Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-28
Application OF Santa Anna.

Abdication of Santa Anna.
We claim no merit for having predicted an
event which was so obvious from the past
history and present condition of Mexico, as
the robbery and abandonment Of Mexico by
Santa Anna He has escaped again, and we
presume will terminate his days in a splendid
exile, endowed by the plumber and oppression
Of his countrymen. But it is more interesting
to consider the condition Of the country which
he has left. Practically, it makes no difference
who rules Mexico. The popular material is SO
rotten that no permanent fabric can be erected.
The only question is, what swarm Of flies shall
suck the wasting vigor Of the people? Change
of constitution can do no more for the relief Of
Mexico than change of garments to the dy-
ing. New rulers are but as the succession Of
new officers upon sinking ship.
Santa Anna has abdisated because he had
no longer the money to govern with. His
revenues had been anticipated, the price of the
coded territory spent. The people had endured
rs much oppression as they could endure, and
he had no longer the means to compel their
submission. Those who succeed him will
find an empty treasury and severed Con-
f,deracy; they have excluded Santa Anna
but they will find revolutionary party, bent
upon the separation Of the Northern States
and the establishment of different system of
government We shall be much surprised if
Alvarez can do more than restore constitu-
tional government in the States of Mexico
and those which are adjacent, whilst those
whose interests are different and distinct will
prefer another and separate Organization
perhaps that of the Republic Of the Sierra
Madre.
There seems every reason to believe that this
last has been separate movement with dis
tinct objects. They have only co-operated with
the revolutioniSts of Acapulco in a common
purpose to overthrow common tyrant but
they are so far from the central government
that they neither profit by its protection nor
stand in fear Of its authority.
In this disintcgration of Mexico it will be-
come the duty Of our government to guard
against any iniraction of our treaty obligations,
or our neutrality laws. We have been in
formed that no application has been made to
the authorities here TO restrain the armed in
vasion of Northern Mexico, il any such inya-
sion has been fitted out in contravcntion of the
law. But the suppression of diplomatic inter
course between our minister and the govern
ment of Santa Anna, and the recall Of the Mex
lean Minister, has prevented any formal de-
mand for particular vigilance upon the part of
-
Santa Anna, having made up his mind that the
carcass Of Mexico was of no further value, was
indifferent TO the hands into whom it might
fall and had bequcathcd to his successors a di
vided and distracted republic, SO as to increase
as far as possible, the difficulties amongst them
We shall therefore look with the more inter
est upon the second, and we think the final, act
of this drama, which will determine whether
there shall be Northern Republic of Mexico,
or whether the farce Of undertaking to enact
common laws for States which differ SO wide
", and 10 extend common protection over
States which have been laid waste, and depop-
ulated, from the mere inability of the central
authorities to protect it, shall be repeated.
There can be no doubt that many Americans
have Joined the revolutonsts fthe North. They
viii be still employed if the Northern States
resist the authorities ofthe central government;
but if those States either resume their reIa-
tons in the confederacy, or succeed in estab-
fishing an Independent government, our fel.
low citizens will be discarded without any
consideration whatsoever The Mexican States
may dislike confederate or a supreme govern
ment, but they have salutary and supreme
dread of American energy, which will cause
them to resist the influence Of their Texan al.
lies, unless it is absolutely necessary for their
own safety.