The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-28
FOURTH EDITION
From WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.

70 The Ercnin0 TeleJ roph

Special TO The Evcnino Telegraph
WASHINGTON. May 2S.
Santa Anna on the NJ xIca0 QuestIOn.
There is no Disgusting the fact that the unex pected
ARRIVAL of General santa Anna IN the United states,
at this juncture Mexican sflrs Is creating quite
sensation among the real and pretended friends of
that country. The former look upon his comlngas
significant and opportune, and are beginning to
express in strong terms their hopes that he will add
the prestige OF his name, and the weiPht or his
eoUnses to those who are IA ting for the liberation
Of Mexico from French INVASION ana indemnifea
ton. The pretended friends of Mexico are diyldea
among themselves. As their aims and purposes take
TO higher range than personal profit or aggran-
dzcment they look suspiciously upon any one whose
advent threatens to eclipse their own brilliauoy or
thwart their soroid purposes All manner OF charges
and counter charges already being put ahoat ms
this and other cities and studied attempts are being
made TO misrepresent the object of Santa Annas mis-
SION and to uDderrate his influence among his couu
trymen. The statement in yesterdays Washington
Chronicle that the friends OF Gen. santa Anna who
are at present in the city solicited from Senior Ro
nero official interview were refused is pro.
Inced entirely erroneous. They called upon
him merely friends OF Santa Anna and in repre-.
sentatOn of him q Mexican citizen, and were not
only admitted at once but cordially and courteously
received Mr., Romero also assured them that no such
US LuhI III tIe CHIOW3CtG WOulu DC made
by his authority nor any kind word said OF Gene.
raj Santa Anna, both would be improper under the
circumstances in foreign country and derogatory to
the dignity Of the Mexican Legation. Santa Anna's
friends, on the other hand, have observed DIS
Greet silence and circumspecton from the be
ginning Qudnuncs and Bonemians have been held
at respectful distance. They called upon Mr..
Seward in q body, but in private manner, and on
behalf of Santa Anna expressly as a Mexican citi.
zen. The usual courteses exchanged, but no
other further significance is attributed to the visit
by either party, or by those best informed on the
subject. The Mexican gentlemen who are now
abusing Santa Anna so rouudly through the press
OF the United States are merely giving new and
sad illustration Of the misfortune Of Mexico in bav
ing many ons who waste their energies in do.
nestle quarrels and personal jealou.ies instead of
employing them against common enemy. No
matter what faults Santa Anna may have committed
EeXico owes to him some glorious pages of history
connected with the proclamation OF the republic II
is also damaging fact 10 thos patriots par erce,ree
that the Liberals who fighting in Mexico have
written hundreds of letters to Santa Auna invoking
his assistance while these censoous critics have
tented themselves with venting noisy abuse at a safe
distance. On leading the protest OF these gentlemen
Santa Anna remarked iocularly, that he was
happy to know that there were SO many Mexican
patriots at hand and that he hoped they would be as
ready to fight for their country, now that it was
prey to foreigners, as they were to write against
him and others who desired TO assist IN Mexican re
generation As they were young and energetic, he
hoped they would not hesitate to follow the example
l. of old man like himself, and devote the future
their countrs defense. AS to his errors he asks
what Mexican there IS who. after a long public Ca
Ieer, can throw stone at him ON account of incon
sistency9 The suppos1on that Santa Anna is in the
interest ofthe French, or OF Maximiian, is consi.
dered tooipreposterous by HIM Tor serious DENIAL He
says the Mexican squabblers the only ones who
are playing into Maximilian'5 interests These are
some OF Santa Annals arguments and professions.
and urged with great zeal and apparent sincerity
| by his friends in Washington. They have had no
interview with President Johnson, and expect none,
but are preparing to leave.