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CHAP. VI.]
REFORM IN MEXICO.
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President and his allies. Affecting to make his
escape, Santa Anna returned to the city, satisfied
that the public mind was not yet prepared for the
adoption of a Central Government.' To reinstate
himself in the confidence of the friends of the constitution,
he determined to sacrifice the very persons he
had suborned to rebellion. He raised accordingly
another force, and joined by a division under General
Mexia, pursued the insurgents, whom he compelled
to surrender at Guanaxuato. Arista was
pardoned and Duran banished, and the victorious
President returned to the capital, where he was
hailed by the populace as the champion of the Federal
Constitution and the father of his country !
Disappointed in this attempt, Santa Anna retired
for a season to his estate, where he occupied himself
in endeavours to effect by intrigue what he
had failed to accomplish by a dexterous stroke of
political strategy.
In the absence of the executive head, his authority
devolved upon the Vice-President, Gomez Farias,
who, entertaining a confirmed dislike of the priesthood
and the military, commenced a system of retrenchment
and reform by reducing the army. His
views were followed out by the Congress, which
passed several salutary laws for restraining the
power of the clergy. In order to relieve the financial
embarrassments of a country burdened with a
heavy public debt, and unprovided with means for
maintaining even its peace establishments, the Federal
Legislature was about to appropriate a portion
of the ecclesiastical revenues to the public use, when
signs of revolutionary outbreaks appeared in various
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/31/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.