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hors, or at least to delay them, was an exigency which 1t was not lawful for me to evade and still more so when fl pfeseaied itself as means for the arriving al an honorable peace.

 When two nations are al war they enjoy the re- ciprocal ngnt Of making propositions, and this sup poses lne obligation to entertain these propositions perpetual war is an absuTdty, for it is calami- " ana the instinct of self pressry still stron- ger and more powerful in nations than in ndividu- ais. counseIs that no means should be len untfied thai may conduce 10 an advantageous agreement forthe adoption of this conrse the Constitution has gwen the the competent authority.

 Consecrated to those noble and privileged inter. esls it IS incumbent upon me to maintain at every peril the prestige and respect of the supreme author lty which exercise, and at this time especially when, if persecuted by factions and assaled in the freedom of dcIiberating, 1t might fall into nulit, m the presence of the enemies of the nation VIII be stIl mure explicit; subveFson and seditior shall be exemplarily punished.

 Ipreserye a respectable body of troops, and tht nation will aid me in the maintainance of its deco rum and the yindcation of its glory. consider my self as free if had just gained signal victory and there IS no fear that the negotiations fhe my may impose upon me unless surprised by thei troops and artillery. We shall compose our diff ference If our honor has been first saved; and W, will even light again if the sword should be inter posed between our justice, and the acknowledge hent of the rights of the nation. [signed1

 ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.

 MExico, August g, is47.