The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-16
SANTA ANNA.

Party TO be United and strengthened
by His LeRdership-He Utterly Reps.
diates ali COnntVance with MRxImfIIAn
and the French-HIs Only Ambition is
to See the Republic Restored and the
French ExpeIIed-He Is Anxious Go
Meet General Sc0tt, Etc.
General Santa Anna is still at Elizabethport
N. j., as the guest OF Mr.. Balz, where he will
remain tor few days longer, until suitable
accommodations for himself and his numerous
suite are provided in New York Yesterday our
representative again visited the great Mexican,
in acceptance of an urgent invitation, and was
received by the General and his staff with the
utmost cordiality and attention.
OBJECT OF SANTA ANNA's VISIT.
Upon our firing blank cartridge at the Gene.
raj with respect to the real object OF his visit to
the United States, after his long seolusion at
St. Thomas, the eX- President prom ptly rounded
to and replied as follows in strong, sound
Spanish, which we translate and condense as
follows:- ...f.r
You wish to know the object of myunexpected
visit and also wish to have il well and clearly
understood by the great mass OF Americans who
sympathize with the struggling republic of
Mexico. In leaving my tranquil home at st.
Thomas to help to restore the republic of Mexico
which l created over forty years ago. l have no
sordid motive, no ambitious aim TO satisfy |
hope, however, to have the qualification OF see
ing the backs OF the French In hasty flight, as |
once saw at Vera Cruz, when l drove the in-
UaGers nct from tne city ~ For months past in my
ceiving letters from all parts of Mexico, not only
friends and quondam adherents, but even from
Mexlcans who have been antagonistic to me,
planning OF the futlity of the efforts ade by
Mexican republicans to throw off their foreign
yoke and drive Macmillan and his French
usurpers from my native soil, and urging me to
once more present myself as the champion of
the Mexican people and the republic. There
are many reasons why did not at once respond
to those appeals In the first place there was
the expectation that the Liberal Government
TriNne from NIn, ,HnNT, 80.
them to foreign intervention at the frst and
their frequent successes, would prove strong
enough to maintain the integrity OF the re-
public. Then there was the probability that the
Government of the United States, by reasser.
tion OF the Monroe doctrine, would diminish the
question to one of pecunIary indemnity. But
the Liberals-and all Mexicans are Liberals
except those who are in the service of Maxi
milan and the pay OF Louis Napoleon-being
weakened and demOralzed by previous in.
ternal dlssensions, cut off, as it Were
from the rest of the world, and, owing TO the
secession war, deprived of all aid from
the United States, after battling long and
valiantly against superior forces in number, and
superior IN arms, discipline, and supplies, have
at length become exhausted and dlsheartened,
until they are now scattered over the country
in small detachments, some of them being in
favor OF this Liberal general and some of another
Whlle the usurpers forces are concentrated
and united. without unity there is no strength
President Juarez, man whom | highly esteem
and respect, as one deserving of all praise for
his efforts to restore the republic, Is unable to
preserve the Liberal party as a unit. lint there
IS Ortega who disputes his right to the Presi-
dency under the existing constitution, and
Escooedo, Cortinas, and others are warning
among themselves, while powerful enemy is
at the throat of republican Mexico.
Here we inquired, "Well, General how do
you propose to harmonic them 2"
santa Anna-lt is my profound conviction
that can conclliate and concentrate all the dis
sentient elements of the liberals and conserva-
yves, and unite them in powerful front against
the French invaders. | am ready TO cooperate
with Juarez, and take the field at the head Of
united army against the ImpeTialists. s"Ban ~
the old General exclaimed enthusiastically
slappins his cork leg, 81 lost this leg in driving
the French from Vera Cruz, and am willing to
iose the other In driving them out of the city of
Mexico. can sit in the saddle yet twenty ty-four
hours on a stretch, l warrant you," he con-
tlnued, with fiashing eyes, lin the next cam
paign against the French" .l -.
But, General" we quered, ''supposing Won
could thus unite all the loyal Mexicans under
your banner, do you think you could carry on a
campaign with more success than the Liberals
have had during the past two or three years?
You must have money to compete with your
WelIpatd, Well-armed, and well-fed foes"
Santa Anna-If the war for Mexican liberty is
TO be conducted as it has been of late you might
spend hundreds of millions without achieving
any important result.
Still" we interrupted, "you must have money
IN order 10 carry on war; and that money must
De derived outside of Mexico, must it not ?"
santa Anna-As matters now stand, Mexico
Is evidently IN great need of money for war pur.
poses and that money, to a certain extent NAV
nave 10 be raised outside OF Mexico; but am
convinced that there are many loyal MeXicans
VINO are able to and have not subscribed funds
10 the cause, seeing OF late that the money would
produce no good. With vast consolidated re-
publican party and strong army those men
would ieel confidence and render all the pecu-
mary ana IN their power to the cause. Then
again., there are vast natural resources
lying dormant in the country because the natives
are unable ana foreigners unwilling to- develop
them In the present unsettled state of affairs,
when town or a State is occupied often one
day by the lmperialists and the next day by the
Liberals, and U1ce UVrsd. All these would be
speedily developed by the introduction of Anne.
rlcan capital and labor, and the consequent
stimulus that would be given to native enter
prise as the grand national army marched for
ward, sweeping away the foreign invaders
before it.
"Are you aware, General" ," we asked, "that by
many you are supposed to have endorsed Maxi
mlhan's monarchy and that you are also charged
with aiming at the Presidency of Mexico and
the control of the 500, 900, 900 loan lately intro.
duced into Congress ?H f..
Santa Anna-As to the letters attributed to
me setting forth that i accept Maximilian as
Emperor OF Mexico, they are false; they are
mutllated and disconnected portions of private
correspondence which my enemies have con.
strued to do me harm; but W a few days shall
supply the missing parts and restore the incor-
rect sentences in statement which / am now
preparing for the press. The insnuation that
nave nave an eye to the loan you mention is absurd,
m ImoL IA lhe hIst place my private fortune places
me beyond the thirst of wealth. and secondly,
Cuere does not appear TO be much probability of
the loan being endorsed by Congress-.
Our next remark was:-''General, you do not
seem TO De IN favor with the Mexican legation
French spy.r