We should remember Badajoz as he was before the madness set in, and he was forced to support a Coup. Yet, we cannot forget the part everyone has played. The General Zepeda, the instigated to start who only needed the support, the Conservadores who tricked the Liberale on to remove the Liberales from office by force (The minister of Economy most definitely), the power hungry colonel who was ready to do anything to exterminate the Liberales, and the president himself who fell into the vices of government corruption.
I was thrust a gun, and told to shoot at the mobs who defended their Presidente. A young man in front of me exploded, and I heard a bang, and I felt the finger on the trigger. The gun became as hot as a stove and I threw it down. The boy was bleeding profusely from his chest, and I my hand. In a moment of madness, I extended out and put pressure on the young man's chest injury to keep him alive. He continued to bleed out, and so my hand, and the ground ran with Chilean blood.
I was taken to the General in of preserving Democracy, General Roseno, perhaps the only honest member of the whole government. He was powerfully built, with wisdom above his stature in society. "Why do you not fight the rebels?" he asked, eyes quizzical. I sat motionless until I felt the answer inside. "Because those men out there are Chilenos, just like me." I paused, "And now I know that the killing of fellow Chilenos is akin to fratricide, punishable by all offenses known by gods and men."
The General looked at me with laughter in his eyes, and responded "You remind me of someone... someone I used to know"
And the truth, is that all the participants of this coup, of the general and the ministers, are guilty of what will befall My uncle. High Treason. General Roseno and General de Santa Rosa remain the only member not corrupted by plots and counter plots, murder and fratricide, and the despoiling of Chile. My uncle held the Coup to keep the party, a failure above all else which he had endured. His name will be spoken as mud, despite the net good he accomplished for Chile.
And I vow, upon his grave, and to all of you today, that it shall be the centerpoint of my career to make sure all the Traitors of Chile who walk around in Sheeps Clothing will be revealed. I will make sure they will be hated by the people of Chile as they deserve. They will never hold office without my dissent, nor never make a point without my argument. We have been torn by partisanism at its extreme, and the purging of government.
The Chilean people are bound by blood, La Sangre De Chile. There can be no partisanism anymore, it is time for the Chileans to get a clean slate from the traitors who currently reside in office. No Party, Only Chile. !Ningún partido, solamente Chile!
I, José Aragon, vow to fight for the freedom of Chile as Badajoz never did, to relieve her of her traitors, and to bring her to a Democracy led by people they can trust. We must move on from the past, Badajoz died the day of the coup for me and so must he to everyone else, and the traitors have died in my heart as well. I call for the Liberales to see how we were manipulated and strengthen once more to fight for Chilean Democracy, I call on the Conservativos to see how the Nationalistos tricked you as well. Importantly though, I call on all people to see who truly supports their Chile, or who supports their party. For there can be no party, only Chile.