by the company to send men to Tehuantepec, and in view of the recent movements of filibusters from the United States to Cuba, it was thought prudent to take precautions against a possible landing. The headquarters of the comandancia general of Vera Cruz were moved to Acayucan in the autumn of 1851; the national guard of the adjoining states was enlisted and ordered to be in readiness; arms were distributed and four vessels stationed off the Goazacoalco.[1] While all this proved to be needless for the purpose intended, it served to prevent any formidable revolutionary movement. A measure expected to have a soothing effect on the somewhat turbulent Mescala region was the formation of the present state of Guerrero, so named in honor of the great patriot leader.[2]
The chambers held two extra sessions during 1849 to forward[3] the reorganization efforts of the government, but the discussion of projects for reforming the constitution produced little result. The question of religious tolerance came up as usual to rouse a heated argument in the journals,[4] the conservatives main-
- ↑ The government was permitted to dispose of 3,000 militia, and a considcrable force of regulars moved to the scene. Captain Miron was made chief of the sotavento region, under Comandante General Marin. Méx., Mem. Min. Guer., 1852, 19-22.
- ↑ After whom was also named his native town of Tixtla. It was formed of the districts of Acapulco, Chilapa, and Tasco, taken from Mexico; Tlapa, taken from Puebla; and Coyuca, taken from Michoacan. Decree signed at Mexico, May 15, 1849. Méx., Legisl. Mej., 1849, 90-100. The addition of Coyuca was promoted by the pronunciamiento of Pinzon shortly before, advocating this step. Rivera, Hist. Jalapa, iv. 151. The formation was mainly due to the efforts of Bravo and Álvarez. See their appeals to other states for confirmation. Universal, June 3), 1849; Economista, May 30, 1849. S. Mex. Geog. Bolet., ix. 268; Pinart Coll., no. 1022. Rio de las Balsas formed the Michoacan boundary. Conditions accompanying the decrec of confirmation in Arrillaga, Recop., 1849-53, 31-2, 143-8; Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., v. 559-60, 623-4, 647-8. A proposal to unite Coahuila and Nuevo Len led to a local dispute with the governor of the former state, and to what was called unwarranted interference by the president. Rivera, Gob. de Méx., ii. 371.
- ↑ Concerning their sessions, prorogations, etc., see Méa., Legisl. Mej., 1849, 68-9, 118, 129-30, 326-7; Arrillaga, Recop., Apr. 1849, 117; 1849-50, 63, 63, 73. 95-6, 195, 267; Universal, Globo, and other journals.
- ↑ The Iris and Eco del Comercio warmly advocated tolerance, while the
and a number of minor memorials and statements in Barnard's Tehuan., app. 277-81, etc.; Tehuan. Canal, 1846-53, a collection, and other sources to be quoted in a later special chapter on the subject, from U. S. Govt Doc., Cong. 32, Ses. 1, Sen. 92, 1-177, x., etc.
