Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-23

the following proclamation:
s-.MaxIoANs: On putting my foot on the sol
OF my country, salute you with the iiveles'
emotion My breast papahd with tender
ness from the moment that my eyes began to
s3fscover from the shores the elevated noun
tains which indicated the proximity of land;
every thing in which is dear 10 my heart, and
IN which every thing recalls To me tho most
grateful remembrance.
You have summoned me, believing that
should be useful in freeing you from that state
ofanarchy and dissolution into which you have
fallen; and have not hesitated to listen TO your
voice. You have me now upon your so.re-
solved to devote all my strength to an object so
important. But ii | have been ready TO obey
Your call ii was with the belief that | could
count upon your hearty co operation. My firm
resolution will be of no use--to consecreae my.
selfenlirely to the salvation ofmy country--if
each one OF you do not aid me by cooperating
with ell your power for the attainment of these
purposes.
Far from thinking Of avenging myself for
ancient injuries let all those who have sought
10 be my enemies. dismiss all fear. All the
past is forgotten; and on treadng the soil Of
my country, present 10 all the hand of friend
ship Neither have come to aid or assist any
particular party. come alone 10 raise the
sacred standard OF the Union, and | summon
oil Mexicans TO follow IT, whatever may have
been their opinions hitherto. Every one whose
heart beats 4 responds to thesoice of hlsooun
Try, he is my friend-he is nv companion.
Mexcans! We have been too long in pur-
suit of chimerical idcas--too long time have
we lost by intestine discussions. A mournfu
reality has come at last TO relieve US from this
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of your country and you will perceive great
part Of our territory has been lost. Examine
the condition of your landed estates. and you
will find only disorder abuse and ruin. What
is your credit among foreign natonsl What
estimation do you enjoy among foreign PEG
plei Where is the army in whose ranks
have had the honor TO 6ght-that army which
achieved your independence--in which 1t is
my glory TO have had no small part; that amy
which conducted across the deserts, and con
auering difficulties which seemed insuporable
led to the frontier of the Republic, whose
boundaries a foreign enemy had invaded, and
on which combatted. though with little for
tune, yet not without honor, when your cap.
ital was occupied by your enemiesf
Mexicans let us turn our reflection upon
ourselves Let US profit by the severe lessons
of experience Let rs repair the errors VIC have
committed You have me here to contribute
my part towards this honorable reparation.
Labor with mo in good faith in this glorious
work, and to day we can achieve for our coun
try national honor. and "a name that we shall
not blush to publish.
Soldiers Companions in arms! Come al
once to your Old General who has conducted
you heretofore with glory who has never a
bandoned you in a moment OF misfortune
who bears upon his body honorable wounds
and who has exp posed with you his bosom to the
balls of the enemy in the days of your rever
ses. Listen now TO a voice not unknown &c
YOU Come 10 your general and your friend
Restore yourselves to your noble and illnstri
Gus profession, from which attempt has
been made TO separate you. Aud although
the relations of friendship which exist among
all nations. and which we ought TO cultivat
with careful attention, do not now make nee
essary your arms. yet let us be ready. If the ma
tional honos should demand it, to prove befor
all the world the valor that ever has warme
the bosom of Mexican soldiers.
Mexicans. of all classes, let the day of m
return to your country be day OF general re
Cancellation, and let the jubilee which cause
me to find myself among you, assure me tha
it will find you all coming TO, and united aroun
the national misunderstanding you all cry on
with the same union and enthusiasm, as i
1921, :" Vipa la Pania, Vipa Ia Independencia.
These are the desires with which respond t
your call. These are the VOWS of your com
pa lot and friend
ANTONIO LOPEZ De SANTA ANNA.
Heroic Vera Cruz, April Cd. 1853
This paper serves very little to enlightel
the general doubt to the policy the restored
Dictator may have determined TO pursue
Whether under the tempering influences of ag
and adversely he is disposed to devote hmsel
honestly and solely to reviving the fallen for
tunes of his country-or whether soured by
disappointed ambition and imagined ill-usage
he may be willing TO barter its little remain
ingfreedom for imperial power in himself, is {
question concerning whichthe public conjecture
seems equally divided. In the mean time it may
be presumed that our government will watch