[Mexico]. [Politics]. [Borderlands]. Teran, Ramon M.

Columna Adicional al Numero 890 del Zempoalteca [caption title]

Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico: July 23, 1852. Broadside, 17.75 x 6 inches. Old horizontal folds, light creasing. Very good. Item #3607

A seemingly-unrecorded Mexican broadside in which the Deputy President of the Congress of the State of Veracruz Ramon Teran argues for a special session of the legislature in order to address some of the serious issues at hand in the country. These issues included tariffs and the smuggling that results from unsteady commercial security, the opening of the isthmus at Tehuantapec, and the colonization of national lands, among other problems to be addressed. Principally among Teran's concerns is the issue of border security. A substantial passage relating to this issue is as follows (in English translation): "The depredations of the border have reached such a point that the civilized world is scandalized when considering them, because it is no longer only the savage tribes that invade our territory to rob and murder our brothers, but for example, the adventurers from the United States also invade the border and commit all kinds of attacks against the properties and inhabitants of that part of the Republic. The proportions of these evils are increased because the bloody incursions of the barbarians are no longer limited to the most distant and abandoned points of the frontier. Lately, these incursions have extended to the state of Zacatecas." Teran concludes his message by summing up the issues to be faced at a special session of the Legislatura del Estado de Veracruz (in English translation): "The federation's governing council is encouraged to convene the general congress to special session for the immediate month of September in order to deal with them: to dispatch the reform of the maritime customs tariff, and the other pending financial business; to provide security and defense of the frontier, exposed to vandalism by barbarians and adventurers; to enact laws that speed up and facilitate the colonization of national lands; to promote the opening of communication routes, and to complete other businesses that are considered urgent." We locate no other copies of this interesting broadside.

Price: $850.00