Verbatim protest + proclamation against the 13 May bando: *'asombro y superlativa condenación'*; brands the Consejo *'un libelo abortado… un club, un conciliábulo reprobado por la sana razón… plan liberticida y anteconstitucional'*; invokes *'la máxima de Maquiabelo'* and demagoguery; *'¡Perjurio! ¡Sacrilegio!'* for Pico's violated constitutional oath; protests *'ante Dios y la Nación'* and pledges to oppose the 'junta clandestina' by every means; invites retraction but threatens to declare the department in estado de sitio under martial law. *'Dios y libertad. Cuartel general en Sta Clara.'*
| Date | 1846-06-08 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Castro (comandante general) |
| To | Gov. Pico |
| Place | Sta Clara |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | VII |
| Original tomo page | VII:79–82 |
| Savage copy page | 21–24 |
| Scan leaf | n21–n24 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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How to cite this document
José Castro (comandante general) to Gov. Pico, Sta Clara, 1846-06-08, Departmental State Papers, VII:79–82, Archives of California, C-A 31, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca31/ca31-d37.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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