The Washington union., 1858-02-07
MEXICO PLAN OF SALVATION PROCLAIMED BY
THE PEOPLE AND ARMY OF THE REPUBIIC

MEXICO.-PIAN OF SALVATION PROCLAIMED BY
THE PEOPLE AND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
The following the plan of salvation by the
people and army Of the republic of Mexico now at war
with Comonfort
Considering that the actual rulers have been aithless
to all their obligations since they commenced their i'll
starred administration intoxicating contradictory pnc
pes and aTogatng to themselves power that they could
hold under the most arbitrary and despotic system
That, in establishing Dictatorship without limits they
have attacked every individual right imprisonng and
condemnng to ball and chain persons wearing orders
merit and worthy Of esteem in society presenting them
the public with the gnoble purpose Of demeanng and
grading thcmbut without attaining any other end than
that OF making their victims martyrs; who excite the
sympathy Of every one and Of the press of every
opinion to degree that shamcd their executioncr and
forced him to confess officially that the responsibility of
cruel act not his but of the hero of Acapulco
that has exlcd persons Of all classes without trial. and
without consideration for their standing in society
That they have made the people bear all kinds of bur
des exaotng contributions embargoes and con-
scrptions cruelty dragging the citizens serve in the
army and leaving their amesin orphanhood and misery;
that they have issued DEGREES violating conscience out
raging religious belief and vexing most cruelty and in
dccently the ministers of the altar
That they have made laws and decrccs for the spola
ton of the property of civil ecclesiastical
delivering them into the hands Of rapacous and corrupt
spectators:
That they have the other hand, viewed with the
most criminal and dcpraycd indifference the immoral pro-
ducons Of the press granting protection all who have
attacked religion and good morals in the most nsdious
and perverse way
Considering lastly that the actual situation Of the cou
try in branch of its public administration is most
dcporabe for the treasury isexhausted notwithstanding
the mcndcity to which the subordinate classes public
servants reduced by the peng and malversatioh of
the national wealth. that the army and navy broken
up and dcmoralizcd by the neglect and contempt with
which they viewed; that the breaking up
general in all the public offices, from which idea of ad
ministratve order has disappeared through want of ys
tenn and the Ignorance and ncapacy of imprOvsed
ployees, selected among the adopts of favors, without
merit antecedcns OF any kind the consequences Of
which have destroyed the national credit and COM
promised foreign relations, exposing the country to
civil war
In view Of all this and to remedy these great evils
have agreed upon and adopted the present plan which
to carry out and sustain by force of until
we triumph:
The present rulers shall cease in the exercise Of their
functions because they have merited the dstrust of the
nation; also oil the subacln authorities and public Off
who considered disaccted to the present plan
O. The nation calls his Excelcncy General A.. l.. de
Santa Anna to govern and reorganize 1t.
g. His Excellency General A. L. dc Santa Anna shall
reorganze the nation possible making such
forms he shall deem opportunc ndispensably
sry in the leases OF political organization sanctioned
the 18th Of June 1S43 and according to these he shall
issue call for the election of constitutional deputies
senators and President
f. In the interim, before the arrival of his Excecncy
Gen. Santa Anna to carry out his mission the public
hority shall be deposited in the hands of the General in
Chief Of the regeneatng army that may occupy the cap
tall limiting his authority to what is strictly necessary
for the consurnnaon OF this movement the preservation
Of public order and tranquility and the rccstablshmcn
of the Supreme Court it existed the 18th August
1855 Q855D
All the military and civil officers that do not adhere
to this plan understood TO resign their positions vol
unfairly
g. The insurgcnt bands that do not submit to the Gen.
cralinChic shall be treated robbers in bands and
their executed upon simple proof of their belonging
to the party and Identification of person.