The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-02-23
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SANTA ANNA.

lily TO TIE UNITED SrATEs.-A correspon-
dent of the New York Herald recently visited
Santa Anna, at Carthagena. The Ex-DictatoI
resides little way out of town, in large
one story building. He is said to present
the appearance of well preserved man of
fifty. lie is five feet ten or eleven inches
high with a large robust person, dark eyes
and Il projecting brow. He walks quite
lamcly and uses cane His first inquiry
was for the latest news from Europe; and he
expressed the opinion that Russia was not
yet sufficiently exhausted. lie soon turned
to Mexico. and glanced at his own Iemarka-
Bile career.
lie entered the Spanish army as a cadet in
1910, at the age of fourteen, and served for
ten years. during which time the republican
forces under Guadalupe Victoria, and Guerre-
IA were entirely crushed. He bad risen
in rank and attained some distinction, when,
in 1921, he joined the organization that pro-
claimed the Plan dc Isuaia, the avowed OBJ
jlect of which was to overthrow the Spanish
colonial government and place some Euro
pcan prince upon the independent throne Of
Mexico.
The plan was sworn to on Christmas eve
of 1871, and ltlirbide went to the West to
pronounce, and he to the South to give the
echo. The movement was completely sue
c" "1'' III LILY .i'ontha Ihe spanish
,n,,i,,;,a,nI IL s'l ' 'h. az '''", Te.e
join this movement by his love for his coun-
p,,oI la, to i .",;,,'' , ,,,,i l' ~, ~
w .,,;r,r,on nr N.s7 I a.taiI;'I, ~, I''>
L,n,nnSs nrh, "'''' WIZ, I,,,,,;n
crn,yncd h;msJf ~ ,l ~ r.
NOT all u,n,n'n,hn ho,l ,,,,,,,d,,nI II, :"
Iiv,nnnin,od ,nd oIa,I,ir,J NJ c,;o',I,
,o,,n c,,nn f., lin ca;i ,hnt h, ,,.a,. ,la La,o
of Alcyico and ,r,in INSISTED that bo wa. to
he her W,sh;nrtor
The plan Of f.Jcr,l Jru;on wos f,rnod
and he dctrrminn1 to I,o1 tLn cnrc,s NJ ,ho
nation in its smn,o,t 81 ras ,nnn1 thor ),
said he, ..and thr mistake 7 n.da 1as the
error of my vou,h and M, IF NM, hn,rt );
He tr,uunhtd and an ottcmnt w:,s n,J, ia
form a conf drrn,ion Of S,atns ,frer the man.
uer of tlr rni,rd states ..nmt ), .a;d no
Mexico has hcrn striyino to ;,,i,ot. ,l,e
federal svst,m without know;po what f,d.ra-
ton IS, and the aitrmnt hns ,lways boon
a vain one. The ola Suaui,h system. which
was species ofconf dtratcd nroyinccs form.
Ing the Vice Royalty of New Suain. was
abandon d. and each State cn,lravn,,d n Lc.
come an INDEPENDENT sovereignty. Every
thing was turn,d into little Cnnyrrsscs (cou-
ryGSiios. \ and all wanted place and nav. and
mileage and money!"
lie went on to saw that this had bccn one
Of the great couscs of The d,lIirul,,cs and dis.
scns;ons of Mexico. they wanted to initiate
the United States wilhout rcil,r,;no what
the United States had done There thirteen
scpcrutc colonies had ioin,d INFO = federal
Union to form a unity while the unity of
Mexico wasdrstroy,i in order to make naYy
pctty nations. The American culnnirs tend
n to,vorlc , common c,n,ro ,rJ or, 4
s,r,nulh far rnion i. strcnoth Will. ,h.
several indrn,udrnccs Of Nirvico div.,,,1
from ,Lc common centre. and this hron,ht
division and weakness The rrsul, was hat
when n C,r,ipn cuemv Invalid Nox,cn ond
when he LoI .yncr:od ,h,t oven, tbo " old
women ,nI mi. childrcn would mel, to ro,,'l
,he foo he f,nnL thot tho n,,;nn.I fo'lnn
w,s dead Thc ncnnln oc Some ~ ,ho Sat-
.,;J ,h",, would ~ iii ,, Wo,,.
I.'' Vs., VI, ,I'i :, "''N' ''''e ~
linn. other, would se,I tn ,hn d,, u, aor ror,'
mcnt oulv nort Of tLrir con,;ny.nt Of man
md mnncr r,h;lo n,a,v Na,;na,s ,'.ar,
fouud Gpl,t;rc in tho American ro,,. -
Thus, said Hc ..AIcy;co country nos.
| SpSSino nipIt nilli1nc Df pn,r1n and rirb il,
wrolt6 and material resonrcnr wos connn,r.
cd ia h,r rc,,rn,ch onJ shown rI,,l ~, :
the nero Alvarez come ;ntn nntorirtv
lie Slated that ,vhon tLo oo,,r,r, ro: Jotor-
mined 70 hovc nc,cn ,t INV nr;ce and rrfns.
nI IN con,r;lu.n to snsta;H, H., Wv ho I,tor.
mind to lc,vs II f,r ha ,,nnlI s;',m w ~,
nc,re nov wcrll Ln r'r,,;, to '.;,,,oss tio
degradation Of N,ey;co> lie was animated
u,;7h ,o s,rna s,';,, ~. H., ,tt",';'' ",
old. who sworc ibc;r chilJrcn nnnr Tho .l,cr.
of thrir Gods to an ,tornI nnnit,. to R,mn
The United STATES is tho Rome of ancient
and the Russia Of MAIDEN d,ys Thcv ,re
thc enemies Of orr country rcjir;on and ou
racc and will swallow nm and nat o,,t om,
citizens. as thcv have in r,l,fnrni, and New
Mexico. Three nrov;ncrs Icre oht,;n,d hv
n 60. called nearrf,,l coSS;or. L,,t If uos !,
neaccrul ccssion with tho r;Hc At our bosnms
ike the stalwart man bv tho ro,d sidn who
nom, ;no hlund,rhms. a. ,ha n',,rar', " nn,
nna,mr1 ,ravclcr ,.ks .l,,s far ,ho l,yo ~
GoI. N'''''' ''''''' ~ ''' '' v
81 not only bsto Inf ,,,or ,hcn &c .
nation y said lc ..,rd oil ~, liz, L,. lnrn,
,cs,;moDv 70 Iii, o ""i a." ny Ia III, " ,
NJ ;ndiy;du,l Am,r;ooms n',.I ,,a not l!nn,r
hot hovn ';,,,ia "'r', ,o W. NV ha y
,n Aro,co,, ' ~, H., aa,'t,,. ''e WV"
hah ro,rJ c,r W., u''',,"s s',. ., .",'
''S"' o." ~" many .A'h'i'Noi'" "iioih