The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-05-05
Santa Anna:S Address,

! The following is a copy of the Address published
by Santa Anna TO his countrymen on his recent ac-
cession 10 power:
! IN ENICANs.--On placiug my foot the shores
OF my country, salute tem With the liyeliest emo
ton. Ny heart has pail itited With tenderness fo,o
/ the time when my eyes commenced To discover
around our the lofty mountains which indicated
the proximity Of Il land in which everything is dear
TO my heart, in which every ihiny brings 10 me the
| dearest Renaissance.
You have called me, believing me useful TO save
you from the state OF anarchy and superstition into
which you had fallen, and have DELAYED IN re-
spending to your summons Yen alread, have me on
Your sol. resolved to employ all my energies IN an
/ object Of such essential importance. But # have
been quick to come at Your call, Is from reckoning
upon sour eicaCious cooperation. OF use " i'll
bc my firm resolution to concentrate myself entirck
the salvation OF the country If every ono Of VA do
not assist me, cooperating with al! his ability the
attainment of these ends.
I Tar from me Is the thought of aveneing ancient
! grievances. Those who have been my enemies may
dismiss all fear. Everything is forgotten; and in
touching the shores OF my country, present 10 all
the hand Of friendship. Neither do come to make
any party prevail. j come only TO raise the sacred
standard of union, srmmonng 10 follow il all Mex
cans whatever may be their opinions. Every man
whose heart swels and is moved N the voice OF his
/ cuuutry, he is my friend, my companion.
NeAicanS, too long have we permitted ourselves TO
be deceived by chnerical ideas. We have lost too
/ much time b, intestine discussions. 4 sad reality
has to drag from such tepiorab!c deception
10 what have we arrived at the end ot Thirty years
If ndrpcndcnccl Cast an exc over the map OF your
county, and you VIII find that great potion II Your
teIritor, has been lost Examine the state Of your
finances, aud You Will meet nothing hnt disol der
abuse, ruin. What is your credit abroad, What is
the opinion which yen enjoy ia foreign nations!
Where is that army in whose lines have had the
honor to serve, that army which gained your indie
pendcnce, wh,ch glory in having no small part
that army which he'd through the desert conquer
my difficulties which appeared nsurcralle, to the
frontier of the republican, whose heaa | ,erecd an
inv incihlc invasion, and with which fuugh.-vi,h
hue tortune but not without honor-whcn Your can
tal occupied hv the encmy.
Mexicans, let lis become ourselves again Let US
improve the hard esson Of experience. Let Us ro-
par the errors we have committed. Here vou have
me to contribute share to this honorable rcnala-
ton. Toll with in good faith in this glorious
work. and We may still have country, national hon
or, and name which we will not be ashamed to
Soldiers! comrades in arms Behold anew at your
head your old general, han who has conducted YOU
sometimes with glory, HIM who has not ahando ned
you in the moment OF misfortune, him who bears on
his body an honorable mutt lation and who. with you
has exposed his breast 10 the balls Of the enemy in
the days of Your miso.tpncs. Listen which
is unknown 10 YOU. Follow vour general and
tie of which it has been deprived, and although the
relations of friendship which exist with all nations
and which shall cultivate with aIi care NAV not al
present make your gaantry uccessarv let Us be rea-
dy, should national honor require it, prove in the
face OF all the world What the Mexican soldiers have
always sheltered IN their breasts.
McNcars, Of all classes. Let the day of nv return
10 the country, be day Of general rcconc a;oi and
let the Joy which il causes me to find inysef among
you exhibit itself IN all assembled around the nation
al standard, and let hear all shout with the sane
union and enthusiasm IN 1921 rqua "a par1f ,gfq
Ia udP,ai,acia. GLong live the country, long live
Independence These the wishes with which I
present myself at your call, these the vows Of your
compatriot and friend,
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA Anna
lieroical Vera Cruz, April 2, 1853.
QUESTION OF CoLoR.---Wm. Llo,d Garrison.
in speech before an,i-savery convention in Gin
cinuati, said:
On my arrival in London, received note from
Thomas POWELL Buxton, inviting me to breakfast
On going 10 his house, ] found large number of
gentlemen and ladies' (colored people, to welcome me
but noticed Mr.. Buxton eyed me sharpl,. and he
inquired sis this Mr.. Garrison! though, Won
were black man, and invited these coloed friends
here To welcome you.'
Stephen Girard was born in Bordeaux, France. in
1856; he arrived in New York as cabin boyin I775
SETTLED TnI'tI:lpnid IN ~, ana Tor
time buser and seller of old iron and old shin RIO
ging, became "A banker in 1872, afterwards shipping
merchant, builder, farmer, &C., and died at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia, Of epdemcai influenza. in
1881, worth seven millions of dollars. Besides his
requests to relatives and others, he beaueathed So
900 900 for the Improvement of Philadelphia, So
900 900 TO the State Of Pennsylvania and to differ
ent charitable institutions Of Philadelphia Sll6, 900
A New York paper publishes the marriage Of Mr..
Jas. J. KNIT to Miss Elizabeth Slam.