REVOLUTION. 



241 



IGth^ (See 9th.) 



17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, relate to the for- 

 mation of the army and other military details. 



21 St, Declares that until new laws be framed, 

 those of the present Spanish constitution are to 

 be in force. 



22d, Declares treason against the Indepen- 

 dence to be second only to sacrilege. 



23d, To the same effect. 



24th, Points out, that the Cortes, or Sovereign 

 Congress, is to be a constituent assembly, to hold, 

 its sessions in Mexico, and not in Madrid. * 



This plan dexterously involves the direct and 

 obvious interests of all classes in the community, 

 especially of those who had most to lose ; the 

 clergy and the old Spaniards, who held by far the 

 most extensive influence over society, one by be- 

 ing in possession of nearly all the active capital 



* In Iturbide's published Statement, (London, June 

 1824,) the Plan of Iguala" is given exactly similar in 

 substance to the above, though the articles are in some 

 cases transposed. The above abstract is faithfully trans-, 

 lated from a Mexican paper in my possession. 



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