The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-28 00:00:00

ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT JUAREZ.

The following address of President Juarez is pub-
lished in the Mexican Standard of the 26th Aug.

" Benito Juarez, Constitutional President of the
United States of Mexico.

lc To my Fellow-Citizens,—Convening the people
to exercise their sovereignty in the election of public
officers to whom they may entrust their destinies, I
have fulfilled my duty. And at the same time I
inspired by conscience
and haveidu discharged charged
convictions, anothern duty,the
eroposal I make to the
people for the reform of certain points in the con-
stituthiyo nt.hieni r ofrrdeeer
and that v
s theyer may resolve the ques-
tionega will. My adminis-
tration never had and never shall have any other
rule of conduct than faithful respect for the national
will. All the reforms made during my adminis-
tration have been to develope and improve the prin-
ciples of the constitution of the republic. Those
proposed in the Convocatoria have no other and can
have no other aim. The points there discussed are
the sentiments of my profound convictions. After
mature meditation on the past, with the aid of the
experience of some years in the government, and
with the examples before me of our own history and
that of other republics which, under their wise insti-
tutions, enjoy a permanent guarantee of liberty, a
pledge of peace, and a source of greatnessand pros-
perity, I have ventured to propose them to the
people. Nevertheless, there are those who pretend
to censure the conduct of the Government ; and in
order that my silence may not be misinterpreted.
I have conceived it my duty to address my fellow-
citizens. Now that lam once more in the capital,

I see, as I have before seen on similar occa-
sions, that there are those who assume to change
the conduct and the policy of the Government ; but
it is my duty to stand firmly by my resolution to
do that which is right without being swayed by
those who represent only the small minority and
not the national will of the people. It is evident
tbat those who make these pretensions are the few ;
it is evident that they do not represent the opinion
of the numerous party even in the capital. Ido
not, therefore, deem it necessary to address myself
to the inhabitants of this city, whose loyalty is
already manifested by these facts. I address
myself to the inhabitants of the States, where, by
not being present to see what passel, public
opinion may possibly be misled. I address myself
to the States, in order that they may be able to
judge correctly upon the facts, availing themselves
of the lessons they have learnt from the experience
of other times. It has been pretended that my
opinions differ from those of the members of my
Cabinet. The old members considered, when leav-
ing San Luis for the capital, that their duty to the
country had been fulfilled, and desired to separate
themselves from the Government. Now, again, they
have offered their resignations, and those members
of the Cabinet lately appointed have followed their
example ; their object has been to leave me in
full liberty of action. But I have not dee►ned it
my duty to accept their resignations, because there

has been no discord in . our opinions, and be-
cause I have the fullest confidence in their rectitude
and their loyalty. My sole aspiration is faithfully
to serve the interests of the people and honestly
to respect the national will. To defend and
sustain our institutions has ever been the application
of the power vested in my hands. That I serve my
country faithfully, and that I love liberty, is de-
monstrated by my public career. Mexicans ! it is
your right to decide freely upon the reforms I have
proposed to you. And soon it will be in your
power to do so—when you elect the public officers
who shall direct your destinies. I shall now simply
repeat that it has been my sole object to propose to
you that which I deem beneficial for your dearest
interests, and these interests are, security for peace
in the future and consolidation of our institutions.
Happy indeed shall I be if before my death I am
witness to their enduring consolidation.:
(Signed) " BENITO JUALEZ.
" Mexico, Aug. 22, 1867."