The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-21
AFT AIRS IN MEXICO,


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Spoken q.
The government papers here sti tell the people Of sic
tories gained over the insurgents but they not heey
ca a. revolution i daily gaining ground and there
j. no prospect OF is being speedily put end to.
senior has been banshed from the capital and
Senior hcrcado has been ordered to quit the country
Many general officers have been deposed from their
rnand for having freely expressed their opinions the
present cabinet.
1t ia said that Wild Cat, the old Seminole chief
making war the Camanches, and also on The flbus
against Santa Annals government. tie resides ia
Coahuita..
It is sad that Santa Anna ropes By intrigue % get
Austria to join HIM, in of with the United
States.
The press viii be allowed during the election 70 speak
tia sentiments on the occasion but with the condition
that II say nothing adverse 10 santa Anna and his so
yernnent His friends say that no holds the election in
limitation OF the Of Louis Napoleon but person
here understands his real object.
Fifteen hundred cavalry infantry and artillery troops
hurried from the capital towards Guauajusta,
a. II Il said that the insurgents have defeated the Cover
nor of Toiuca, south OF his own capital
We cannot truly learn what is passing in the depart
mats Of Jasco San Luis and other places but we be
Heye that il his Hghness wished to leave the country
now the only roads open to him either by Pu
ebla or Vera Cruz, and II the instruction spread ia
these places, that he will be encompassed here.
The party which brought Santa Anna into power
complain OF his rule and the calamites il has brocgh
on \ he land,
Unless Providence remove the evils of the country
hese wil and the the people of other
ies do II the better for 1t must be presumed that
The conservative party here intend TO call in European
aid to introduce order Of affairs, they de
lei mined to hold 10 absolute power to the last v
We have already published the substance of Santa
Annas address to the Mexican people The docu
mcn is an important one, and TO those who have fol-
lowed the wndings OF the Dictators intrgues during
.ta will mt III all
towards the overthrow Of the republic and the estab
Eshmeut of an anarchy In its place 1t is true that he
appeals to the people "a la Bonsparte) for their vote
but at the time it must be remembered tina. he
has converted the free States Of Mexico into de-
psrtments and making them directly responsible to the
central government, has trampled down inepen lent
public opinion that it cannot be heard the present
issue. Here is the document
APPEAL OF SANTA ANNA TO THE MEXICAN NATION.
Tiv MINISTER GOVERNORS
POLITICAL CHIEFS OF THE TERRITORIES
Your Excellency;-The nation, after the events oc.
1867 and beginning of 1883, called H. s IL to preside
its destines. The Gcneral-President, as good
Mcxican considered il his duty to sacrifice his do.
nestle tranquility to the exgences OF his country, and
obeyng the will expressed freely by his countymen
tnuing those that he has at ali times rendered her
either in prosperity or adyersity, guided always by
patriotism which he is proud to have eleva ed high
any OF his felowcitizens Having thus assumed the
supreme power, which he neither ambitioned
quered by the force of arms the people with notorious
unanmity, prolonged his unlimited powers for in
definite lapse of time when according to the convention
of the 9th OF February OF the preceding year. the
vocation OF an assembly Threatened TO destroy great
part Of the full powers with which his Hghness was in
vested That the second manifestation given by the
people OF that time, by which it freely and voluntarily
trusted to his Hghness the precious fate of the republic
The GencraPresident received with unboundei graft,
tude such explicit and Gathering testimony of conf
dence from the Mexicars. He consequently sees, with
the greatest and indignation, the nsurrec.
ton without motive, Of Don Juan Alvarez who at the
Presidents arrival expressed the grief he felt
his state had not been the first to give s. H. proofs Of
10y and adhesion Nobody is ignorant of the events
which afterwards took pl ice in the South being unques
tonably the most remarkable of all, the promptude
with which the President ran to those deadly climates
in order to the reestablshment Of peace which
L. the first condition for securing the happiness oil
ton All know perfectly well that then, for the third
time all the Mexicans, ircm the great cities to the
oe,t villages of the republic sent TO the government
unanimous expressing their loyalty and
obedience to their chief magistrate, and universal
probation against that first act OF sedition H. s. a.
sents did not doubt, could he have doubted
ment that the vote OF the people which called him from
foreign country, is the only upon which he can
bear to fulfil the mission he received, Of consunghe
republic aioed by the fun powers, without which he
is convinced that he could by means execute suc
great enterprise. But as the spirit of sedon which
arose in Guerrero and Michoacan has been Initiated in
the distant village of Tamaulpas, and in lew other
places minds laboring under the excitement pro
dnced by disloyal means, HsH, the General Preslen
convinced that he Cannot yet govern without pogers
wishing to rule the AeSicans against their wilt
without being favored with their opinion wants TO know
il by all possible means and by the way which might
better consult the public general free vote For that
purpose he orders that the LIST Of December next
popular assemblies be ecnvoked under the presidency
thegoyenors projects sub preiects or other respective
orisies These assemblies will be composed Of all
the Mexican citizens OF any rank condition who
in the full enjoyment all their rights The assemblies
win tale place in the state House. or any other public
building of the capitals cited towns and villages OF the
republic in order that they may express the same day
their opnion with full absolute liberty, and nyclable
security Of the citizens after this solemn act OF express
ing their will on the two following nterpe!latons:-
l. Ii the actual President of the Republic will con-
tinue chief magistrate with the same full powers he
now has
q If he is not TO continue with the same full powers
he now has, to whom is he TO remit Immediately the
Presidency
In each Of the assemblies there will be act which
all the citizens present will subscribe in presence of its
President in order that It might be closed sealed ant
sent to the respective Governors, who will remit TO the
Presiden. OF the Council OF State in whose power all the
scts will remain until the 1st OF February next.
That they, the Council in full session will select be-
tween its members q commission to take notice OF the
dominant opinion OF the assemblies the will expressed
b. the majority The last declaration will be commun
Gated TO H. s H. the Pre- sident Of the Republic by
IL. s. HIS, the General Presidents only glorious and
noble ambition tends to see one day Mexico brilliant
and hsppy marching rapidly in the way OF prosperity
owing TO his strong endeavors. But he repuses with
all the energy of his soul the appearances Of
authority too weak to permit him to obtain the object
he aims at authority which would not proceed from
his countIymcns voluntary viii, considered by aim a.
he consequently solemny protests to the republic ami
to the world that he viii submit. himself TO the vote Of
the majority, either continuing to govern With ia pow
ers the republic according 70 the national will or
sning Immediately the Presidency into the hands &c
the citizens who shall have been indicated to him, in
the Mexcans VIII no more trust to him the detiaes
ef the country.
IA. s. ii. wishes equally that al the citizens, and par
Gcuarly the publfiss OF the republic, might be allowed
to emit the press their opinion reducing 1t TO the two
interpretations which have been mentioned without ex
teudipg to any other subject and avoiding insults Of any
rass offensive illusions calumn;es TO persons par
lies Aanifcstaou of such great interest for society
must not contribute 10 ndspose the minds or excite the
political passions.
At last in order that this disposition might be exccu
ed H & H. orders X. f. TO publish, and distribute IT, as
you receive It, and give your orders 20 the
spectiyc authorities that pretext impairment
whatever may restrain the free vote OF the citizens "
H. will nevertheless prevent before after these assem-
bes or during their session. the insulting and cxagse
rated discussion which might disturb the public order
The citizens having nothing else TO do but To express
their will on each of the two mentioned interpeations
when called for il by the presiding authority.
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