The Beginning of the Revolution
“For many years profound discontent has been felt throughout the Republic, due to such a system of government, but General Diaz with great cunning and perseverance, has succeeded in annihilating all independent elements, so that it was not possible to organize any sort of movement to take from him the power of which he made such bad use. The evil constantly became worse, and the decided eagerness of General Diaz to impose a successor upon the nations in the person of Mr. Ramon Corral carried that evil to its limit and caused many of us Mexicans, although lacking recognized political standing, since it had been impossible to acquire it during the 36 years of dictatorship, to throw ourselves into the struggle to recover the sovereignty of the people and their rights on purely democratic grounds....
In Mexico, as a democratic Republic, the public power can have no other origin nor other basis than the will of the people, and the latter can not be subordinated to formulas to be executed in a fraudulent manner. . . "
-An excerpt from the Plan of San Luis Potosí, the United States Congress, Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Relations,
Revolutions in Mexico
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In Mexico, as a democratic Republic, the public power can have no other origin nor other basis than the will of the people, and the latter can not be subordinated to formulas to be executed in a fraudulent manner. . . "
-An excerpt from the Plan of San Luis Potosí, the United States Congress, Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Relations,
Revolutions in Mexico
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For the rest of that October, Madero worked on a manifesto. It declared the election null and void and the office of the president and vice president vacant. Madero proclaimed himself as temporary president of the Mexican republic and called for an uprising against the Díaz administration. On the night of November 20, 1910, Madero and his supporters crossed the Rio Grande and issued the manifesto, known as the Plan of San Luis Potosí, which marked the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. Unfortunately, only a few supporters came and the weaponry that was purchased had not yet arrived. Although the initial events of that night were not as promising, other supporters, including Francisco “Pancho" Villa and Emiliano Zapata, courageously contributed to the cause.
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