Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-05-04

SANTA Annals FAREWELL ADDREss.-Santa
Anna when ON the point of embarking from
Mexico, published long farewell address to
his countrymen. We give the opening and
the closing paragraphs;
AntoniO Lopez de Santa Anna, General Of
Division, and aOell-deSerUing Of his Country
to his feIt0t1- citizens:
MExIcANs! On the point of leaving my be-
loved native country, in order TO seek in for
eign land the quiet of private life, | must adj
dress you for the last time, to explain to you
the true causes which have constrained me to
condemn myself TO voluntary ostracism. In
debted to the Republic for a thousand sponta-
neous acts of honor, which have inscribed my
name for ever in her annals, am bound to give
her satisfaction at the time of parting from her,
in the most disastrous moments i'll which ever
nation was seen, and when foreign hands are
tearing the ensigns of our sovereignty from the
immense territory which cowardice, egotism,
and perfdy have placed in their power.
Those who can look into futurity know that
those fears which have haunted my mind will
be realized, for when the limits of the neighbor-
ing Republics are once extended to the heart
of our dominion, we lose forever the equili-
brium; and through an error in political calcu-
lation the war has been terminated, and with
it all hopes for our children. The man of re-
Election sees with dread that this unfortunate
people is prescribed from the catalogue of ma
tons, and that the generation which saw the
struggle of It's independence will assist at its
funeral. | have therefore desired and sustain
ed the wal as the only means OF eriSteRce. -
More has already been granted than the enemy
demanded, and our children can from this
moment say that they have no future and nc
country.
The lovers of humanity and of justice have
raised their voice, even III the American CAPT
toll, 10 warn us of the immense danger we run.
Fatality and the rancor of party, egotism, and
treachery have prevented our listening to those
echoes of truth, and an extemporaneous treaty
has deprived us of the advantages which we
could derive by suffering little longer the
evils of the war; and by showing more firm
ness to meet emergencies.
The state at which matters have arrived rem
ders my person no longer of any use to my
country. A peace to be forever execrated has
been granted and two-thirds of the national
territory has been sold for q dish of Lentils. A
shameful and absurd armistice has been sane
toned to consummate the iniquity. What
course, therefore, remains, citizens, for him
who only returned to his country to satisfy the
public wishes and to fightin support of the no
BILE cause against the foreign enemy? What is
he TO dowho is pursued in every direction?-
Retire to distant land to bewail immense
mislortunes of the Republic, since political
passions and paltry interests have succeeded in
exalting themselves over the holy cause of the
country.
In the exile to which condemn myself, the
grief which will weigh on my spirits will re-
ceive some mitigation from the gratifying idea
that have preferred my personal ruin, the loss
of wealth and of power, to bending my knee
before the enemies of Mexico to obtain by en-
treaty peace, which destroys the elements OF
her wealth and nationality. My garments
pierced by the balls of the enemy-the thous-
ands of Mexicans who fell in my presence and
under my orders-the blood of the invaders and
their corpses which remained piled in heaps on
the fel DIS of battle, will be so many titles of
glory for my country and for my children.
Mexicans One of the leaders in your indie
pendence, the most devoted 10 your good
name-one who has had the glory of offering
to the republic trophies snatched from foreign
invaders-one who has fought against them,
overcoming thousand difficulties-one who
has shed his blood to sustain yonr rights-in
fine, your most faithful friend, bids you his
last farewell
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
TEHUACAY, March 24, 1888.