New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-21
SANTA ANNA Avn mEx1Co.


From his safe and comfortable quarters in
Elzabethtown, N. j., General Antonio Lopez de
Santa Anna has issued an address to the Mexican
people Fer some time there has been doubt of
the position occupied, and the designs entertained
by this distinguished Mexican, and he publishes
an address in order that the mystery and obscurity
which have shrouded his movements may be
cleared away. Without burtbening our columns
with this long exposition, which, we may remark,
is replete with its authors characteristic vanity
and egotism, we may state, in brief, that Santa
Anna pronoun2es against Maximlian's govern
ment and declares in favor of return to the So
called republican system. He omits, however, to
state that his own efforts, while he was at the head
of affairs in Mexico, were persistently directed
towards such q modification of that system as
might convert the government of Mexico into a
military dictatorship. No one, perhaps, will
blame him for such Enthusiastically not those
friends of republican institutions who saw in the
lperpetualy recurring pronunciamentos and revo-
lutions of Mexico, in the rapid succession of CON
situations established without regard to public
opinion, and of presidents chosen without respect
to constitutions painful parody on republican
ism, which had almost brought the name of the
| republic into contempt. But it is something alb
sud for this praotsed revolutonist, who claims
that his history is the history of Mexico for the
last forty-fve years, to proclaim an atfectionate
regard for a republic which he always tried his
best to destroy; and to express so violent an
antipatby to the regime with which he confesses
that he had at one time entered into negotiations.
Take, for instance, as an illustration, the following
passage Of the address:
1t necessary at all hazards to visit the thea
ter Of events, in order to investigate the proceed
| ngs and attempts being made by the new inter-
venti0nists. With this conviction and following
| the suggestions Of old friends | resolved to go to
! Vera Cruz. What took place my arrival is
| known to all. Gen. Bazaine rudely drove me from
/ the Mexican territory, and was obliged to reen1-
| bark shortly after ny arrival. bear no reseat.
ment on this account lam rather glad that the ont
| rage was committed, because itmay have saved me
/ from making certain compromises which CirGum-
stances might have fmposedupon me, and because
it opened my eyes regarding the intentions of the
interyentlonjsts Having been absent from Mexico
since 1865, other agents took upon themselves to
represent aud direct public opinion, entirely free
| from my influence. 1t was others who were the
! guides of the allied INVASION who negotiated with
the archduke, and who finally escorted him to the
1 capital. My antagonists say that went thither in
search of an elevated position near the archduke.
i The truth Is, that went thither in order to look
after the interests and liberties of my c0mpatriots
and not to separate myself from the real interests
of the people,
The statement is not very clear; yet the infer
ence is by no means forced that Santa Anna did
go to Mexico with the design of entering into rela.
tons with the imperial government, and of play
ing part entirely inconsistent with his present
professions. 1t is probable that a wholesome re-
collection of his previous history, on the part of
the Imperial authorities, alone prevented a con
summation of this purpose. During the war with
the United States Santa Anna managed to delude
the government at Washington into tie belief shat
if he were permitted to return to Mexico he would
operate for the re establishment of peace. A pass
port was furnished to him; he passed through the
United States blockadng squadron underauthority
from Washington; landed at Vera Cruz, went
into the interior got possession of the government
aud Immediately set himself at work to reorganize
that resistance TO the United States armies which,
but for him, would not have been capable of
further efforts There is no doubt that his energy,
activity and zeal infused themselves into the Mex
lean people and entailed on them finally the calam-
tiles of the campaigns of Buena Vista Cerro.
Gordo, and the Valley Of Mexico The lesson was
not lost on General Bazaine and he very wisely de-
clined to avail himself of the services Of such an aly
Referring to the events Of his last admiDistra.
tion-from 1853 to Is55-Santa Anna declares
" that in order to wear the imperial diadem. - if
would have suticed for him to stretch forth his
hand and grasp it. But never did the royal
purple dazzle his eyes;" he was and is q a
stranger to the ambition of vulgar sOuls,u Cen
erals, and even governors Of departments, awaited
only his aequiescence to proclaim him emperor on
his birthday y like Cesar who thrice upon the
Lupercal refused kingly crown" lie vas obliged
" to use even threats in order to silence the pro-
posals Of those who thought it personal honor to
him, and an advantage to the nation that he should
wear the CROWN After grayely infdeming US of
this patriotic abnegation, he adds with great sim
plicity and quite as much TRUTH HAITI, at any
time, he could have dreamed of usurpiug the im,
perial dignity, the bloody picture of Yturbide"
would have deferred him from making the danger
Gus experiment. Perhaps in this is to be found
does not seem to have been at all disturbed nv
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