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half and quarter Indians etc. and in the last grade of ignorance fanatisicm poverty, nakedness and misery-The Ayuntamiento about this time also set to work preparing for the "Jura" or ceri- mony of taking the oath of allegiance of the E.-a temple was erected in the great square nearly fronting the Cathedral presenting por-. ticoes on the four sides supported by collmnns about 20 feet in height, the entablatures and fronts of which adorned with large his- torical paintings representing the " Heroe of Iguala " in the various stages of his progress from a spanish Colonel to Imperial diadem- such as proclaiming the plan of Iguala on the 24 February 1820 [sic], the ratification of the treaty of Cordova, the takeing of Mexico by the trigarante army on the 27 Sept following, his proclamation as Emperor on the night of 18 May 1822, his coronation on the 21 July &c, &c. An amphitheater for the Bull fight was also erected in a part of the same square fronting the Palace of the Vice Roys now Imperial Palace, and on the site of the circular enclosure which surrounded the Collossal Brown Statue of Charles the 4, Mounted on horseback, this enclosure was about 100 yards in diamiter entirely of hewn and carved stone, within the surface was elevated about 4 feet above the level of the great square and paved with hewn stone up to the foot of the statue, which rose in the center on a pedestal
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SENOR. Dn. Estevan F. Austin, natural de los Esta.dos Vnidos de America, y residente en esta Ciudad, con el mas profundo respeto y veneracion a V. M. Y. expone: que habiendose establecido con su familia y pro- piedad en la prov•· de Tejas, desea intimamente ser, si se le permite un Ciudadano permanente en este Ymperio. La Constitucion Espanola que rige hasta el dia en este Ymperio, declara que, (en el Capit 0 • 20, art 0 • 4°· tito 0 • 2°·) " Para que el ex- trangero puecla obtener delas Cortes esta Carta" (la de naturaliza- . cion) " debera estar casado con Espanola, y haber traiclo 6 :fixado en las Espl!fias alguna invencion 6 industria apreciable, 6 adquirido bienes raices porlos que pague una contribucion directa, 6 estableci- dose en el comercio con un Capital propio y considerable a juicio delas mismas Cortes, 6 hecho servicios se:fialados en bien y defensa de la Nacion". En consequencia Sor, del anterior Articulo, concibe respetuosa- mente el que representa, que su concepto y privilegios le corre- sponden en este territorio. , From University ot Texas Transcripts from Archives ot Department ot Fomento, Mexico.
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