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      Liberty in Mexico

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      This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

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      The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as a design element in Liberty Fund books is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.

      Translations, introduction, editorial additions, and index © 2012 by Liberty Fund, Inc.

      “La tradición liberal” (The Liberal Tradition), “La literatura y el estado” (Literature and the State), and “Poesía, mito, revolución” (Poetry, Myth, Revolution) are © Octavio Paz and are translated and reprinted here by permission of Marie Tramini de Paz.

      Cover art: Ceremony in Which Santa Anna Knights Manuel Lebrija to the New Order of Guadalupe, by Edouard Pingret, CONACULTA-INAH-MEX. Reproduction authorized by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City.

      This eBook edition published in 2013.

      eBook ISBN: E-PUB 978-1-61487-256-6

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      Contents

Introduction: Liberty and Liberalism in Mexico / ix
by José Antonio Aguilar Rivera
1 The Founding and Early Constitutional Experiments: 1821–1840
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2 Conclusion to Historical Essay on the Revolutions of Mexico from 1808 to 1830 / 115
3 Intervention Regarding the Independence of the Province of Guatemala / 134
VALENTÍN GÓMEZ FARÍAS / 137
Individual Vote of Mr. Gómez Farías on the Issue of the Advisability of Convening a New Congress / 138
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LUCAS ALAMÁN / 150
Impartial Examination of the Administration of General Vice President Don Anastasio Bustamante / 151
2 Liberty in the Liberal Republic: 1845–1876
POLEMIC BETWEEN EL UNIVERSAL, EL SIGLO XIX, AND EL MONITOR REPUBLICANO, 1848–1849 [anonymous] / 181
1 What Might Be the Causes of Our Ills, Part 1 / 183
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