New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-18
SANTA ANNA.


they say in Mexico, pronounced against inc
parent authority. He assisted materially IN
establishing the so-called Republic of Mexico
But dissatisfied with republican institutions, !
he aided in setting up the imperial govern~
r,ent Of Iturbide. Offended afterwards with
the conduct of the emperor, Iturbide, he pro-
nounced against the empire, and was potent
instrument in overthrowing it. He again be-
came warm advocate of the republic, and
doubtless, howled as loudly for free speech
and free press as the most lhberal radical of
the present day,
In the numerous commissions which sue
eeeded the re-estabishment Of the republic, he
played conspicuous part; but in every
change that took place he was ever 'sloyal"
was a true Republican in that sense of the
term. He advocated free speech, but he
stifled the freedom of expression. He was
in favor of letting people say what they
pleased provided they uttered sentiments
which were agreeable to him. He was the
warm advocate of free press; but he sternly
depressed the publication of those g disloyal
tSeDEll06IltSg WHICH, GIO uOb ucCJIu WIN Lib
ideas or with his interests. He was also in
I favor of the Constitution, like the radicals of
the present day, and he tinkered with that of
Mexico until nothing of it was left Hewas also
State-rights man; but when he attained the
presidency, he carried into effect the theory of
Capitalization now advocated by our own rad
4 icals, and abolished the State governments To
insure continued "loyalty" in the States, he
set up, like the radicals would do at the pre-
sent day, military governors who dispensed
justice in the good old puritan way, at the
point Of the bayonet and by the good old mar
tial law, which insured the speediest forms of
Justice, so-called. 1t is thought by some of
his New England admirers that had not the
"disloyaIty" of the rebellious Mexieans,
whose insensate prejudices led them to up
hold the obsolete Constitution, hurled him
from power, he would have devised some bill
Of novel civil rights and freedmens bureau,
which would have been the means of perpetu-
ating his power and of REFRESHING the disloyal
sentiments Of the rebellious Mexicans. But
he fell from power, as the radicals will fall,
and the Constitution with renewed vitality
again spread over the land.
With capacity for change equal to that of
"a Sumner or Banks, our Mexican radical
again became monarchist. He attained
power once more, and assumed the euphoni-
GUS title of his serene highness. But for a
third time he was sent into exile.
For a long while he disappeared from the
public view, Occasionally he was heard of at
Carthagena or at st. Thomas, and the sumptu-
GUS style in which he lived shows him to
have been as frugal in Office as those patriots
of Plymouth Rock. He may not have borne
of his untaxable zoos and 5-20's, but he had
evidently secured in the shape of coin what
was the next best thing to it, and lived with a
luxuriousness approximating that of pa
triotio shoddyite.
But Macmillan became emperor, and his
late serene highness appears off Vera Cruz
He is ever ''loyal. He was loyal to Spain;
he was loyal to the first republic he was
| loyal to Iturbide; he was loyal to
each succeeding government; he was
loyal to the Constitution; he was loyal to all
order; he was loyal to chaos and confusion,
and finally he was loyal to Macmillan. But
he was repulsed from Vera Cruz. He re-
turned to the West Indies. He has now for
the second time visited the United States.
Like true radical he is still ''loya but not
to Macmillan. Itnight have been thought
that the yicissitudes Of his political career
had brought him heretofore upon every side
of every question that involved the fate of
his unhappy country. But he appears now
in still new character. He tenders his ser
vice to the Juarez government. He is still
"loyal, of course. Every radical is "loyal"
But he seems now to be neither monarchist
nor republican. He says, al am neither con
Sentative nor liberal, am only Mexican,
and | open my arms to all my countrymen."
But it seems that his countrymen, as repre-
scented by the Juaristas, do not rush franti-
cally to the proffered embrace. 1t would APP
pear that some of them would think it threat
ened to be as fatal as that of Sumner or Ste
VEINS. when they would hug the Constitution
in their arms. President Juarez responds to
the prefer made by Gen. Santa Anna Of his
services, very much as the people of our coun-
try intend to reply next fall to his sympa-
thizers, Sumner and Banks and Stevens.
Even supposing that the intentions of Sc
nor Santa Anna should now be loyal, the con
slant suspicion which would be awakened by
his past acts would render not only useless
under the present circumstances, but even
the admission Of his services.
I'm order not to believe in his new protests
Of patriotism, the people would repeat that
he has violated before all his oaths, and that
he has broken before his most solemn engage
ments.
"a In order not to believe his new protests of
loyalty to the republic, they would repeat the
charges that have been made, that as an Off
Ger he has been disloyal to all the govern
ments that have employed him that as the
head Of the government he has lately been
disloyal to the cause of his country"
As all parties in Mexico seem to have re-
pulsed the proffer Of his services, we would
suggest an adventure to Gen. Santa Anna,
which may afford him little temporary ex-
element It may be remembered that a few
years ago, in an address to the people of Ten
nessee, charges of a grave nature, rejecting
on the /" loyalty OF President Santa Anna
to his own country, we're more than insinu-
ated BY Gen. Pillow. These charges brought
forth from the palace 5of 4he exilad4 Santa