Cry of Dolores

Cry of Dolores

September 16, 1810

Mexicans, let us break the bonds of slavery with which we have been in for three centuries!  The moment of our freedom has arrived; the hour of our liberty has struck.

Let us then unite all those persons who have been born on this happy soil; let us consider as strangers and as enemies of our rights all persons who are not Mexicans.

Our lawmakers will rule us with the tenderness of parents.  They will banish poverty;they will check the devastation of the kingdom and the exportation of its money;and they will cause industry to revive.

And, in the course of a few years, the Mexicans will enjoy all the delights which God has bestowed upon this vast continent.

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