captors, to win the favor of the army, proclaimed him dictator, the very title he wished for though without openly working to obtain it. This is to all appearances the fact; for as soon as Gomez Farías was thought to be powerless, generals, deputies, senators, and even some of his ministers forsook him. The few soldiers and the portion of the police that had remained in the capital made a pronunciamiento[1] on the 7th, and attacked the palace. The vice-president's only support at that moment was General Juan Pablo Anaya with about sixty cívicos. He did not lose courage, however. The assailants were defeated, many of them lost their lives, and the rest were eventually captured. Energetic efforts were made to restore constitutional order. In a few days a force of 6,000 cívicos was organized to defend the capital, which was declared to be under martial law.[2] Steps were likewise taken to rescue the captured president.[3] The latter, on seeing the ill success of the revolutionary movement in Mexico, pretended to escape from his place of detention near Cuautla de Amilpas, and afterward lent his support to carry out the wishes of the most radical wing of the liberal party. It was then that the famous 'ley del caso'[4] was enacted in spite of Gomez
- ↑ They had been bribed to do it by Gen. Arista's agents. Rivera, Gob. de Méx., ii. 177.
- ↑ The government was on the same day invested by congress, then again sitting, with extraordinary powers, and used them by causing the arrest of several army officers, and adopting other measures. Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., ii. 532; Zamacois, Hist. Méj., xii. 32-3.
- ↑ It was declared a patriotic act to secure his liberation; honors and high pccuniary rewards were offered to persons successfully accomplishing it, allowing to each $10,000. Any person making an attempt against the president's life was outlawed. Dispos. Var., v. 2; Arrillaga, Recop., 1833, June-July, 115, 121, 136.
- ↑ This law was passed by the congress on the 23d of June, 1833. It originated in the senate, and was confirmed by the lower house under the influence, it was asserted by the centralists, of an apprehension that the members of congress as well as of the government were in danger of assassination. It authorized the executive to order the arrest and exile from the republic for the tern of six years certain prominent citizens belonging to the party of religion y fueros, among whom were Anastasio Bustamante, Mariano Michelena, Zenon Fernandez, Francisco Molinos del Campo, José María Gutierrez de Estrada, Miguel Santa María, Francisco Fagoaga, Mangino, and the Spanish religious. Arrillaga, Recop., 1833, Ap.-July, 130-2; Santa Maria, Expos., 1-48; Bustamante, Hist. Santa Anna, MS., ii. 44; Id., Voz de la Patria, MS.,
