that city, on the 3d of February. He was, however, obliged to abandon the place on the 7th, and on the 22d of the same month was defeated by General Cuéllar at Lagunilla near San Martin Atexcal. The rebel force was completely dispersed.[1] Insurrectionary movements also occurred in almost all the states; but by the end of June public security was reëstablished, and in October and November the pacification was nearly completed.[2]
Another revolution broke out, however, on the 15th of December, 1869, at San Luis Potosí, headed by generals Francisco Aguirre, Martinez, and Larrañaga, against Juarez' government, and was seconded on the 10th of January, 1870, in Zacatecas by Governor Trinidad García de la Cadena, who placed himself at the head of the whole movement.[3] The rebels, supported by a body of troops of the fourth division, seized a conducta of about $70,000. The public peace was also again disturbed in other states. The president displayed due activity, having first obtained ample powers from congress.[4] The states where the
- ↑ Forty-eight officers of all ranks and 330 rank and file were taken prisoners; a large quantity of arms and other war material fell into the victors' hands. El Monitor, Feb. 5-9, 21, 23, 24, 1869. Several of the insurgent officers were executed, one of them being Gen. Francisco Lujan. Diario Ofic., March 10, 1869; La Estrella de Occid., April 2, 16, May 7, 1869.
- ↑ Details of the operations appear in Diario Ofic., March 24, 31, Apr. 14 to Dec. 18, 1869, passim; El Derecho, iii. 141, 157, 173; Diario Debates, 5° Cong., i. 388-918 passim; Zac., Mem. del Est., 1-72 passim; Méx., Mem., Hacienda, 187, 993-4; El Monitor, El Occidental, La Estrella de Occid., El Def. de Ref., and other journals, in almost every issue.
- ↑ Gov. Escandon, the legislature, and other functionaries of San Luis Potosí were arrested, and Aguirre was proclaimed governor. Diario Ofic., Dec. 28, 1869, Jan. 1, March 30, 1870; El Monitor, Dec. 21, 1869; La Estrella de Occid., Feb. 18, March 4, 1870; Méx., Mem. Gobern., 1871, 4, and annex no. 2, p. 43-4; V. Cruz, Mem., 1871, 19-20. Marquez de Leon attributes the revolution to Juarez' attempts to retain power, and to the cruelties of government officers in that year, which had been unparalleled. The murders in Yucatan by Ceballos, in Sinaloa by Parras, and the executions at Atexcal had been the work of savages rather than of civilized authorities. Public opinion condemned them, but Juarez offered no redress, preferring to play the part of dictator. In San Luis Potosí, Sóstenes Escandon was chosen governor in spite of Juarez. Mein. Póst., MS., 325-34.
- ↑ He was authorized to muster into service 4,000 men of the national guard of the states. Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., x. 779-83, xi. 9-11; Diario Debates, 5° Cong., i. 390, 500-8, 759-884 passim; Boletin Ofic. Estad. Sin., Jan. 18, 1870; Diario Ofic., Jan. 13, 18, 1870; Méx., Mem. Hacienda, 1870, 882-3.
