36
alleged and the hopes hitherto cherished. It is, therefore, absolutely indispensable to put an end to a controversy which has caused such evils to both countries, and threatens others still more serious for the future welfare of two republics needing to live in the most perfect harmony.
Summing up all the argument of the present note, the following points have been proved:
1. Chiapas was a province on terms of equality with the others which formed the captaincy-general of Guatemala.
2. Chiapas, on the 3d of September, 1821, spontaneously separated from Guatemala and united herself to Mexico.
3. Chiapas, on the 12th of September, 1824, again united herself to the United States of Mexico, by the free vote of the majority of her inhabitants.
4. Soconusco, in 1821, was a partido of the intendency of Chiapas, and as such united herself to the Mexican Empire.
5. Soconusco, in 1824, was legitimately represented in the Supreme Junta of Chiapas, and freely voted for annexation to Mexico on the 3d of May.
6. The act signed at Tapachula, on the 24th of July, 1824, was a revolutionary document, and was illegal from every point of view.
7. Central America recognized the Supreme Junta of Chiapas, and offered to respect its determination.
8. The decree of August 18, 1824, by which the Federal Congress declared that Soconusco, by virtue of her pronunciamiento, had united with Central America, was a usurpation of the rights of Mexico.
9. The notes exchanged between the Ministers
