, or to be made, and declared 1t,
whether made or to be made, null, void, andot
no effect. Does the President, by saying that
Santa mas authority had not been revoked,
mean 10 " palter with us nj a double senseE ="
Or was he ignorant Of this protest Of Gorostiza
and the law of Mexico, thus brought to the
of our Government? If he was ignor-
ant, General Jackson was not, and shall now
proceed t. show what he, when President of
the United States, thought and SAID Of this
treaty with Santa Anna.
Santa Anna, it is sid, styles himself the Ma
poleon of the West; and it must be acknewl-
edged that his march from San Luis Potosi to
Bucna Vista, if it had resulted as he anticipa-
ted, would have partaken somewhat OF Napo-
style Of tactics. 1t was certainly a re-
markable expedition and only wanted success
TO make it brilliant on his part. lie showed,
too, very great military ability, and great ener-
gy, and fertility Of resource, in being able, al
ter his entire defeat at Bueha Vista, to assem-
Bile, SO soon afterwards, a powerful army at
Cerro Gordo. After the battle Of Cofro Cor
do, his combinations at the city Of Mexico
were such, that they could only have been de-
by the uurivalled skill and science of
the greatest military commander of the age,
Gen, scott,) and the bravery Of troops whose
unyielding courage has never been surpassed
in any age, among whom the sons OF Connec-
ticul bore a distinguished part. Well, sir, this