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antes, ·y p·or esta razon me he ·atreviclo esplicarme tnn largamente en esta carta-Van a snlir algunos por las Provincias Intemas esta semana, y como el ·camino no es muy ··seguro ·por un hombre solo quiero ir en su compa:fiia:, •si ·es ·posible 'concluir la cosu •sencilla que piclo, lo que se pued'a hacer en una media horn-'-' Con todo consiclerac1on y respecto•·quedo su inuy •atento servido- Excmo. · Sor. • Q. S. lVL B: ESTEVAN ·F Aus~·rn Excmo Sor Don_Jose del'Valle, :Ministro·de·,Relacioncs-· [l\forch 'i-10' (?) ,: 1823] In this enlightened century wh~n the Ma~·ch ~f freedo~~-has opened the eyes of the I11telligent world ancl° desplayecl to the People those ,•hiclios chain~ which despotism,.and_its prime agent, and companion, Superstition nnd fanaticism·, forged in. the benighted ages of an- tiquity, t~ fetter thei·r bodies for the venal purp~ses of Royal agran- clisement, ·voluptiousness and crimes· and to degrad~ and lrnd their 1i1inds to that state of darkness embecility ai1d corruption congenial to the views of the enemies of rational liberty and Social happiness. 'ln this enlightened age I say it is unnecessary to ask in whom the Jegitimat sov~reign[ty] of a nation ~ests, even the very sycophants of Tyrants agree that the People are the sovereigns and that all power ancl all Gvt of right originates from them and is·established for the common good.:.......and Th~ only le.gal organ by wl1ich the SOYiren people ,can express their will is by a free and independent national represen- tation in congress assenibled~th~ principles being acknowleclgcfl let • us compare them with ·the present political·state o~ this Empire and . examine the events of the day: , ·' • . ' '· • • , The 1ndependence of the Mexican Nation having b~eri'~ccomplishect all that there remained 'to complete their ha1ipiness ,,,as ti'1e adoption of the form ·of its Government and the consolidation of that'form·on a finn basis bv 'a Constitution. ' ,~That st~ps wer~ taken .to effect this •object. The 1uthor of the.'pl~n' of Iguala' and treaty of Corclorn [lturbide] recognizing· 'the principle .~hove ..stated that the ,people were the Sovereigns 'like a true patriot :r;nade_one of the buses of his pln,n that the cortes of the nation meet and '1orm. the constitution, accordingly' the national i-epresentatiori met and were in~talled in this ' ' • 1; • , Pos!<lbi'r notP.s tor ·a· speech to ' be dcllvcri'.?cl by some deputy,'In Coni;rcss; more proh· nbl\· Intended tor nn edltorlnl or article for a p11per to which Am,tln , cqntr_l.but,·d.-Scc Au~tln to "Amli;os i\Ilos." i\Iny 28. 1823. • . , 2 rturblde recnlled CongrPs& ·on March ·4, 18'.!2, and lrrt the capital on the· 10th, whlcb would sec~ to ax the date ot these notes. He abdlcntcd on fhe 19th.
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