The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-28

douot.d whether IL would have rrht To ds 40 bsf,re
The State gvernment should DO defend itself
and moreover II did not p1ssess ct the ts the nsoss
fasy neaos TO interfere edectuaIly. The other ates
hsw,se f,ebore interfering with others whose inter
was compelled BY circumstances and by the constitution
70 inter pose, he found very great dculty In raising
the SssS o~ps sno % was compelled 70 march ~
reached Mts the hsadq Of the rebellion and al
though he was successful in every encounter he
suit The position Of affairs In Guatemala oonxrlbu
ted 70 incre&e his embarrassment. The policy Of his
political oPpor ents was to continue the He VAS
therefore, obliged 70 Iepar capital with his ex
hAused army and the enemy. knowing the man. offered
no opposition Their policy was assys to temporizs and
"a dissembie-never to act openly or ( nkly.
The people treasured by the intervention Of Morsssn
requested that the aAhhbsral officials should resign
y gave up their Offices and placed them 10 the
MoIszan They therenpen proceeded to Gle ,tion,
1o.s o. q
o. the ute The first measure adopted BY the liberal
Party sfer their restoration = power, 70 orocsim
and 70 ea upon al the to lend their sssist
ance TO the reetabshmsnt Of order. The immediate o.
rssan hAvi again assumed the offensive against Them
they made Pxop0sons which accepted and entered
INTO treaty Of psaoo TAs VAS however, but fsint
thtr part and they awaited but favorable moment
The presencs OF Moras.n in Gustemsls was marked BY
an attempt TO corrupt his patriotism and to bring him
to the anuhoersl side. 7This arrogsnt and saovee-
sve party" says . Central Amer writer, received
and fAttereu him. For time they pretended that
they were equally grevsd with the rest Of the
ceved themselves and believing that he would consent
to sacr6ce his principles they concluded open offer
Of the die atorship and change in the institutions Of
the country This proposal rejected with the
tempt which deserved and they mortified 1T their fail
resumed their plans Of intrigue and insure on"
While these occurrences were going on in GustemAs,
the other States becoming daily and dis
organized. All the attempts thai had been made form
anew constitution had failed whe the objections to the
q nj n innPA Ma liant
and the elements OF popular union every whore
being dissolved. Hardly had Norman succeeded In re-
san Salvador to suppress disorders; Of indie
scribabe ceprsvation and cruel " Francisco Malcspin
ss,rous results The place where he ned his head quar-
ters unknown, and all his forces divided into
many bodies of small numbers, who acted only upon the
As soon as Morazan left Guatemala with the fedora.
troops, Carrera reorganized his Indians aud
newed his attacks with all the vigor that he could
oomnsn He began BY falling upon body Of
tsooIs s stationed A. ,aaps, under The CON
s,ed far the frontiers Of salvador This
filled Il ranis of the insurgents with enthusiasm and
greatly tended to their numbers. Carrsra had
not forge tton his gromini0us expulsion from
and was burning 10 be revenged He therefore marched
against THAT ate and met by small forcea So
obliged to withdraw, and he continued his progress.
He arrived at the city almost soon as the intelligence
being otied the day following was the intention
OF the excec savage to set fire 10 the city and he could
ooy be induced to desis with great difficulty Mean
whde he practiaed the most cruel outrages upon
liberals who were also prey to the constant and
pressed attacks of his soldiers The antberas tine
other hand enjoyed ali possible privileges aud firmly
cenented their alliance with the savage cniefsain
But while he was thus revealing in the intxicaton Of
his triumph Gene al Salazsr who had collected toge her
a body Of some nine hundred men, attacked him ct
pace in tho immediate vicinity OF Guatemala known
Villa Nueva, and completely defeated him with heavy
field Carrera terrified at this disaster retired with the
few followers that were left him TO the mountains Of
Mita Had this blow been followed by another 1t would
have unquestionably put end to the insurrecton.
Salazar however, not in condition to pursue the
campaign any farther, aud obliged to abandon his
purpose and return to Guatemala and although steps
afterwards taken to follow up this first SUCCESS the
insurgents had already recovered from their alarm The
indomitabe Carrera made his appearance more,
and having made incursion into San Salvador, and
taken possession ct Santa Anna and Ahua Chspau he
returned with great haste Guatemala There he was
once defeated series Of nniavorabe
subsequently began to dampen his ardor, when he
discovered that oazsn was organizing forces and
disposition to abandon the contest and made overtures
to the government Thus it that tho 2Sd day
the insurgents were to Law down their arms. to
recognise the authority Of the State Carrsra
wander Of Mta. and general pardon to be extended
tence of defending the district remained ut the head
considerable troops which troops enabled him to be
invested with legitimate authority. This Of itself
sufficient to show the weakness Of the government and
Carrera found himself in better position than ever be
This circumstance coupled with the growing excite
ment that prevailed in the country, showed tast tn
State and federal governments daily becoming
poverless. Neither had any resources, and both
without any fixed common principle. The personal
puarity OF MOrazan the only element Of stability
that appeared TO er any chance security and order
The federal Congress in 1885, and Morazan
made frank communication touching the condition of
the country. decree thereupon issued extending
TO the State governments many Of the powers that had
belonged to the federal government and left the latter
only the department of foreign affairs and the collection
Of the public revenues Such measure was virtual
dissolution OF the copederacy particularly Congress
was 6,ssolssa Immensely after WARD and DID not come
at the prospect offered followed the example
The other States remained abandoned their own
patriotism, at this critical moment they would have
ori6ced all their private annosities and feelings
over extensive territory, With inferior com
munications, they were unable to understand
Some, however, endeavored to do So and called
v.ntion at Nicaragua 10 revise the constitution The
great difficulty that then manifested itself to define
the powers OF the several States Then Nicaragua pro-
mugaed her constitution and declared herself inepend
emit recognizing, however, the federal principle should
the republic be recognized under confsderacy Hon.
durss followed the example by Nicaragua C,st Ri
ca was being Tevolutonied by Garlic, who depoed the
lawfully constituted Governor Manuel Aguiiar, and
sued the Dictatorship which Office he held during Pc
riod OF Jour years Nevertheless his administration
highly beneficial and under his influence that little
State made considerable progress.
At the end Of tho year 1888 the republic In state
Of almost complete REORGANIZATION there remaining but
three States together. Morazan was the only who
represented the national principle and on the LIST OF Feb
ruary ensuing his expired There at that time
neither Iresiaent nor Congress, unity OF action be-
tween the States Morazan, still actuated by the hope
OF Ieorganzng tie republic, and deemipg it duty i'm
posed by Gil cumstances determined TO retain his Off
til the election of successor He was still strongly
convinced that the general government alone could
tain the integrity OF the union. great part of the oe
rails mad become opposed to him.
These foimed league with Nicaragua and Honduras
with which he had been at for some time past
Nevertheless with the assistance OF General Caoapas