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

ecrg heir rs ous we'll political funcsionares,
Ind they ectsi Bishop of saa Salvador Dr. Deg,d"
act, and the Pope himself regarding It ususpaioa
OF hs prer~satves, not only dsapproveo o. IT, put or
dsrsd him 70 be revoked under Pss, exeon~ ,ssgs
the whole population If the state. However, his 0de
WA received With cold iudiereaee, and htle II or
Costa Rca followed the example q San vsdo in spite
Of the OF St Peter This proceeding, 70 say
the least OF It. impshtic, and FASTENED thu COAL
on which destroyed the sstaohed educational System
ard preserved the clergy from the fate to ~sca they
condemned by the slow but reforms which tne
system itsei must have operated. We row arrive At
events which form painful chapter in our his ory
indie endence The attempts to estabsh monarchy
or aIistocranc Olga rchy had failed, and liberal
ard truly republican gove,ament which was exclssvey
consolidated With the exception of the troubles In
Leon which must rather be considered local than -
general resistance against the order Of things and
feeble cemnotion in Costa RIGA for rsestsbhshing
Spanish authority, no open opposition had been maas
against the republic Bat " q .ns
underneath. The same party distinctions continued,
bat the opposition had conceived add dangerous
we're amidst the deep Of the people
who assured their developement to more or ~ ex
Object, but their enthuliasm had grown cold. This
be the result when men are more melted BY
sentiment than by reason and reflection The chiefs OF
the reaction profttng bv these circusa ha tensd
to disaece amid he people whom they pushed 70
the last extremes
The services we're composed of hetere geneous classes
without having anything in but hatred Of the
hbeal The nucleus of this organization WAS the sol
di ant nobty-the hope Of the viceroya tywhose tsn
denotes went with these OF the Der eced clergy to op-
pose the education Of the and to cenaze power
in the bands Of . few-in word, to establish an order
The aIistocrats called this combination sargre asul
(bue blood), viz Position, riches and influence.
The clergy not only ri,h-a sufficient means for
ope stpg with easiDessbnt they counted more part
zans an0pgt the people against whom they conspirsd,
OF The traditional respect paid to the church aud
OF their Ignorance which ade them blind instrument
nd Viz tivnO NJ
ignorant people who did not know their dutiss and who
unable 10 understand whore they we're bed TO- and
with powerful faction hostile to repuo can forms In
general it absolutely impossible Tor the republic to
remain In peace. vain the enlgh ened cni1fs OF
pvet ate enemies vsre indefatgabe in spreading
cord and last they brought the federal government IN
fict with the Stale of Guatemala.
These inconvenieI considerably augmented By
essential defects in the constitution ise whi,h,
like had not with precision defined the respective
powers the and of thOse OF the
several States The liberals Themselves dtFded on
this particular point part favored the
Of in the federal government and aoher thought
the legitimate object Of confede Grafton to ed,ct
What The States individually were unable TO &C
These contributed to weaken the liberal party
and to hasten the ruin of the republic
After this necessary and preliminary expositicn we
the course Of events From the beginning
services In ession Of influential social pesi
ton they had the Of winning over those who were
Of IT. they Hs.s not wanting ut IN the
uniform policy, when they could not openly attacx,
was in.inua,ing and even fAwniDg. General Arce
their wi'es. Under the pretext that = secret
communication had been made of the fact Of the author
ties Of the State Of Guatemala having consped against
the ral government they prevailed on him to arrest
the chief ofthe State Don Jusn Bsrrunoa, Of the
capable and active liberals whilst he exercising
proceeded to disarm the civic militia This outrage to
the Of the State committed without any op
ssn II os
have agitated and sill trouble tae country This arb
trsry act this shameful violation Of the constitution has
doomed its perpetrators to eternal many.
