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Show v v f MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY Ily the celebration of Independence ! day In Mexico, we nro remind 2d of the peculiar fact that almost the en-tiro en-tiro history of Mexico consists cf war and Internal confllc s. Ctyi Sept. 16, 1810, not to go any further back, the enthusiastic priest at Dolores, when learning that some of bis friends and compatriots had been arrested rang the church bell and cn'led upon his people to. follow him nnd free Mexico from Spanish tyranny. That was the beginning of Mexican Independence. It bad Its birth In the cry of this priest Hidalgo y Costilla: "Long live religion! Long llvo our holy Mother of Guadalupe! Long llvo America and death to bad government!" Illdnlgo, after mny successful battles bat-tles against the royalists, was captured cap-tured ami shot at Chihuahua. Morelos took tho leadership after him and fought bravely, but ho wits finally betrayed be-trayed and killed. Javln Mlna maintained main-tained to fight for Independence for a short tlmo. Ho was captursa and executed. Iturblde, In 1821 proposed to mnko Mexico r(n Independent monarchy mon-archy with a Spanish prince as ruler, but this plan failed of acceptance. Iturblde then made tho congress ratify rati-fy his choice of himself os empecor, but ho was not recognized by tho Independents, In-dependents, nnd ho was forced to ra-sign. ra-sign. Then tho nntlonnl affairs wcrs managed by a council of four revolutionary revolu-tionary leaders. A congress was convened con-vened and a constitution proclaimed In 1824. Guadalupe Victoria was chosen president. In 1828 tho . election elec-tion was blttirly contested by rival parties. One party was overpowered by another under Santa Ann, ho forced congress to deposo tho clcted picsldent, Gomez Pedrnza, and install Guerrero. Ilustamente, tho vice prn.'l-dent, prn.'l-dent, forced him to take refuge In tho South and hwl himself Installed as president. And bo It goes from ono roolt to another nil through t,ho Mexican his- I tory. In 1877 1'orflrto Diaz b semno i president nnd was succeeded In 1880 I by his friend Mnniiel Gonzalez, but" when his four year term was up Diaz managed to become ro-olccted and held tho ofllco until the revolution j which brought Madero to tho front. 1 During tho Diaz regime the country I enjoyed pence and prosperity though ho failed to remove the causes of dls-I dls-I content which nro tho chief assets o' I tho Insurgent leader.s. v 1 Tho celebration of tho beginning of ! independence was held this year un der anything but favorablo clrcum-staSnccs. clrcum-staSnccs. nut tho usual patriotism was manifested, and tho usual expressions ex-pressions of hope for tho future were hcM-d. And In theso expressions ' Americans slncorely join In the Mox- leans. Deseret News. ' |