Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-08
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The Eco del Comersio Of Vera crns, Of the 5th
inst. contains q remarkable documeht. being the
the authorities of Vera Cruz to Carthagena on q
mission to Santa Anna. Escobar was always a
warm friend and political adherent of this chief and
the present publication may be considered the pre-
monitory trumpet call to his friends and first ana
therna Of his enemies In the present crisis the !
views presented and the tone of the document make
it worthy of mature consideration. 1t is dated on
board the Dee, in the harbor of Vera Cruz.
on thes4th inst and is addressed to the Governor /
and Legislature of Vera Cruz.
Senior Escobar states that he left Vera Cruz on the
5th Of January. and arrived at Carthagena on the
lst day of February He found Gen. Santa Anna
residing at Turbaco FIVE leagues from Carthagena
Here he had given prosperity to half ruined town.
rebuilt the church, began fne macadamzed road
to Carthagena, built new houses turned the surroun-
ding wilderness into garden. and protected the
people, who blessed him 5 their benefactor Senior
Escobar found Santa Anna in his study. and after
an exclamation OF surprise at this unexpected VISIT
the Generals first question was, 4" W hat happens IN
our republic What say the Mexcans q He then
asked if it true that another American invasion
was threatened, to which Escobar replied that 1.-The
question of Tehuantepec would force Mexico to cede
without fghng''
Senior Escobar states that he then went into ong
account of the of the Tehuan,epec affair, OF
the administration of the government. and snch 9TH
subjects as present themselves Wnen TWO
meet who love each other. He then handed to the
General the letters and papers he had brought The
next morning Santa Anna said TO him:
Your coming has made me pass very bad night
How have been affected by the unhappy situation
of our beloved country the victim of passion lnvol
we'd in anarchy, and in imminent danger of losing
her nationality. Unhappy Mexico! Without rev
enue owing mill n and a half OF back dividends
on the English debt and unable to pay the last years
interest or even the salaries of her officers; without
tho hand ed
greatest disasters from the attacks OF the savages
the frontier States undermined by traitors, lnHuen
ced and protected by Americans; all this tolerated
for five years by inept leaders, who are traitors and
only worthy of universal execration. Lower Cali
fornia. too threatened in such manner that it may
be invaded and overrun without resistance. uca-
tan sustaining an Indian war in which it cannot trl-
umph. Tehuantepec threatened and its military
occupation by natural enemies delayed until the
coming month Of April"
! Senior Escobar here puts a note to his report sta
ting that on his arrival at Vera Cruz he had learned
that
The question of Tehuantepec bad been settled
in manner which must be satisfactory to ali good
citizens which General Santa Anna could not know
when he used the above words"
He goes on to report Santa Annals words:
sWhat situation! But what has The Govern,
ment of Mexico DONE with the millions it received
for the Ubiquitous sale of great part of terrific
nv? What has it done with the revenue it has con-
troled for five years. while the nation had remained
dumb and resigned in view of the prodigies which
the ominous Government of Queretaro offered to
dol'
: The report states that the conferences
tinuel for two three days, and finally Senior Esco
bar invited him to return to the republic. Santa
Anna spoke of his Discrimination to leave the tranquil
fe he was leading, to enter the labyrinth opened
to him in Mexico, of his vivid recolections of hi:
suffe.ings through the ingratiude Of his coempora
res; of his readiness to abandon his residence II
Havana at the call of the nation, when his wounds
were still unhealed of his efforts to repel the nya
dcrs and save his country; of his great persona
sacrifices to equip her armies of bis horse wounded
at Angostura of his clothes pierced with balls in TIL
Valley of Mexico Of the burning of his estate b,
the invaders and Of the Infamous accusation agains
him by Gamboa which had been suffered to lie 70
five years upon the table of Congress. without on
single representative coming to his defence. ask
- ing even for action upon it, though many of then
i had been with him and knew Of his great labors.
:: Words cannot define such conduct, and it ind
Gates clearly what can be expected from such Cit
J. zens. society thus accustomed TO the physica
= and moral assassination of the leaders in its
p independence, that does not respect an observin
J. world. cannot be otherwise than in the unhapp
is condition of our country. God and man must cor
e denim acts that rarely found in the cvilize
e world. Does such course encourage our youn
It to give their time and their best years to tn
;, benefit of their country, defyng danger ana forge
Il ting all that is most dear and sweet in life and abaf
8, don all for her safety
s. " Besides, it is impossible that | can return, an
e meet with serenity set Of men who have elevate
t. themselves to power without anything in past hi
d tory favorable to them him who has never bee
: good son. good husband, good friend a goo
n CT izen men who have borne the filthy yoke mpt
z sed upon them, and remained mpassve even whe
n they saw that nothing done to countr
h from the aggressons projected by the new vanda
y of the North.
Il " Have the MexicanS abiured their passions? 0
Re they blush for their folliess See the abyss that
l. open at their feet Know they that they will /
e absorbed by this modern Rome. without any resourc
n but to bend the knee, if they do not change con
m petely their course9 Have they the presumptio
to suppose they will be saved without effort the
it part, amid the disorders in which they lie, and whe
ID it would that patrosm has fled the land of tt
Hidalgos, of the lturbides and Guerreros
- Shall present myself on that scene when r
~ Government is possible When the ties of obed
- encc torn into shreds When the wicked ar
vile Arsta has dissolved every social bond and dri
en- morality and virtue into oblivion Do they Wi
~ me to leave this sweet repose? That shall aga
- risk the term of life which Divine Providence CO
~ cedes to me, mutated as | am, to look upon SUI
a. misfortune, with the wish, perhaps to save b
no powerless to remedy because may not find a lov
W and effective operation, occurred when ma
front to the American invasion ~
Senior E>cobar states that to these powerful trut
as he could at first reply only with silence, but tn
~ gaining courage he told the General it was all trr
IS but that those times past, that the hatred
Is. Arlsta was universal that fortunately for MexiC
ri there great majority ofillustrious citizens th
al had taken part in those affairs; that every O
ba proclaimed him the only berator and that his ri
,o sence would cause anarchy to fly, and restrain
~, councils of those who wished to convert Mexico in
- q colony.