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Santa Anna because there was nobody it dared trust with such a mission, and no person of importance dared absent himself from the centre of intrigue (Ramírez, México, 145).

35. A series of acts concluded on October 23 restored fully the externals of the federal system (Ramírez, Memorias, 33-4). This change metamorphosed departments into states.

36. The constitution of 1824 was revived so far as it did not conflict with the revolution of Aug. 4. Salas was a weak man and longed to escape from his difficult and trying situation (Bankhead, no. 140, Sept. 29; Bustamante, Nuevo Bernal, ii, 101; México á través, iv, 577).

37. Other war measures were: (Aug. 28) free importation of arms; (Aug. 31) severe penalties for civil and military officers refusing to obey orders during the war; (Sept. 3) the free manufacture and sale of gunpowder; (Sept. 4) a commission to provide lands for American deserters; (Sept. 10) naturalization to be gained by entering the army or navy; (Sept. 10) reëstablishment of the Military Normal School at Chapultepec under the name Military College; (Sept. 11) regulations for the National Guard. The purpose of offering a pardon to deserters from the regular army was probably to transfer men from it to the National Guards (Bankhead, no. 126, Sept. 7).

38. The attitude of the best citizens was probably stated by the Monitor Republicano of Aug. 25: "We willsay to Santa Anna: . . if you recognize your errors, promote the welfare of the country, pursue a course entirely different from your former policy, and prove by acts — not words — that your misdeeds were not crimes but errors, then Mexico will forget the past and reward liberally the citizen conferring upon her so marked a benefit."

39. Thirteen municipalities of Oaxaca contributed a total of 75 pesos.

40. Guadalupe Hidalgo, a suburb on the northern side of Mexico, contained a deeply venerated shrine of the Virgin.

41. The situation and Santa Anna's course. 47Conner, July 28; Aug. 12, 16 (unofficial), 25; Sept. 5, 18, 22; Oct. 4. 73Bermúdez de Castro, no. 316, res., Aug. 28; nos. 345-6, Sept. 28. Ramírez, México, 131-5, 137 145, 149. 52Black, Aug. 22, 27; Sept. 12, 22, 28; Oct. 8. Mora, Papeles Ined., 60. 162Conner to wife, Aug. 29. Heller, Reisen, 195-6. Sierra, Evolution, i, 215. Tributo á la Verdad. 70Degrees, Aug. 22,28. 76Salas, proclams., Aug. 128; decrees,! Sept. 10, 27. 13Gutiérrez de Estrada to Palmerston, Mar. 1, 1847. 76Circular, Aug. 28 ("infamous" reports that the govt. aims to destroy the army). 13Bankhead, nos. 111, 120-2, 126, 128, 136, 140, 142, 1846. Rivera, Jalapa, iii, 787-9. 166Campbell to Conner, July 9, 13. 166Pommarés to Conner, Aug. 29; Sept. 23. ''Amer. Sentinel,'' June 15, 1836. Revue des Deux Mondes, Aug. 1, 1847, p. 404. México á través, iv, 577-9, 590, 628. Diario, Aug. 27-Sept. 6, 9, 11-20, 23, 25-30. 47Black to Conner, Sept. 24. Eco de Tampico, Nov. 4 (If 8. Anna beats the enemy he will be the idol of the Mexicans). 76Circulars, Aug. 17, 22, 28, 31; Sept. 3, 15, 17, 20, 25, 28. Memoria de. Guerra, Dec. García, Revol. de Ayutla, 15. Memoria de. . Relaciones, Dec. 77Circular, Sept. 10; Nov. 27. Dublán, Legislación, v, 155-61. Republicano, Sept. 15, 29; Nov. 5. 76To Almonte, Aug. 28. 76S. Anna, Sept. 7, 13, 14, 21, 24, 25, 26. Apuntes, 67, 115. Tributo á la Verdad. Bustamante, Nuevo Bernal, ii, 94, 96, 101, 111. 76Comte. gen. Puebla, Sept. 6. Diario, supplem. to no. 39. 70Almonte to comte. gen. Méx., Sept. 15. 76Comte. gen. V. Cr., procl., Oct. 1. Monitor Repub., Aug. 25;