PAPERS OF MmABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 269 fate, he stood aloof in silence, and with the indifference of a rock per- mitted the victim to be sacrificed by the infernal pack of hounds which he had helped to excite against him. But they could not destroy the fame of their victim, which, like his soul, is immortal. Although assassinated, Guerrero, still lived in the hearts of his countrymen. The people still loved him, and the blow which his death caused the nation was so violent that the criminal authors of it, becoming alarmed at the consequences of their wicked deed, voted a pension for his family in order to allay public resent- ment and avoid the vengeance of an excited people. They did not all escape. The ministers, Facio and Alaman, after the fall of Bustamante were tried for and convicted of murder-the former as the chi.ef culprit and the latter as an accomplice in the crime. Facio fled to France and Alaman hid until the storm had passed. The infamous Pitaluga was O\ltlawed by the Kingdom of Savoy, his native country, which prohibited him, under the penalty of death, from again landing in a country that he had so greatly dishonored. This revolution was very short, not more than twenty days elapsing between the Jalapa insurrection ancl the usurper's triumphal entry into the City of Mexico. The few Federal leaders who continued the con- test after the death of Guerrero were quickly defeated or destroyed. Alvarez, Juan Cruz, Castolo Remijio, the inflexible Cadallos, the heroic Colonel Victoria, all of these were reduced in turn, and the two latter, after being made prisoners, were inhumanly condemned to death. Many of the friends of the Constitution fell in this way. It does not appear that Farfulla took any active measures at this time, because, very soon after Bustamante's elevation to the Presidency, he retired to Mango de Clava, indignant that in the distribution of offices and honors he had not been treated with the confidence and consideration due one of the first promoters of the revolution. .Although separated from public affairs, Santa Anna did not remain idle in his retirement. His heart aspired to the next Presidency, his hopes overflowed with the success which his popularity had acquired in the expedition against Barradas, and he employed a large part of his time in writing letters on his candidacy, in reconciling his enemies, in praising his friends, and in gaining the favor of all those whom he be- lieved could serve him in his future designs. As an example of his talent in this art, and also of his excessive modesty, we insert a letter which he sent to Mr. Santangelo of New York asking him to write for the newspapers of that City in favor of his election. And what did that gentleman want him to say? The letter tells. The forger, the assassin, the traitor and the ingrate begged his friend to compare him to a modest maiden. The letter follows: "Mr. D. A. SANTANGELO, New York.
Veracruz, October 11, 1831.
MY DEAR FRIEND:
I have the pleasure of answering your very estimable letter of the 5th ultimo by which I learn that mine of April 5th had reached you. I received the prospectus of the foreign college which you plan to establish in that place, and it not only had my entire approbation, but I believe that your talents and remarkable intellect are employed in a manner as'-generally useful as they are personally creditable, and I at once extend you my congratulations in regard to~ .
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