. Young folks' history of Mexico. in 1875 ^^^ exports from the portof Vera Cruz amounted to $16,375,586, of which $14,000,-^o were in silver ore and gold, [A. D. 1876.] Towards the end of 1875 it becameapparent that the state of peace could not long continue;in fact, the year that brought to us, of the United States,the hundredth anniversary of our independence, was tofind unhappy Mexico again plunged into civil war. Theinspiring genius of this unfortunate movement, which hadfor its object the overthrow of the heads of government,was General Porfirio Diaz, who, from a place of security on The
. Young folks' history of Mexico. in 1875 ^^^ exports from the portof Vera Cruz amounted to $16,375,586, of which $14,000,-^o were in silver ore and gold, [A. D. 1876.] Towards the end of 1875 it becameapparent that the state of peace could not long continue;in fact, the year that brought to us, of the United States,the hundredth anniversary of our independence, was tofind unhappy Mexico again plunged into civil war. Theinspiring genius of this unfortunate movement, which hadfor its object the overthrow of the heads of government,was General Porfirio Diaz, who, from a place of security on The Revolution ujtder Diaz. 519 the border, directed the revolutionary operations. Insti-gated by him and his chiefs, rebellions multiplied so fast thatthe distracted government knew not in which direction tosend its troops. The principal of these were the insurrec-tions of the Indians of Oaxaca — birthplace of Diaz — andof Jalisco. From Sonora to Yucatan, the Porfiristas wererising. We have seen that General Diaz retired disap-. GENERAL PORFIRIO DIAZ. pointed to his hacienda, at the disbanding of troops, and inhis seclusion, it seems, he had formed his plan for a returnto the possession of the power he thirsted to , assassinations, robberies and abductions werenow once more rife in the country, which so recently hadenjoyed a short interval of peace, and it seemed as thoughall the battles of the past fifty years would require to 5 20 Mexico. be fought over again. Space forbids even an enumerationof \}ii&p7onunciamientos of this period. The train to VeraCruz was stopped, on the 19th of March, and the com-mander of its escort foully murdered, while all communi-cation with that seaport was for a time interrupted. In a paper published in Mexico — The NineteenthCentury — appeared on the 7th of May, 1876, the Plan of General Diaz, dated from Palo Blanco (state of Tamau-lipas), in which were denounced the President of theRepublic, the Congress and the recognized auth
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