In  FeKfuary,  1823,  after  the  revolution  had  been  accom-
plished^andf  during  the  existence  of  the  empire,  the  government
issued^  a  decree  that  no  foreigners  should  be  allowed  to  travel
without  proper  passports  or  letters  of  security;'  and  in  October
of  the  same  year,  after  the  destruction  of  the  empire,  a  general
9rder  was  issued  that  all  foreigners  throughout  the  country
should  give  an  account  of  themselves  to  the  proper  officers
within  their  jurisdictions.*  In  October,  1824,  after  the  adoption
of  the  republican  constitution,  one  of  the  first  acts  of  the  new
government  was  to  provide  against  the  ingress  of  foreigners  into
any  of  the  territories  of  the  republic*  And  for  many  years
afterwards  the  same  spirit,  narrow-minded  and  mistaken  as  it

» Cal.  Archives,  P.  R.  IX,  517-522,  612.
■  Cal.  Archives,  S.  P.  VIII,  520-522.
•  Cal.  Archives,  S.  G.  S.  P.  II,  30-32.
«  Cal.  Archives,  D.  S.  P.  I,  50,  51.
»  Cal.  Archives,  D.  R.  Ill,  27.
72  THE  MEXICAN  GOVERNORS.
now  appears  to  all  intellig[ent  people,  was  the  settled  policy  of
the  Mexican  government.
