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Manuel Dávila Flórez (1853‒1924) was a Conservative representative in the Colombian National Assembly in the early 20th century. This was a volatile time in Colombia, following the War of the Thousand Days in 1899‒1902, a Conservative coup in 1900, and the secession of Panama in 1903. Carlos Eugenio Restrepo was elected president of Colombia in 1910. As a writer and journalist, the new president favored the press law discussed in a speech made by Dávila Flórez in the National Assembly in 1912. This booklet contains the text of ...