Thank you JPablo. The Spanish is nice and clear for an article nearly 190 years old! The content in amusing, but I have a question about the imperfect subjunctive usage of the less common "se" ending as opposed to the "ra" ending. I believe the 'se' ending is invariably used in the piece. Do you know if this was common usage in those years, or was it reserved for written pieces?
...not that you're old enough to remember