Note 18 — XXI BEHIND THE SCENES AT MEXICO September, 1846–March, 1847
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Santa Anna may very possibly have hoped now to combine the military class, the conservatives and the clericals into a solid phalanx behind him, and he may have commended the movement against Church property for the very purpose of making the clergy feel the need of his assistance. See Tributo á la Verdad, 76.