Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-04-20
A Valuable Scrap of Political History.


 It has often puzzled the wiseacres to find reason why Santa Anna was given free pass" into Mexico during the late war with that coun- try.
 The recent Pillow controversy served, in some measure, to strengthen very silly belief in some, that there was private understanding between our government aud the self-styed Napoleon of the west" But by recent dis cussion between some of the Alabama and Wash ngton journals, plausible if not the true reason has been offered for that apparently singular move ou the political chess board.
 twill be remembered that, at the commence ment of the war Spain and France were about to form a matrimonial alliance, by virtne of which they would place an Emperor and Elm press or King and Queen of Mexico on the throne, upheld and sustained by both those powers, 50 that war with Mexico. would at the same time, have involved Us iu war with those powers.
 The editor of the Washington States. in a late article gives that as his opinion. lie says:
 "The Montgomery [Ala., Confederation ask ed us to uuraye the cabinet mystery Of Santa Aunas return ~ Mexico, with the consent oI our government. pending the iate war with that country. IL thinks the time has arrived when the veil night with property be fitted which KS hitherto shrnudrd this curlous transaction from the public,'' and hints al the ' States' tor some further explanation on former article headed A King n Mexico
 We do not undertake to decide on the mo- tive> of Mr. Folks cabinet .n sending back Sa.- n Anna al the critical mOmeu; in which he re- appeared in Mexico, as we were not one of the Presidents official advisers; but from our con- uectiou with the Uuou'-in that day re- spectabla administration p4per--we were nltu- rally on the alert for intelligence, and had our own private opinions as to the causes of that bo|i and effective coup dei1t. What we have before stated of the conspiracy oi Spain and France with the monarchi>t party in Mexico, to [ place king of their old royal race over that people, k most certainly q historic truth. The project had, ln all probability the concurrence ot England, who would hope to see, in a throne sustained by a powerful combination of Eu- ropean sovere 5ns, most etfecual barrier against the advance of the American Union l that direction.
 One feature of the projected combination was
  the Mexican ports and all extensive pryateer war on our commerce. This was our most vul- uerable point; and in case the son of the French King and the sister of the Spanish Queen sat to- gether on the throne of Mexico, those powers would have found Il easy and c0nyeuiut to open their ports, for the couutenance and outfit of letters oi marIne, under the Mexican flag hat very War, and the great accession of strength which the ac4uisj ton ot Texas and California brought 10 the Union, has made a game Ike thl> too per.ious for the cruwLeI slme>ters of Europe u hazard, herceforh; Uu! then Il was possible u tAen aS 1t would nave been hurtlul to us.
 l. wis known al Washing gtou that an agent of MeNlco Was offering to the adventures ot a nations the flag of Mexico, to cover corsairs lis- Eosei 10 prey on our commerce, and it was nearly as we'll understood that treaty engage. mcntS would be strained hard to shelter these cruisers, with our captured merchantmen as their prizes oi War. They would find harbor in Spa nl>h and French portS the Spanish and French cabinets could thereby plant prince of their own hloo on an American throne.
 Such bTeakwater to the oyerwhelming rusb oi repubicaAl>m, aud such a severe wound ot our too prosperous commerce, Were results worthy oi vigorous effort and some risks. San ia Anna was then the dreaded foe of the mo- narchIsts but he was the pet of the native clergy and with their help he could always raise an army The death of the Archbi> hop of Mexico and the absence of the Spanish agent Munoz, who was n Europe closing up the arrangements on that side ot tho water, delayed the finale or the conspiracy; and durrg that political pause santa Anna wa> iau ched, like thunderbolt n he camp of the monarcnists. He is now the trend and ally of Spain, and 1t is iu perfect NeernS with his character to bargain for the es .abllShment of European prince as King of heNico. We are entirely prepared tn hear of such result; and were 1t not for the eynbarrSs- inents inevitable 10 the presence of strong Flu fopean alliances on this continent We would be tempted to say 1t would be the best escape Mexico could make from her wretched cundi- tlon, unless she can obtain the protection of the 1 LNttal StataS