Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-02-10

this Il,u-s tsis,. itrualii lrIeucs Ia tlr -
tuEn al sssa Asrs. ..ana all sihrr y~-o'' whu fis'
dave bo,a Admitted mi, Me,ies. isss,drnt. ~
, criar, "a state unlrr his dnciin EN- led !,
fsrna' 81 1sgarJ To litle by who hiae ~
Leu. fr.asa,, and emitted entirely netan anshn
asnit Asssul.te. l,lm. aud the h~t 81 generals " h
w"r Isxmffrl II return with Santa Aana. and VIII
when tsey landed Arfa Cruz sed mol amid,
the p.r OF tsunsH but smid The undtst blushes
! Gosrnd Gunner ahn tid rs lalililush lac had hi
ras .n <3fe President IN his rckei) that he did no
ih.si II tssi Ia 10 ia0,r that SlHia Anna "a
t~tf,i. though hc ud have bearded the vessel nhic
Contained his person.
A,f,r he wanipd Ia cai ihe attention If the House an,
liz ruuHtty hIbe repatt tble dis hsufe made IN l
''aa'n'' of the 18Th Apl, lsi6 tuder us e'lli9na
had that paper Vi thai Jac, ferrns 10 the Courier de-
Eisis / aus SID
Arr,rding II tia journal lbe rrcn section, Of III,
Rsp1blcsa parry IT. Mexico haa at theistcs dates. T.
solved To- inEtle San Anna IN return te Mexico and
sns HE risliiau 81 ei,,f ~ the EciWhllran party.
Tae overture had been rcccivthavrahly by the e,llod
President"
Ilsre. then. proposition made from .Neroo 80
inve Santa Anna etntn'' an The position Of
cirfaf The Reptblcsn party" lie was called birk,
not by Mr. lk slono. bl he united II appeared. nth
the Mrxcans in fur hing dem this laid aud corsirt'
Ia the p' non al santa Anus.
Again The - 'nlun" III the OH ofAprii c'prr5 CT
tracts from Havana, winch say under date ii February
n:
The cx Pr .idcul (Sanil Anna) has his emissarics
going backward aud frwaM continually between Tia
vana and McKee, aud his cr Ministers rho are here
long ruth HIM very sangune u his return to his ma
tive land mpcl soone, than most people aware Of
lie aso rad an eAiract fr m the "Cnion" of10lh
Fe'ruary, isi6 winch s1id: The Santa Anna party
ia growing ufon er every dly in Vera Cruz 1t fB ear
fdeniv asserted that II he II m,kr HI. appearance
any ine hc woud be serrpt'es hy immediate pro
uursis 1icdep
llefe. wilh thesc feis Continued Nh G sarn. the
Administration IN the face and knowing thai Nautg An
would b, bacd as the dcllsrfcr Il lds country tins
odrf VAS gwen never elcss 10 Cum Conner nut to
Eel Santa Anna. b1l 10 ''allow hm Ia pass" ssnia
Anna acc fdinaly LANDED, aud would he seen y the
faian Il August -. he oili efs o lc garrison oi Vera
Crz d,cllrcd IA his tvor. and expressed pdfplse IN
,ei,f 10 change lie character II he " and hat
"Santa Anna had lhe glory 10 esi 'blsl lha public.
Whatever may have been his crfurs he WAS htm sup
p1fef If puble liberty ahd uaansl hunor. For tbs
porlsu, hun lfalct of tbs great enicuflse.'
Ihen, as II alArued when h. Santa Anna had lak.n
his stand when lIc had ISSUED his Proclamation aud de-
clatsd hs ollecis-.be President and his party being
alarmed, master .plul had b'ea cauJured up by
IA Ia lead 1nr rhrnies. these the soil tones With
whieh The Il mon" salntd us
=" IS impossible toconJceture Mia, fleet will be prodn
ced The NJ can policy by the arrival d San'a Anna.
