3 1836 newspapers TEXAS REVOLUTION Santa Anna Capture +

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- Three (3) COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPERs, the Rhode Island Republican (Newport) dated June 8; Aug 31; Sept 14, 1836. All have headlines and long reports on the capture and attempted escape of Mexican President SANTA ANNA by TEXAS forces during the TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE . Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, was a Mexican political leader who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government , first fighting against the independence from Spain , and then supporting it, rising to the ranks of general and president at various times over a turbulent 40-year career. He was President of Mexico on seven non-consecutive occasions over a period of 22 years. Texas Revolution Like other states discontented with the central Mexican authorities, the Texas department of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas went into rebellion in late 1835 and declared itself independent on 2 March 1836 . Santa Anna marched north to bring Texas back under Mexican control. On March 6, 1836, at the Battle of El Alamo , Santa Anna' s forces killed 187-250 Texan defenders and later executed over 350 Texan prisoners at the Goliad Massacre ( March 27 , 1836 ). Following the defeat, the Texans were reorganized under Sam Houston . Santa Anna was soon defeated by Houston's soldiers at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21 , 1836 , with the Texan army shouting "Remember Goliad, Remember the Alamo!" A small band of Texan forces captured Santa Anna, dressed in a dragoon private's uniform and hiding in a marsh, the day after the battle on 22 April . Acting Texas president David G. Burnet and Santa Anna signed the Treaties of Velasco "in his official character as chief of the Mexican nation, he acknowledged the full, entire, and perfect Independence of the Republic of Texas." In exchange, Burnet and the Texas government guaranteed Santa Anna's life and transport to Veracruz. Before Santa Anna could leave Texas, 200 angry volunteer soldiers from the United States threatened to remove him from his boat and kill him as it left the port of Velasco. Back in Mexico City , a new government declared that Santa Anna was no longer president and that the treaty with Texas was null and void. While captive in Texas, Joel Roberts Poinsett — U.S. minister to Mexico in 1824 — offered a harsh assessment of General Santa Anna's situation, stating: Say to General Santa Anna that when I remember how ardent an advocate he was of liberty ten years ago, I have no sympathy for him now, that he has gotten what he deserves. To this message, Santa Anna made the reply: Say to Mr. Poinsett that it is very true that I threw up my cap for liberty with great ardor, and perfect sincerity, but very soon found the folly of it. A hundred years to come my people will not be fit for liberty. They do not know what it is, unenlightened as they are, and under the influence of a Catholic clergy, a despotism is the proper government for them, but t is no reason why it should not be a wise and virtuous one. The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas . Animosity between the Mexican government and the American settlers in Texas (who were called Texians ), as well as many Tejas residents of Mexican ancestry, began with the Siete Leyes of 1835, when Mexican President and General Antonio López de Santa Anna abolished the Constitution of 1824 and proclaimed a new anti-federalist constitution in its place. The new laws were unpopular throughout Mexico, leading to violence in several states. War began in Texas on October 2, 1835... read more

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