Washington telegraph., 1853-06-01
MexicO---Santa Anna.


Santa Anna has again assumed the reins of
rover in Mexico, and in truth he grasps them
flrith practiced hand, and apparently with de-
termination and power of will that must reduce
tbe chaos of our sister republic to some Kind of
rder We are not disposed to scrutinize too
closely the Justice some ofhis acts, or the sound
ness of the principles upon which they are evil
4ontIy based. We shall endeavor to Judge the
man throughout the career which he is Just now
commencing, by the fruits he may produce, we'll
knowing that the present situation OF the country
he has undertaken to rule is not one to warrant
an obstinate adherence to abstract principles
Thus far his acts have been characterized by
nervous energy and determination that strongly
resemble the course of Louis Napoleon since the
rouD d'etat. Immediately on taking his seat as
President, he announces his Cabinet. Don Lucas
Aaman. the historian and avowed advocate Tor
A return to Spanish domination, takes the post OF
Foreign Relations, and is the soul of the Cabinet:
Don Theodosio Lares consistent advocate for the
construction and liberal principles is Minister of
Justice; Don Antonio de Haro, a firm Santanista
in all past time, is Minister of Treasury Gen.
Fornel, confirmed liberal and opponent of Ala
man. is Minister OF War, and Senor Vasquez de
Leon conservative, is Minister of Ioneiito. These
elements seem contradictory and incompatible
with each other. but the crisis through which the
country has passed may have modified the opin-
ions of the several members of the Cabinet, and
there is little reason to doubt that their convic-
tios will yield to the superior genius of the master
spirit. They have certainly united IN the most
important measures of the new Government;
measures which the foundation OF its policy
and which are marked with singular boldness.
The first act of the new Government has been
to place the press under the most severe restraint
10 DESTROY in fact all possibility of its be-
ny questioned 1t then abrogates all State Legis-
latures and announces that it will give to the
Governors of the several States rules for them to
follow establishes the "Grenadiers of the Guard''
as body guard to the Executive dissolves the
Board that were discussing the tariff question:
names a commission TO inquire into the conduct
of the officers of the army during the war with
The United States, and to strike from its rolls all
who surrendered TO the enemy voluntarily, reor-
aanize the army, and banishes.Gen Arista from
the country The Council of State is organized
under the Presidency of the Bishop of Mchoacan,
and the union OF church and State is openly ac-
knowledged.
There is peculiar energy in all this action
which leads at once to the supposition that Santa
Anna will pursue with firmness whatever design
he has formed The calling of the clergy to his
support and the tone of his organs plainly Indicate
that the immense accumulated wealth of the
church in Mexico is not to be touched except in
the way of voluntary contribution, while the re-
srictions upon the press do not lead US to favor
able conclusions in regard to his ultimate designs
Whatever these may be, we see no reason to doubt
bis most complete success. There is no powerful
interest nor any widely extended conviction in
the public mind to oppose him. Long continued
discord has completely broken up the possibility
of a successful advocacy Of principles with the
arms of reason and the belief prevails with large
portion OF the Mexicans that physical force alone
can reorganize society and Government in their
unhappy country
Though AT the present moment all opposition
20 his will has disappeared to Santa Anna, it has
not done SO without expressing in bold and plain
terms its hopes and its continued adherence to
liberal principles. Some have even gone SO far as
to sketch for him probable future. An address
presented to him by committee of the Demo-
cratic progressive party of the city Of Mexico
contains the following remarkable sentence:
The call which the nation has Just made to
you will, perhaps be the last event Of the present
revolution which our aristocracy viii endeavor to
control for the purpose of hurrying you on as it
did with Iturbide, and to lead you into the error
of endeavoring in Mexico to parody Louis Napo-
leon. They will induce you to believe that the
nation loves you to stch a degree as to believe
yodr yoke easy, and that it will be content with
despotism; but we tell you, that although in truth
1t esteems You. the deductions which some would
seek in that esteem are false in every point as is
well shown in the tragical end of the unhappy
lturbideu
While the nation is suffering under the evils of
social Reorganization it may fear the yoke. but
when they have once again forgotten the peris of
the present moment they may repeat the tragedy
of their former Emperor. ". o. Pic