[Mexico]. [Politics]

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[Guadalajara]: Imprenta de C. Mariano Rodriguez, [1824]. 41pp. Small quarto. Stitched as issued; untrimmed. Paper flaws in upper margin, not affecting text. Minor toning and soiling. Still very good. Item #5226

A strident and lengthy tract by an anonymous author that styles himself "The Joshua of Jalisco," fervently attacking the motives and character of the many perceived enemies of Mexican independence. These he divides into three groups -- the Spanish military who still occupied the castle of San Juan du Ulua in Veracruz, anti-independence Spaniards remaining in Mexico, and natural-born Mexicans desirous of rejoining the Spanish Empire (whom he calls the "most pernicious"). The preponderance of the text is concerned with refuting the support of an author from this third class of enemies for a law that allowed Spanish workers in Mexico to keep their jobs or rescind their resignations. This he does in twenty-two individual points that culminate in an appeal to the principles of independence and the safety of the people. A nice copy, in original condition; OCLC reports only one copy in U.S. libraries, at Yale.

Price: $600.00