The citizen governor of the State has been pleased to address to me
the decree that follows:
“Felix Diaz, general of brigade and constitutional governor
of the free and sovereign State of Oaxaca, to its
inhabitants: Know ye, that the congress of the same State
has been pleased to decree the following:
“decree no. 27.
“Considering that in the federal elections of last June and
July the agents of the executive power having had recourse
to violence, to bribery, and to falsification, deprived a
great portion of the Mexican people of all liberty;
“That since the first preparatory meeting in the revision of
powers and in the installation of the congress it has failed
in the orders of the law, arbitrarily excluding many
legitimate representatives, and giving a seat in the chamber
to others without legal right;
“That in the computation of votes for the presidency of the
republic, more than a million of the inhabitants have been
left without votes, and more than fifty districts without
representation;
“That the parliamentary majority, created by these means, is
entirely factitious, and that the endeavors of the
legitimate representatives who remain in the chamber are
powerless to save the public liberty and institutions;
“That the present change of the federal executive and his
agents in the congress propose to destroy the sovereignty of
the States, centralizing all the powers under the pretext of
authorizations, which greatly exceed the spirit of the 29th
article of the constitution;
“Considering, lastly: That the civil war has broken out in
all the extension of the republic, and that, between the
people who are rising, in defense of their rights, and the
usurpers of suffrage, the State of Oaxaca has the duty to go
out in defense of its constitution and of its laws, the
congress of the same State decrees:
- “Article 1. The free and
sovereign State of Oaxaca re-assumes its
sovereignty, and protests its respect to the federal
constitution of 1857.
- “Article 2. It invites
the other States of the republic to provide for the
reconstruction of the federal powers, by means of an
assembly of representatives popularly elected by the
same States.
- “Article 3. To the
executive of the State there is given the faculty to
provide for the emergencies of the situation.
“Given at the palace of the supreme powers of the State of
Oaxaca, the 8th day of November, 1871.
“F. GARCIA, President.
“S. LUENGAS.
“GABRIEL SERRANO.
“M. JIMENEZ.
“ALBINO ZERTUEHE.
“J. FENOCHIO.
“JOSÉ MARIA YRIGOYEN.
“A. CASTILLO.
“M. SAENS PARDO.
“J. ITURRIBARRIA.
“JOSÉ MARIA PARDO.
“FRANCISCO CARRANZA.
“A. RAMOS, Secretary.
“J. MUNOZ, Secretary.
“And I order the foregoing to be printed, published,
circulated, and complied with.
“Palace of the constitutional governor of the State. Oaxaca,
November 9, 1871.
“F. DIAZ.
“To Citizen Albino Lopez,
“chief Clerk charged with the Secretary
ship of the State”
And I communicate it to you for your knowledge and consequent
effects.
To the political chiefs of—.
