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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| HIS MOST SERENE HIGHNESS, THE DICTATOR. | |
| 1853. | |
| Ceballos is Confirmed as President — Inefficient Measures — Suppression of the Congress — Plan of Arroyozarco — Resignation of Ceballos — Lombardini Succeeds — Nepotism and Corruption — Electoral Campaign — Victory of Santanists and Conservatives — Return of Santa Anna — His Ministry and Policy — A Centralized Administration Reconstruction of the Army and its Object — Favoritism, Espionage, and Persecution — A Few Redeeming Efforts — Death of Alaman, the Great Conservative Leader — Pomp and Arrogance of the Dictator — Orders and Titles — Visions of Empire | 615 |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| OVERTHROW OF DICTATORIAL RULE. | |
| 1854-1855. | |
| Santa Anna's Despotism and its Consequences — Plan of Ayutla — Juan Álvarez and Ignacio Comonfort — Santa Anna's Campaign in Guerrero — Disturbed Condition of Mexico — Sale of National Territory A Farcical Plebiscit — Santa Anna Confirmed in Power — His Attempt at a Change of Policy — Conservative Opposition — End of Santa Anna's Public Career — Counter-revolution in Mexico — President Carrera — His Conciliatory Efforts — Reactionary Intrigues Liberal Triumph — Álvarez Chosen Provisional President | 646 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS RESTORED. | |
| 1855-1856. | |
| President Álvarez Administration — Reforms Initiated — Ley Juarez Differences in the Liberal Party — Álvarez Retires — Ignacio Comonfort, the Substitute President — His Conciliatory Policy — Difficulties with the Clergy and Military — Seditious Movements — Puebla Campaign — Decrees against the Clergy — Congressional Work Raousset's and Walker's Invasions — Resignation of Álvarez — Dissensions between the Executive and Congress — Estatuto Orgánico Adoption of Liberal Principles | 666 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| CONSTITUTION AND REFORMS. | |
| 1856-1857. | |
| Comonfort Suspected — Archbishop La Garza's Course — Ley Lerdo — Comonfort and Congress Reconciled — Constitution of 1857 — Rebellious Clergy — Second Puebla Campaign — More Seditious Acts Negotiations with the Pope Fail — More Suspicions against Comonfort — Political Confusion — Laws Affecting the Clergy — Conservative Manœuvres — Liberal Demands — Comonfort's Vacillation | 690 |
