Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-25
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Santa Anna. Delt

Among the numoefiess wonderful celehrt
our sister republic has given birth to in b0s that
statesmen Of small diplomacy, immort.is kirmish
eternity of fame has reached its occultat;n Whose
nine DAYS to 9edr-there has been M oa IN fren
inent so able or so fortunate, as the Prom
70 of San Jacinto-that marvel of milito be.
who, in his latter conflict at Ceffo Gordo Science
and strengthened the old maxim stuck to
He who fights and runs awav
May live to fight another days'
There may exist much latitude of a..
regard to the bravery, the skill the stotonh With
and patriotism of Santa Anna 1t NAV ho 'anship,
whether he loves Mexico ard it NAV bO uOubted
whether Mexico loves him. Of one thino buOnbted
there be doubt, and that is thar H. n1~weTe
has led from the time he first embarked in we he
,ion against lturbibe to this present has fe'Ciu
markaby eventful and full of incident Oeen re-
He has seen all social positions, from tbs I.-
the highest all political positions, from invest 10
canoe to practical imperialy: all military mSGNf
from foot soldier to the commander. ri p;usOas
has climbed to the topmost heights on)v He
ed off and driven out the country. He has
signed by his own volition, He has mado 0eeh re-
tions and crushed revolutions He Lns fevou,
and been banished. In his person fwh .~auShed
tremcs of fortune have met and strunold scat ez
it is undecided which will come off vicor;oA$ Jet
uncertain whether Santa Anna will die At No, tits
in exile, on the throne or on the scaEold hume or
! We said that his life has been eventful and
has. There are probably few men Gv;nn " " 50 il
tories will exhibit web Of so strikngly r m"Ss hr
contrasted colors, who have been so hcI .S LEU and
as the ex-Presidcnt. Starting in life With ~ ION
wholly obscure and unknown, nc has roS name
familiar in all corners of the world Ca"uefea 1t
as royalst, he has been a republican osn,Vhclns
and centralist: Democrat and an aristocros
the emergencies OF the moment seemed to roa. %
I In ;,,o
Vera Cruz, and obtained the command rs ti Dcm
under turbide In 1922 he was depose6 W.. ar, CITY
gan against his late SUPERIOR and Nv We
overlhrowing him. Fooled in his personal o;u,s IN
the final results of this movement he re,;raa S W
only to fonnent another. In 1928 ha Srnr. out
Guerrero against Pedazza, and was made cop,p
er of the army. In 1880 he went over 70 Ia %
of Pedrazza, fought and conquered his f,,m as
friends, and intrigued for the presidency, In I0s9
he obtained the Office he sought, and was ieO9
President. Thus far his life had been sucFsss
his objects gained-his ends secured The rbsnu
es he made invariably redounded to his benefit II.
battles he fought were always Won The nartr ~
favored were of success. His political tp,r;r
ersations were inexcusable, but they were pl1afhr
victory. His treacheries were startling. bnt srr
cared to talk about them He was the fayorie If
the army, and the army was sovereign. In 1S2;
the reform party. under the leadership of Jamta
' cos, proclaimed against him, and four provinces
Joined the nsurrection. Lacatecos was conoupra5
, the reform party annihiated by death or exile and
Santa Anna became dictator. His star was sill IN
the ascendant, but it soon waned The adhesion bs
gave in to the central party, and the subsequent k
rogation of the liberal constitution of 1874 induced
the American colonists in Texas to proclaim tbe,
independence. Of the results of that moyementv We
, need not speak.
r The which had hitherto invariably attend
/ ed the military movements of Santa Anna failed
him In the efforts he made for their subiugatiOp At
San Jacinto he was conquered and captured
Out of the gloom of defeat and captivty-marve.
: ously preserved from death he richly mcrted-
h this political changeling emerged only to recover
p the supremacy he had lost and increase the fameh
s had won. The mutilation he suffered at Vera Cruz
redounded to his good and has ever since remained
the incontestablc and incontrovertbe evidence Of a
o patriotism that never existed and bravery that
y was without being In 1871, after series Of Incl.
q dents that would be deemed improbable in perce
Forest or the Romance of the Cid he again reached
- the presidency and ruled impcrialy for four years
- The revolution of Paroles hurried him from power
# and the administration of Herrera made him fug
= tive. The American war recalled him to rank and
=, Importance Its close drove him once more into z.
- lie Another revolution has paved the way for an.
:; other recall and Santa Anna may tomorrow sit u
Is preme over the fortunes of Mexico. Indeed all the
indications tend to give assurance of his speedy re-
- call From chihuahua to Yucatan the sun shines
= only on the g broken and dshOnOred fragments # a
- union on States discovered. d.scOdant, beigeen;
&c on land rent with civil feuds and distracted with
30 diverse counsels. The demands of Guadalajaa for
~ dim ,nished taxation and n removal OF prohibitions
~ has been made by State after State city after ety.
- regiment after regiment. Gen. Uraga. the acknOTi
" edged leader and head of the revolutions IS strong
friend of Santa Annals: and WOOL who commands
=, Vera Cruz, is his known confdant. But beyond all
y these things his return is rendered probable BY Tue
:; conviction of the Mexicans themselves, that DC u
~ the only man whose hand can educe order from Wv
- such chaos, and restore public tranquility NAV
"a he is loved we do not pretend to say. indeed ne Is
h feared bu2 the choice of two evils Will reSea' III"
II in the Hall of the Monlezumas.
es Upon the whole, we rejoice at it. Santa anna !"
t. man possessed of some positive traits ana ludt''
10 He may be liar, rascal, gambler, an ASSASSIN
i. he may be whatever his enemies proclaim nm !" =.
1e and we are inclined to think that they are nO ia
re from the truth. But he allows no one else 10 IJ
r. he strings up all other murderers and assaSsh y.
w rules by that reprehensbe Tor enus :aa
e. selfish, through tools that are dyed IN ras'A
Id but he maintains government, makes was
ne treaties ques revolts, and gives to the naOI
re tiooaity she never possessed under other r1' n
Our own interests in the Tehuantepec anu IL. a.
al questions compel us to look with favor upT. .I
A. turn of Santa Anna, however it may be ac"''' !,
Is Whatever may be his future and who aafe .,oTjd
III sy it's course, the past has been to blm t"5ay
with incident and fraught with adyentGTl Limo ar.
ne on the throne, tomorrow in exile; now into
n mics, and fighting chickencocks p ,nler Of
or obscurity and raised into prominence; '' an5prts
r. mlIions-the master of hardly dozen .nrs Of
g. In all these numberless vicisitudes and cn"G can
ly fortune, he has so conducted himself tnas a ahs
hardly be determined whether he IS possess bsIpd
as real elements of greatness or only adeu "'0
lie onward by the force of circumstance
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