Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-22
ANOTHER REVOLUTION BREwIsG IN MEXICO
PROCLAMATION OF. GEN. SANTA ANNA.

ANOTHER REVOLUTION BREWISG IN MEXICO
PROCLAMATION OF GEN. SANTA ANNA.
E7zriBuno. a Nicsrsgusn paper, publishes a aocu
mont from San Anns. uuder The imposing title
of the "frotest Of Gen. Don Antonio LOPEZ de
Santa Anna aga'as. the Ac.s Of the Present Cor
srnmeut of tbs Mexican R public" which abOuDds
in the bOmbast 50 ominently characteristics Of this
species Of literature. Ttopsrs thus: 1
"HeYe rot sided il coBquering the roliticsl
inoe oendenee Of the Mexicau reIulief Have I
not laborsd thirly.6ve years, even with The sseri
ice Of my blood, to conserve unframed her sov-
eIelgnty and integrity Can I not present nv
body, Pierced with wounds. 10 defence Of her in
stHu.iln and her honor Ard does not this en-
title me, as a ctizsu, % deDlore her % s-orlu1cs,
and point oui, with tie utmost indignation, the
Tiss Of events which are eJLsunmstng her dis
h nor2 These ev .nis, famous for their monty.
are fatal in theic tendency and results. rhey
alarm toe people Of Spanish Americs; they form
the ciInlnsl process IF the Republic IueIR, AID
herald their ove;t-rJw
'Tae Republic of Mexico, called by 60 many
names; which has occupied the FIRST position amoDg
the nati0us OF tbs Ne8 World, is now. the theatre
Of excess=s rarely agsl led ia history. Msn who
have never placed % OBJ olus upon the alter Of their
country, hsVe eouspTed against her as sul jscts,
aud have iyr4nnZsd over her as rulers, when 10 an
evil hour their Eudacty and insult usurped the
poliucal power. Whether c5eyiDg or ruling
whether traitors or exsCutoLers- IN both cases
alike tde people have beeu the victims.
They have already cipsed the crimes which sent
thrill Of horror through Europe and the civil zed
world in the last century.
France then saw The arcent ttrole Of her
kings crumbe 10 ruin; the head Of her august
moDarc1 fell urd tie fierce blow of Ihs exseu-
toner Mural, ID ,uto0, Roo spe ere led the mort
iIlusrilus of her CT rs 90 execution Emd-t ZERO.
cou5 shouts; the water of tho Lone wire bet
with uateoap.e dies which bad been truncztsi
by TIE kufs # ne Infamous ie-
Z French pub nc c0verei tt-eit WITH SORROW ard
igncmug 81 Il wrote IN letters Of I'll jod, he
fesrfu lesson Of the IA f those goqernnen.s
fOuudel ID tie demoi al 2 ton Of TIE PEOPLE Tie
day come, o. d vi I not delay, in p hch The
NJ xic=n people win wash out t1tir dis grace, pun
ish thsse sbas AID e,tabl 81 their preIog Jives
s1d their gory
The Me1i .sa hero then goes on 20 slaje to he
vslorous : ani generous sscr fees, aid says
that mgr, ituie Las three times driven Lin fem
the country lie has s,rved so faithfully At toe
period OF bis fist * le, be asserts that "the i'm
Portnst msubiF Of bis body which fell boIocaus
to Lis country wien il tls lr,nt Ia * of tie Mex
cane st VeTs Cruz ia tn Assault Of tho each,
was taken from its sacs, ptce Of reFose and x
posel to the SCOTS # furious and Iicontic Us 1nc b.
Alter giving the reasons OF Lis z uison, on these
three several occasi 1Es, he proceeds to protest:
81 protest against tee arbitrary ard Illegal Dea
sures Of the L ce0ciend) Don guacjJ de a Live,
yrrbO 81 If oFa sE@-.,
mself 10 Vera Cruz aft,r ny departure f,om tie
couutry, csl-ng himself governor aud comrnsGd-
ant general Of the department and disDosiug the
sac of all he goods which egitimately possessed
10 that republic, &c
IL protest against Tie decree Of Doa Ignsc o
CJmoDfort who, ia the modest character Of resi-
dent of the iePu5 ic ard 10 revenge Of the perse-
Cu,ion Of nay government, as cAiefof auo her baud
Of conspIators, placed my estates at the dispcs
Of TIE Supreme Court of Justice, under charges to
be msde against me b5 that court By order OF that
fuactionary."
SAINTS Anna here denouuces Comoufort and bis
&c S, in general AID in detail, aud especially this,
as malignant a.roo Gus, d;sgrac7fu, tyrannica',
&C., 81 nearly exhaus.ing the deuuucistory
adjeo,iVeJ Of the Spanish language; and proceeds
thus:
~ protest ag-lDS, tu5 IesO ulJ1 OF the sRlI
President, who has establi5! e1 the most absolute
monarchy, ia ordering the establishment of North
American CJlou'es il my declared p0ssessious
Finally, be protests against whatsoever aad ell
acts the said president has directed against his
estates, which lie says we're worth $500 900, aud
wers a get for 'h5 attack Of ths American
amy in the of invasion. IS ne wss in the front
racks whea the Mexisans dsleaiel, hand to ham,
the integrity 0. their territory, e: cetera.