¡¡Glorias de México!! Porfirio Díaz y Ramón Corral, electos por el voto unánime del pueblo (Glories of Mexico!! Porfirio Díaz and Ramón Corral, Elected by the Unanimous Vote of the People)

¡¡Glorias de México!! Porfirio Díaz y Ramón Corral, electos por el voto unánime del pueblo (Glories of Mexico!! Porfirio Díaz and Ramón Corral, Elected by the Unanimous Vote of the People)

A pink broadside topped by a laurel-framed portrait of Porfirio Díaz announces that he and Ramón Corral were 'elected by the unanimous vote of the people' as president and vice-president, then celebrates the day in verse: crowds in the streets, ringing bells, a public feast, 'patriots without stain', and Díaz as 'glory of the Mexican Fatherland'. The tells are the claimed unanimity and the stacked virtue words (Reason, Right, Peace, Popular Vote) standing in for any account of the election.

Date
1904
Period
Pre-1914
Made by
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), commercial broadside printer, Mexico City
Region
Latin America
Country
Mexico
Medium
Print
Issuer type
Corporation
Regime
Diaz Government
Leader
Porfirio Diaz
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Commemorate
Theme
Elections and party politics
Event
1904 Mexican Election
Techniques
Glittering generalitiesBandwagon
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Library of Congress, retrieved September 29, 2026
Rights
Public domain (published 1904, before 1931; LoC: No known restrictions on reproduction in the U.S.)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, PGA - Vanegas, no. 46 (LC-DIG-ppmsc-04473)

Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

1904
¡¡GLORIAS DE MÉXICO!!

PORFIRIO DIAZ Y RAMON CORRAL
ELECTOS POR EL VOTO UNANIME DEL PUEBLO
PARA PRESIDENTE Y VICE-PRESIDENTE
DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA.

¡Salud, oh grandes patricios!
¡Viva el Voto Popular
Que os ha sabido elevar
Por medio de sus Comicios!

El primero de Diciembre
De mil novecientos cuatro,
Será fecha memorable
Para el Pueblo Mexicano.

Ese día el pueblo recorre
Las calles, con algazara
Porque Porfirio y Corral
Van á regir nuestra Patria.

Las dos figuras grandiosas
Los dos patriotas sin tacha
Que sabrán orgullecer
A la mexicana raza.

Quienes á la torre corren
Para repicar campanas;
Y cuantos van á Palacio
Para ver la gran parada.

El gran círculo de amigos
Del Presidente, prepara
Para celebrar las fiestas,
Carros, bailes, serenatas.

Y por el llano de Anzures
Un comelitón regala
Para el pueblo el bravo pueblo
Que vive en Paz cimentada.

Todo en gusto y alegría
Por una elección tan amplia,
Porque Don Porfirio es gloria
De la Patria Mexicana.

Cuando soldado en la guerra
Blandió valiente su espada
Y defendió nuestro suelo
Palma á palma sin tardanza.

En mil combates luchó
Y en ninguno se acobarda,
Porque en ellos la Razón
Y el Derecho lo amparaba.

Yanhuitlan, La Carbonera,
Dos de Abril y otras batallas
Fueron glorias de Porfirio
Con que redimió á la Patria.

Más tarde en la Presidencia
Tiene misión más sagrada:
Conservar en paz al pueblo
Y dar crédito á su Patria,

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

1904
GLORIES OF MEXICO!!

PORFIRIO DIAZ AND RAMON CORRAL
ELECTED BY THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT
OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.

Hail, oh great patricians!
Long live the Popular Vote
That has known how to raise you
By means of its elections!

The first of December
Of nineteen hundred and four
Will be a memorable date
For the Mexican People.

That day the people walk
The streets, with uproar
Because Porfirio and Corral
Are going to govern our Fatherland.

The two grand figures
The two patriots without stain
Who will know how to make proud
The Mexican race.

Some run to the tower
To ring the bells;
And many go to the Palace
To see the great parade.

The great circle of friends
Of the President prepares
To celebrate the festivities,
Carriages, dances, serenades.

And on the plain of Anzures
A feast is given
For the people, the brave people
Who live in a founded Peace.

All in pleasure and joy
For such a broad election,
Because Don Porfirio is glory
Of the Mexican Fatherland.

When a soldier in the war
He bravely wielded his sword
And defended our soil
Palm by palm without delay.

In a thousand combats he fought
And in none does he cower,
Because in them Reason
And Right protected him.

Yanhuitlán, La Carbonera,
Second of April and other battles
Were glories of Porfirio
With which he redeemed the Fatherland.

Later in the Presidency
He has a more sacred mission:
To keep the people at peace
And give credit to his Fatherland,

Recto only; the verse runs in two columns, read left column then right, with spelling and accents as printed (including 'Yanhuitlan'). The verso song and the catalogued imprint are not part of this transcription.