The Manchega Mule
The judge D. Miguel Bataller, who in those dark days took the helm of the government, said openly to everyone: This America must follow the fate of Spain, so that if there is a Manchega(*) mule, and a cobbler, she should govern the Americans.
--- Carlos Ma. de Bustamante, "Historic Picture of the Mexican Revolution", 1823.
(*) Manchega means from "La Mancha", a region in central Spain.
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