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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER IV. | |
| FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TROUBLES. | |
| 1828-1831 | |
| Spanish Scheme of Reconquest — Barradas' Invasion — His Defeat and Surrender — Rejoicing in Mexico — Monarchical Intrigues — Vicente Guerrero Second President — His Administration — Abolition of Slavery Extraordinary Powers — Party Animosity — Recall of Poinsett — Charges against Ministers — History of Yucatan — Secession of Yucatan — Revolution of Jalapa — Its Effects in Mexico — Provisional Government — Bustamante as the Executive — Guerrero Deposed — War in the South — Treachery against Guerrero — His Capture, Trial, and Execution — Ministers' Impeachment — Honors to Guerrero's Memory | 71 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| CONSERVATIVE RULE. | |
| 1830-1832 | |
| Despotic Measures — Codallos' Revolution — Yorkino Opposition — Politcal Blunders — Institutions Prostituted — Inclan's Affair — Impending Changes — Santa Anna's Pronunciamiento — His Defeat at Tolome — Siege of Vera Cruz — Its Failure — Revolutions in Tamaulipas — Teran's Suicide — Santa Anna's Reformed plan — It is Seconded Elsewhere — Battle of Los Carmelos — Fall of San Luis Potosí — Its Effects in Mexico — Acting President Muzquiz — Bustamante's Victory in Guanajuato — Santa Anna's Success — Bustamante's Defeats in Puebla — Armistice — Plans of Pacification — The Revolution Triumphant | 102 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| THE FEDERAL SYSTEM AND ITS OVERTHROW. | |
| 1832-1836 | |
| Administration of Gomez Pedraza — His Subsequent Career, Character, and Death — Biography of Gomez Farías — His Political Principles and Administration — Disturbances in Michoacan — Santa Anna's Paradoxical Action — Arista's Revolt and its Suppression — First Movements in Favor of Centralism — Political Defeat of Farías — Santa Anna's Biography and Character — Downfall of the Federal System — Santa Anna Dictator — Political Parties and Contests — The New Congress — Centralism Inaugurated The New Constitutional Law — Dissatisfaction — Attempts to Reëstablish Federalism. | 125 |
