The Montereyans will bear much, yet under their apparent docility and moral apathy there lurks a fire which, once excited, pours forth flames of destruction.

Moreover, the foreigners established in Monterey had, for a long time, enjoyed privileges which they were not willing to relinquish; and as they were, generally speaking, wealthy, they enjoyed a certain degree of influence over the lower classes of the Mexicans.
Immediately after the first extortion of the new governor, the population rose _en masse_, and disarmed the garrison.

The presidio was occupied by the insurgents, and the tyrant was happy to escape on board an English vessel, bound to Acapulco.
However, on this occasion the Montereyans did not break their fealty to the Mexican government; they wanted justice, and they took it into their own hands.

One of the most affluent citizens was unanimously selected governor _pro tempore,_ till another should arrive, and they returned to their usual pleasures and apathy, just as if nothing extraordinary had happened.

The name of the governor thus driven away was Fonseca.