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The McLane-Ocampo Treaty (formally the Treaty of Transit and Commerce), negotiated on 1859 in [[Veracruz]], could be the only important mistake in Juárez' government.  Fortunately it was never ratified by the US Senate.  

The McLane-Ocampo Treaty (formally the Treaty of Transit and Commerce), negotiated on 1859 in [[Veracruz]], could be the only important mistake in Juárez' government.  Fortunately it was never ratified by the US Senate.  

[[Image:Orozco - Juárez.jpg|thumb|La reforma y la caída del Imperio, 1934, by [[Jose Clemente Orozco|Orozco]].]]

[[Image:Hemiciclo Juarez.jpg|thumb|left|Hemiciclo a Juarez.]]

Juárez was a Mason since 1845, member of the National Mexican Rite; he spoke of the law as "my sword and my shield." ''Much as [[George Washington]] was a redeemer from the tyranny of England, so Benito Juárez accomplished the final emancipation from the colonial age. [[Freemasonry| Masonry]] was the vehicle enabling these men to bring about freedom and independence.'' (1).

Juárez was a Mason since 1845, member of the National Mexican Rite; he spoke of the law as "my sword and my shield." ''Much as [[George Washington]] was a redeemer from the tyranny of England, so Benito Juárez accomplished the final emancipation from the colonial age. [[Freemasonry| Masonry]] was the vehicle enabling these men to bring about freedom and independence.'' (1).

== References ==

== References ==

 

(1) [http://www.crossandcompass.com/benito_juarez.pdf The Civic Religion of Benito Juárez] The Cross and the Compass by Sara Frahm.

* [http://www.crossandcompass.com/benito_juarez.pdf The Civic Religion of Benito Juárez] The Cross and the Compass by Sara Frahm.

== See also ==

== See also ==