The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-07-17
Eopcz de santa Anna

| On the 18th uilimO Cen Antonio Lopez
| De Santa Anna, tex President an1 ex- Dicta-
/ tor OF Mexico. was shot to death at Sisal
! by the liberal autholitle>.
! Santa Anna has passed a remarkable ca
/ recr and was rrnlarFaole character. He
was born in Jaiapo, Feb. 2l. l79s. He
| first cane into public notice in 1921, in the
| Mexican war Of i 'dcpendtnce; and in lS221.
/ having expelled the roya iyts from Vera
| Cruz. he wa, appointed to the command of
that city. IN November Of that year ne
was depoS"d 10y Yturhide, who had pro-
claimed himself Emperor; but Santa Anna
/ refused to submit to his authority, raised
| the banner Of the Republic in Vera Cruz,
and in 1923 succeeded in comprising Ytur-
| bide's downfall. In the changes which
quickly followed he placed himself at the
| head Of the Federal party, but was defeat
! ed, and retired tO his estate at ,Jaiara. In
1928 he took the field against the Govern,
! ment OF PedraZa, chosen to the Presidency
| by an election of Guerrero valid; and after
series OF engagements, retired to Oaiaca.
| The command of the forces against the
| Spanish expedition under Barradas was in
trusted to hin, and embarking at Vera
| Cruz he forced Barradas to capitulate at
! IampicO, Septem Der II 1929. Gueraero
made him Minister of War and Command
er-ln-Chiei Of the army; bat continuing af-
| terwara to exercise the dictatorial powers
| with which he had been invested to rcpel
| the Invasion, Santa Anna combined with
| Bustamentc to overthrow him, and the lat
| ter was made President by the army. In
January, 1889, however, Santa Anna head
cd a new iusurrecton, declaring for his
| former opponent, Pedraza, whose triumph
he insured by victory over the Govern
mcnt troops In October of that year. Be-
| ing himself chosen President in March,
1888, he had to confront popular insur-
| rection under Arista and Don Gabriel Du-
ran, hut speedily subdued it. He now left
| the party of the Federalists, and put him
! self at the head Of the Centrahsts. who
| wished the power concentrated into tue
| Executive Governments Though a favor
ite with the army, which desired him to be
| made Dictator, be Wns unpopular with the
nation, especially as rumor was spreading
| that he aimed at the imperial dignity. A
| new revolt broke out in four provinces, and
| a manifesto was issued at Texas against his
! Government On May II. 1885 he utterly
| defeated the army OF the insurgents on the
| plans OF Guadalupe, near Lacatecas, kill
| ing two thousand and taking two thousand
| seven hundred prisoners This was a fatal
! blow to tie republican party in Mexico, and
| Santa Anna was named Dictator. The de-
s'ructioa Of the federal constitution was
soon con'ummatcl; the State Legislatures
were abolished. their places being supplied
| by a department council, and the Govern
ors Of the several States became dependent
upon the supreme power. Mexico was
submissive, but revolutionary feeling had
been long existing in Texas, which now broke
ont into open iusurrectiou Early in 1856
| Santa Anna took the field in person. By the
middle If February he reached the Rio
Gra,nIe at the headof six thousand troops,
-tormed the Alamo 1T San Antonio Oh
| March 6, after several days siege and
massacrcd its defenders but with great
loss to himself, and after the massacre
at Goliad, done under his express orders
! marched towards Gon2ateS, At San
Houston. by whom lie was totally routed
| prisoner. During his captivity he
made q treaty with the Texans, which
resulted in nothing, as his functions were
,uspcrded by the Mexican Government.
In 1887 he was set at liberty, and return
ed to his native country by way Of the
United States. On reaching Vera Cruz he
was coldly received. AT the Presidential
election of that year he received bnt two
out of sixty nine electoral votes He had
retired to his estate, twenty seven miles
from Vera Cruz, when November 27) the
| Castle Of San Juan de Uloa was lombard
ed by the French. He Hastened to Ve,a
Cruz, where his services were accepted by
| Gen Victoria, aud took command after the
fall of the castle. He rcpelIed an assault
upon that city by the French December 81
forcing them to re embark, but received a
wound in the leg which necessitated its am
! putation. II the contentious between the
centralists and fedcralists, which during
the following years distracted Mexico, he
was one Of the leaders Of the former; and
from October 10, lS4l, to June 4, 1874. he
was virtually Dictator, under the title Of
Provisional President, Bravo and CanaIizC
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 4
to September 20 1S44 when he was depos
ed by a new revolution, taken prisoner neal
Tiacolua on January Is, 1915, hanshed fol
ten years, and took up his residence in Gu
ba. The two succeeding Presidents, Her
rera and Paredes, found themselves unable
to grapple with the difficulties under which
the country was laboring, aggravated. al
they were by the war just breaking ou
with the United States Sa>ta Anna wa'
recalled, aud by the con'riyance of tie
American Government, which, for rpason
that have never been made known, suppos
ed him favorable to peace and to recogniz
ing the independence Of Taxes, he was per
mit;ed to pass through the fleet and reacl
Mexico in safety. There, contrary to tn,
ouinion entertained in the United States HI
declared Wig rously for the war, and wa
appointed generalissimo by the provisiona
government underSaas, and in Decembe
was made Provisional President lmme
diately alter at the head OF twenty thou
sand men, the flower OF the Mexican army
he advanced northward, and on Februar
%, lG47, attacked the American troops a
Buena Vista, five thousand strong, unde
General Taylor. lle was eifectually repulS
r ed, but nevertheless maintained his reputa
, ton aud popularity, and collected q new al
my for the defense of the eastern frontrl
ln the MEANTIME Anaya was elected Pres
dent, and Santa Anna, taking command c
, his troops, intrenehed himself at Cerro Coz
, do where on April IS he was attacked an
defeated by the Americans under Scott =
Yet, in spite of these disasters. he was el
, abled TO collect three thousand men frol
the fragments of his broken army, and l.,
: treating toward the national capital, halto
: at Avutla. There he was informed of h
! appointment to the Presidency, as il W,
fell by the Mexicans, amid all their di
= beartening reverses, that be was the on
!, one who could make head against ii
y Americans with any prospect Oh success
i But finding subsequently that the eectC
for President which the States had held z
MAY Is was unfavorable to his prefer
y sons, he prevailed on Congress to pcstpor
y the counting OF votes until January, 1874
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