[500] y de aquí, and hence it is. The verb es is understood.
[501] esos próceres, i.e., the leaders of the Revolution.
[502] habría pecado por exceso, would have gone too far.
[503] excepto en cuanto reconocían, except in so far as they recognized.
[504] por razón de su origen, i.e., by reason of their common nationality.
[505] hace notar, brings out.
[506] el cabildo abierto, the town meeting.
[507] nunca se insistirá demasiado, one can never insist too much. Notice that insistirá is future of probability or possibility.
[508] cuando no, if not.
[509] puesto que, since.