The fe4vies promptly obtained other successes The
CITIZEN Crilo Flores highly esteemed man, and Vice
President Of the State was the line Of this event. in
Inhabitants Of this district all ignorant ndisn and
worked under the immediate direction OF the clergy
a friar mounted the pulpit in one Of the principal
churches and excited the fury of the popuace against
there at the foot Of the altar he assassnatsd aud
his body tern into pieces amidst cries OF " Vtpd Gude
mdIa mard la rerutlica ~ The ostensible muton ct
this brutal vengeance the part of the ras was that
in the imposition Of the mposs their properties
exempted. In his way The clergy supported
siiies the movement OF the arts .ocrSts.
The violenccs exercise ed against the first dictionaries
Of Guatemala followed by those against the subor
dinste members OF the government some OF waom we're
saving the by flight The liberals pe,tedy
attacked unable to oppose any resistance However,
. eM ell lumber Of them assembled, and under the
nsnd Of Colonel Pierson, an Inoan creole o. the Wes
subdued the assassins 0f Flores in Quezaltenango
but before they able to combine and unite their
forces In order 10 march ala, they at
tackled and dispersed by the troops ordered and
nsnted by the traitor Arce Under such auspices
organized Don Mariana Acinena, Who, under tho Spa
nisn tysem was boz with the title OF Marquis,
mir ally the chief but really the dictator Of the State
With his adm Illustration began that deestable syste Of
espionage and prescription which in the Of the
vtucn led to such tanguine and barbarous proceeding
pected to hod oIn,as contrary to the usurpers was ~
tbsbec Its sessions were secret snd its DEGREES issued
with astonishing iapdiy Many persons were condemn
ed without having been heard 70 hold literal opinions
and to possess political capacity sufficient
for being condemned to deportation DEATH
AL the liberal chiefs prescribed and Colonel Pier
come back to Guatemala uncer guaran PREACHER
ousy shot against the walls Of cemetery. Terrorism
and seIvitm extended over the whole country.
Arce followed up his treason to the republic by
vokpg, OF his own authority, general COZ gress ~
be executed The known object OF this eonvocation
to annul the Institution, and to organize central
dicatoria power This has been always the favorite
their friene in Guatemala fon ented isensions
rsgua and Honduras by involving them in q civil
10 tbs reSued the su,ho,y Of Ace ans in
moment OF sent corps OF troops against the
usurrers of Guatemala These attached those Of
President Arce and Of the services and forced to retire.
At the time San Salvador invaced but it drove
back the enemy in decisive manner. Amidst these
the same peley a. IN Gusams of destroying the sov
eminent But he was completely routed and the serve
insurrecton having been In his State partly cup
pressed the latter joined is forces to those San Sa
cor Nicaragua did the same. Az the interior srug-
giles in the States proved Of advantage to tho services
They only led slaughter and cruees like those which
have characterized civil wars general
In the month Of September 18l8 the nominal chief of
the republic exercising his al funcoes,
being only supported by portion Of the federal soldiers
and :he services of Guatem ala, who amidst all this
rors the directors fGuatemas Arce being their
instrument Al the aid he and they received from the
other States consisted only In local insurrec siDst
the legitimate authorities, which being without any
certed dir ectop produced favorable result On the
otf err hand, Honduras and Nicaragua with great
jority openly opposed the traitors Of the republic who
pretended TO be its representatives. Costa Rica sepa
rated by high mountains quiet and afflicted spec
tator OF these and took part in the quarrel
Between Il csc two divisions pas ties struggle
which In reality but the pr oonga of that hic
broke out after the declaration Of ndeperdeDce and
which the services succeeded in adding element,
their favor On the 26th September, the federal army
routed the combined fo Of Honduras and San Saliva
dor at TIE point Of sabana Grande in the dspsmsn OF
Teguegalpa, in Hon, But this triumph epheme
rail- few Gays later 1t was attac ed b, The army Of
San sslvadoi and ca aqua, al comp etely destroyed
This battle of the bahest in mapv