His reinstatement IN plwer Improbable. lie
Is n sodisr IN profession Almonle 10 share his
cnasels, aud he IRON lhe FIRST has fully committed him
sell On the question 81 nai for 1tras. Il the
administration OF Nj. Polk must negotiate sword IN
hindn
llenad Other extracts from the Union this subject.
me ii which under dale Of September Is, 1916 declared
thai rre was n" foundation lu The rnnors ah,at respect
ing the pas, sad Ia be- furnished Santa Anna b, the
President Of the 'nrd States
Nov, (Sald Mr. & ih're was some necessity ior call
my tr Information IN regard to these thugs for facts
Witch The county had righ 10 know which might be
locked up III The secrets uf the Department aud withheld
fnHn the public.
lie had but little iimo and INNS, hasten on. As the
gentleman fr5m Maryland (Mr. McL,S,) had thought
prupcf Inc Other day Ia Introduce into tins debate he
conduct Gen Taylor, aud charge him with prooneing
this war, VT hun MIR, &. read what On Tay or said a
f-w days after the battle u Pao Alto. This was parr
OF lncr from Gen. Ia, lor to the AdJnaut General ui
the army, ST Washington;
"llhAnaugTLRs ARMY OF OccnrATIoH,
Guy u .nmdmofds MAY H. lSi0.
SIR have the honor To report that nv very limited
means Tor crossing rivers prevented complete pros,cu
ZION ul the vicoy Of the .hh instant A pon'un train
The necessiiyq ,thich crhibiie d 10 The Department
hst yfn. would have enabled the army 10 have crossed
ON The evening # the battle, take this city, and all the
artillery and sses N lhc enemy aud great number of
prisoners short. 10 destiny entirely the Mexican
my"
This ,lrer. h.d 1Ren exhibited to the Department, a
year before aud the President and the Department
who compli If Cungn thai they had failed 10 do
Their dutyihough apptIzcd Of What was necessary 10
he done, never thought proper 10 take this step.
II was said HAT Gcn. Taylor advised the march 10
The RIO Gtandr. But the fact was that Gen. Taylur
said If the RIO Gtandr was IN he insisted upon rs our
ulilnatum, ihen he nuhld advise the march Bring not
the charge (sald Mr. l. upon Gen. Taylor If having
brought On or prolonged the lfevr patriot heart
beat IN patriot bosom II soldier showed that he
MAS The friend OF tue constitution and laws or his
country. Gen. rayl, had shown it in what he wonlA
M" read. Whru he had reached Corpus Christi; when
hc mad planted his amy the western frontier Of IeAas
when ever had he been ambitious an and desired
t. make for n,ns ;. name aud fame at the expense OF
his country II might be al'."lpa,cd that he would have
been anxious 10 push forward anu ace; the enemy, Gen
Taylor wrote under date OF August 10, IL . "No
DO tear that the reported concentration Of troop, al
Maiamoras Is for any purposes Il nvaslon.n
ieftad extracts thm other letters of Gen. Iaylul
While at Corpus thlisi. under dates Of August 20 sep
tender u, October II 1916. and January and Februa
Y 10, loio,a announcing thst every thing vas quiet a
The kin Hrande ,&ascrbng the and exsegeracc
accounts "i Aekc preparations resist our advance
II moi Indeed 10 attempt an INVASION of IeAas," Ito per
sona interests connected with the stay Of the army here
and expressing the hope "at they ciu receire 40 at
tent'on at he IIw Department This was the Ian
gnage (,sid Mr.. q } of a pa,rio,-ofa man who knew
duty, Who had something Of the citizen soldier il
hun, and who would not involve his country in war f.
the sake OF any aurels which he might thereby heap up
on his own orow. lie also referred To the fact thai Nh
buchanan, under dae Of y III January. stated the fac
mat he army had been ordered rHad 10 the Rio
IN anticipation of the rejection Of Mr. SJeIl and ne
cfd Vailous other facts going 10 show that tho der f
the advance ri the army did arise, and could no
lave arisen. from know ltge Of The rejection of Mr.
Sldell or any real dagger at Invasion BY the Mcxrans
OF oil disturbance while our army lay al Corpus Chris