While the insurgents celebrated this change in circumstances, just as they had done in 1812, the conservative forces that had been putting down the insurgencies viewed the changes as a threat to their power. The aristocracy and the clergy met in secret, before the news of the Constitution became public, to discus how to prevent knowledge of the revolution in Spain from spreading. They met in the "Iglesia de la Profesa" (Church of the Professed) and their plan became known as the Conspiracy of the Professed. Their hopes to keep the news secret were dashed when word reached Veracruz and the intendant, José Dávila, swore to comply with the new law.