The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-15
SANTA ANNA AND NEW MEXICO.

SANTA ANNA AND NEW MEAlIO.
The editor of the Baltimore finer lean is Pc
cuIiarly familiar with the affairs Of Mexico, and
we'll acquainted with The statesmen aud people
Of that country. His speculatons may be re-
ceived, therefore, as possessing more value than
those Of most writer's who are given to dis
cusson of the subject
SANTA ANNA has always been accus stoned to
consider and speak of hirself as the s.Napotcon
of .qmerica.' 1t is quite possible that he sup
poses the moment auspicious to initiate the ex-
ample OF the present Emperor of France, and
to adorn his brows with the imperial dadem.-
WHY should he not?' We are sure that the men
who tore his mutlated limb from the grave in
1915 and dragged it about the streets Of the cap
ital, who hailed him as the savior Of Mexico in
lS47, who Missed him out Of the country in
lS4S, and who took off his horses and hitched
themselves, like mules, to the vehicle that, bore
him +, the palace in lS53-will not hesitate "a
to any demand he makes in their hour of huml
iating abasement.
alt is true that lturbide tried the crown on
the Mexican mob, and did moi find it to fit F; but
we must not measure Santa Anna by Iturbide.
The former greatly surpasses the latter in carac
ity. lurbide was much more of soldier than
Santa Anna but Santa Anna is his superior as
statesman and intriguer. The time, too, was
hostile to Iiurbide. He designed to force an
emancipated people, painting for democracy,
into unconditional imperialism. The shock
was too violent, and he fell before the sentiment
he daringly outraged. But Santa Anna is MOI
as likely to disgust the people with the proposal
in 1858 as lturbde was in 1921. Thirty-three
years Of incessant revolution, during which
there have been upward of thirty fee prCnnn-
ctamentos, have prepared The people tor their
fate Multiiudes are willing to accept submis
sively anything that will insure them peace and
c nirmed order. They have tried democracy,
federalism, ceniralism, dictatorship, and federal
ism again. Nothing remains for future expert
ence except 'lhe empire A Bonaparte has
made it successful in France-why should not
his imta,or bewilder the Mexicans with a SIM
liar pageant in America?
"Arista has been banished. In quitting the
country, the late constitutional President de-
clares that he wishes 'anaeaatiOn to the United
States, from which there would come to Mexico
an inappreciable fountain of riches and pros
peri,y, though there would be lost by it that
great cnigma-that quadrature Of The circle
which General Santa Anna calls nationality.
s.This, we think, makes up the issue between
the representatives of the two great parties
which we have long known to exist in Mexico
the Anne xationists and the Nationalists The
nationality which relies on an intelligent peo-
pie, and community ofpolitical sentiment, has
long ceased in our neighboring republic. The
government is mere tragmentary mob Of i'm
poverished adventures but whether the re-
called Santa Anna will be able to supply the
treasury with money, so as to support an army
and consolidate his power, is secret which we
will not venture to guess. The fortune Of
Mexico is that of a faro-table. 1t is subject
for bets rather than Judgment"