"Regenerar la república" Propósito y alcance del reformismo liberal y la rebelión artesano-militar en Nueva Granada, 1849-1854.

The objective is to analyze the political actions that the leaders of the Colombian liberal party and the leaders of the artisan-military rebellion that arose in New Granada (Colombia) in 1854 had and promoted to regenerate the republic, to establish the institutional, political and moral foundations by virtue of which the State and society should be run. This analysis of allowed us to identify, and affirm, that if the reforms promoted by the liberals were the foundation of the hegemonic project that they undertook in order to "regenerate the republic" through the intended modernization of the State, the economy and society, the rebellion perpetrated by the artisans and the military formed a counterhegemonic project that also sought to "regenerate the republic" by confronting the order imposed by the liberals (and also by the conservatives) and trying to constitute an institutional order that was consistent with the conditions, needs, desires and political and moral values of the people of New Granada. By examining these aspects, it is not only possible to compare the ideas that these men had about what, in their opinion, the institutional and moral order of the country should be, but also to understand the difficulty they had in carrying them out and the effects that this generated for the country. To examine these issues, we have scrutinized the main sources through which the protagonists of that story captured and disseminated the essence of their respective conceptions and political projects (speeches, laws, minutes, official reports, memoirs and newspapers). In order of presentation, the article describes the political context of the time, highlights the purpose of the liberal reforms, analyzes the link that was woven between them and the uprising of the rebels, and highlights the manner and criteria with which the insurgents acted to achieve your purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]