CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| REORGANIZATION UNDER HERRERA. | |
| 1849. | |
| Obstacles to Reform — Weakness of the Government — Party Agitation — Opposed by Popular Sentiment — Arrangement with Foreign Creditors — Consolidation of the Interior Debt — Effort to Reduce Expenses Smuggling and Other Inroads on the Revenue Involved Finances — A Succession of Ministerial Changes — Military Corruption — The Service in Disrepute — Its Reconstruction — New Armament — Reduction of Force — The Navy — Militia System — Efforts at Colonization — Military Colonies on the Frontier, and their Value | 557 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| WAR OF RACES. | |
| 1849-1851. | |
| Race Feeling — Condition of the Indian Population — Hostilities in the Sierra Gorda — A Projected Northern Republic — Border Raids — Scalp — hunting — The War in Yucatan — Attitude of British Settlers in Belize — The Bacalar Expedition — Selling Prisoners into Foreign Slavery — Dissensions among the Rebels — Inefficient Campaign Plans — of Micheltorena and Vega — Revolutionary Movements in the South ern States — Agitation for Religious Tolerance — Presidential Election — Obstacles to Reform Charactr and Services of Herrera | 576 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| ARISTA S ADMINISTRATION. | |
| 1851-1852. | |
| A Reformed Turncoat — False Economy — A National Finance Council — Clamoring Creditors — Cabinet Changes — Ramirez as Prime Minister — Inaction of the Chambers — Carbajal Invades the North — east ern Provinces — The Ávalos Tariff — Indian Raids — Severity toward Journalists and Party Leaders — Blancarte Starts the Revolution — Plan of Guadalajara — Uraga Manoeuvring — Attitude of Congress — Growth of the Hostile Party — Vera Cruz Turns the Scale — Resignation of Arista — His Character and Death | 596 |
