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FEDERALISMTO CENTRALISM
IN MEXICO:
THECONSERVATTVE
CASE
FOR
CHANGE,1834-
1835
173
174 MEXICAN
CONSERVATISM
7 The argumentin the 1834-1836 years also differs from the earlier period in that there is markedly
less reference to Europeanwriters, notably EdmundBurke.
8 M. Diez de Bonilla -Ministerof War, Toluca, May 30, 1835, in El Sol, May 31, 1835.
9 'Representaciondel muy ilustre ayuntamientode la capital del estado de Jalisco, dirigidaal honor-
able congreso del estado paraque inicie ante las camarasde la Union la variacionde la actualforma de
gobierno, en republicacentral', Guadalajara,June 1, 1835, in El MosquitoMexicano, June 30, 1835.
COSTELOE
MICHAEL 177
Universityof Bristol
Bristol, England P. COSTELOE
MICHAEL
39Bustamante, Cuadro historico, IV, 370: J.M. Bocanegra, Memorias para la historia de Me'xico
independiente, 1822-1846 (Mexico, 1897), vol. II, pp. 610-61S.
40 J. Vazquez et al., ffilistoriageneral de Mexico (Mexico, 1976), vol. III, p. 28.
41 El Sol, March 26, 1835.