situation was indeed critical; and as late as August 12th nothing could be done to pacify the people, the despot being still in the republic. On that date he reached Perote and published a manifesto, extolling himself, and accusing others of things which might have been averted if he had been a faithful public He wrote to the commander in Mexico to servant.[1] install the triumvirate at once, but was answered the next day that the capital had already adopted the plan of Ayutla. This plan had circulated, and been received with marks of approval by the people and troops. Generals Carrera and Diaz de la Vega had to second it in order to avert greater evils. On the 13th of August the garrison and ayuntamiento proclaimed the plan,[2] and the populace, led by men who afterward figured in congress, committed many outrages.[3]
Santa Anna, on receiving the news of the change in Mexico, embarked the 16th and 17th, with his family, on the war steamer Iturbide, bound to Habana, whence he went to Cartagena in the United States of Columbia. He never again figured prominently in public life.[4] His death was on the 21st of June,
- ↑ Arrangoiz, Méj., ii. 346, speaking of crimes committed during and after that revolution, charges them all to Santa Anna: 'él y solo él es responsable.'
- ↑ Seven articles were adopted. It was a kind of compromise the conservatives attempted to offer the liberals, but which was not accepted.
- ↑ The houses of several conservatives were sacked, especially that of the minister Diez de Bonilla.
- ↑ He resided in his exile at various places, most of the time at the island of Saint Thomas. His party died out, and in a little while also the memory of a man who, but for his inordinate pride and ambition, might have done his country great service in the brilliant positions he occupied, and won for himself the first place in the hearts of his countrymen. After some years he wished to return to public life, and made his appearance at Vera Cruz toward the end of February 1864, that port being then under the control of the imperial regency, presided over by General Almonte. He was required to execute a deed recognizing the foreign intervention and the empire, and to solemnly bind himself to publish no manifesto except it showed that he had come back only as a private citizen. He signed the obligation on board the steamship Conway, and landed with his family; but the next day sent to Mexico and allowed to be published in Orizaba a document in which, though recognizing the empire, he endeavored to cause trouble; for which the French made him go on board the Colbert and leave the country. He returned to Saint Thomas, and on the near approach of the empire's collapse visited the U. S., and suggested to Mr Seward, secretary of state, the organization of an army for completing the overthrow of the throne; he also tendered his services to President Juarez, which were, as a matter of course, not accepted; for as a
