There is no news of an authentic nature touching the
fate of the Mexican expedition ; although, from the detached notices received through the American papers, it does not seem to have effected a landing for a considerable time after it reached the coast, nor is it im- possible that no landing will be effected. Letters from the Havannahs speak of it as a complete failure, and that in consequence no second expedition would be sent. It has been hinted, indeed, that the whole scheme is " nothing more nor less than a contrivance of FERDINAND to cover the real design of obtaining possession of the one million of dollars in specie, which are known to have been embarked on board of one or more of the ships of war composing the squadron."
General SANTA ANNA, who is a young man of talent as well as courage, has published a spirited proclamation to his countrymen : the following are the concluding sentences :—
" Let him who would seek glory or death follow my footsteps. The van- guard has been intrusted to me, and from this moment I am prepared for the contest. My soul revolts against the torture which is preparing for us, and I would rather live one single day entirely free, in poverty, than an age, ca- ressed and ;enriched, under the dominion of the best of tyrants. This is my declaration,—this my final and irrevocable decision. Can there be a Mexican who thinks differently ? No ; such degradation cannot exist in our breasts. `Federation, liberty, independence, or death,' is our motto ; and whoever may be rash enough to attempt to tear from us those celestial blessings, shall meet death at the point of our swords.
" Venerated manes of Hidalgo, Allende, and Morelos ! the cry of ' Liberty or death' was first sounded by you in the ears of the Mexicans. ' Liberty or death' your brethren repeat, and are determined to obtain the one or the other. This delightful cry is the sentiment of the whole of North America. Your barbarous enemies wish to give you the latter of the two alternatives, and to deprive you of the former ; but they shall not succeed. If by gene- rosity you have not already been sufficiently avenged, now that they come into our hands, you shall be satisfied. Death and extermination to those who come with arms in their hands to tread upon our shores ; and may the world, astonished by the efforts of free men, learn to bless the memory of our first martyrs 1"
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