Initially, Băleanu and Bibescu were open toward the nationalist and liberal groups: by 1845, both had subscribed to Nicolae Bălcescu's literary review, "Magasin Istoric pentru Dacia". Within three years, the two camps had come to oppose each other openly. Early June 1848 witnessed the eruption of a Wallachia's liberal Revolution, which first limited Bibescu's authoritarian rule, then deposed him. After the abdication, the boyars assembled and elected Băleanu as "Caimacam", or co-regent, alongside Neofit and "Ban" Teodor Văcărescu-Furtună; they were deposed after attempting to reverse the revolutionary trend.