" In order that our scheme may produce this result we shall arrange elections in favor of such presidents as have in their past some dark, undiscovered stain, some
"Panama" or other - then they will be trustworthy
agents for the accomplishment of our plans out of fear of revelations and from the natural desire of everyone who has attained power, namely, the
retention of the privileges, advant ages and honor connected with the
office of president. The chamber of deputies will provide cover for, will protect, will elect presidents, but we shall take from it the right to propose new, or make cha nges in existing laws, for this right will be given by us to the responsible president, a puppet in our hands. Naturally, the authority of the presidents will then be- come a target for every possible form of attack, but we shall provide him with a means of self-defense in the right of an appeal to the people, fo r the decision of the people over the head s of their representatives, that is to say, an appeal to that some blind slave of ours - th e majority of the mob. Independently of this we shall invest the president w ith the right of declaring a st ate of war. We shall justif y this last right on the ground that the president as chief of the whole army of the country must have it at his disposal, in case of need for the defense of the new republican constitution, the righ t to defend which will belong to him as the responsi- ble representative of this constitution."