Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-09
Antouio Lopez de Santa Anna.

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AntoniO Lopez de Santa Anna.
| On the 25th ultimo Gen. Antonio Lopez
de Santa Anna, eX-President and eX-Dic-
tator of Mexico, was shot to death at Sisal
| by the liberal authorities. ..s
Santa Anna has passed remarkable ca
reer and was a remarkable character. He
was born in Jalapa, Feb. 81, 1898. He first
came into public notice in 1921, in the MeXi-
can war of independence and in 1922, hav-
| ing expelled the royalists from Vera Cruz,
he was appointed to the command of that
city. In November of that year he was de-
Iposed by Yturbide, who had proclaimed
himself Emperor; but Santa Anna refused
to submit to his authority, raised the ban
ner of the Republic in Vera Cruz, and in
| 1923 succeeded in comprising Yturbide's
downfall. In the changes which quickly
| followed he placed himself at the head OF
the Federal party, but was defeated, and
retired to his estate at Jalapa. In 1928 he
took the field against the Government OF
Pedraza, chosen to the Presidency by an
electoral majority of two, declaring the
! election of Guerrero valid and after Sc
| ries of engagements, retired to Oaiaca.
! The command of the forces against the
| Spanish expedition under Barradas was
intrusted to him, and embarking at Vera
! Cruz he forced Barra6as to capitulate
at Tampico, September II, 1929. Guerrero
made him Minister of War and Command
er-in-Chief of the army but continuing
afterward to exercise the dictatorial DOW
ers with which he had been invested to
repel the invasion, Santa Anna combined
with Bustamente to overthrow him, and
the latter was made President by the army
In January, 1882. however, Santa Anna
headed new insurrection, declaring for
| is fri
umph he insured by victory. over the
| Government troops in October of thatyear
Being himself chosen President in March,
1888. he had to confront popular insur-
rection under Arista and Don Gabriel Du-
ran, but speedily subdued it. He now left
the party of the Federalists, and put him.
| self at the head of the Centralists, who
wished the power concentrated into the
Executive Government. Though a favor
ite with the army, which desired him to be
made Dictator, he was unpopular with the
nation, especially as rumOr was spread
ing that he aimed at the imperial dignity
A new revolt broke out in four provinces
and manifesto was issued at Texas against
his Government. On May IL, 1885, he ut
| terly defeated the army of the insurgents
on the plains of Guadalupe, near Zacate-
| cas-, killing two thousand and taking two
| thousa'.d seven hundred prisoners. This
| was fatal blowto the republican party in
Mexico. and Santa Anna was Damed Die
tator. The destruction of the federal con-
stitution was soon consummated;, the State
| Legislatures were abolished. their places
being supplied by department council
and the Governors of the several States be-
came dependent upon the supreme power
! Mexico was submissive, but revoluGiona-
| ry feeling had been long existing in Texas
which now broke out into opeS(insurrec-
ton. Early in 1886 Santa Anna took the
field in person. By the middle OF Februa.
| ry he reached the Rio Grande at the head
of six thousand troops, stormed the Alamo
at San Antonio on March 6, after severa
| days siege, and massacred its defenders
| but with great loss to himself, and after. the
massacre at Goliad, done under his express
orders, marched towards Gonzates. Al
San Jacinto he met the Texan army under
| Houston, by whom he was totally, routed
April 81, and the day following taken pris-
oner. During his captivity he made a
! treaty with the Texans, which resulted in
nothing. as his functions were suspended
| by the Mexican Government. In 1887 ht
was set at liberty, and returned to his ma
tive country by waV of the United States
! On reaching Vera Cruz he was coldly re-
! ceived. At the Presidential election oil
! that year he received but two out of sixty
nine electoral votes. He had retired to hi;
| estate, twenty-seven miles from Vera Cruz
| when (Novembdr 30 the Castle of Sar
Juan de Ulloa was bombarded by the
| French. He fastened to Vera Cruz
where his services were accepted by Gen
Victoria, and took command after the fal
| of the CASTLE, He repelled an assault upor
that city by the French December 81 fore
| ing them to re-embark, but received a
wound in the leg which necessitated its
amputation. In the contentious between
the centralists and federalists, which dur
| ing the following years distracted Mexico
| L. j.. - - r.
and from October 10, 1S41, to June A, 1914
! he was virtual Dictator, under the title OF
/ Provisional President, Bravo and CanaliZo
acting as his substitutes during two inter-
| walls of absence with the army. He was
again Constitutional President, under the
instrument of June II, 1913, from June
to September 20, 1874, when he was deposeC
| by new revolution, taken prisoner near
Tiacolula on January 10, 1915, banished fol
| ten years, and took up his residence in
Cuba The two succeeding Presidents,
Herrera and Paroles, found themselves
unablerte grapple with the difficulties un-
| der which the country was laboring, ag-
gravated, as they were. by the war Just
| breaking out with the United States. Santa
Anna was recalled, and by the contrivance
! of the American Government, which, 'foT
reasons that have never been made
known, supposed him favorable to
! peace and to recognizing the indepen-
dence of Texas. he was permitted to pass
through the fleet and reach Mexico in
safety. There, contrary to the opinion
entertained in the United States, he de-
clared vigorously for the war, and was ap-
p >inted generalissimo by the provisional
government under Salas, and in December
was made Provisional President. Imme-
diateiy after, at the head of twenty thou
sand men, the flower of the Mexican army
he advanced northward, and on February
%, 1647, attacked the American troops at
Buena Vista, five thousand strong, under
General Taylor. He was effeetually re-
pulsed. but nevertheless maintained his rep
utation and popularity, and collected a
new army for the defence of the eastern
Frontier. In the meantime Anava was
elected President, and Santa Anna, taking
command of his troops, intrenched himself
at Cerro Gordo, where on April Is ne was
attacked and defeated by the Americans
under Scott. Yet, in spite OF these disas.
ters. he was enabled to collect three Jhou-
sand men from the fragments of his broker
army, and retreating toward the nationa
capital, halted at Avutla. There he was
informed of his appointment to the Presi-
dency, as it was felt by the Mexicans, amiC
all their disheartening reverses, tha
he was the only one who could max,
head against the Americans with any pros
pect of success. But finding subsequent,
| that the election for President which tn
States had held on May Is was unfavorabl