An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . t. The seat of this court was fixed at Vailadolid deCoinayagua, but subsequently transferred to Gracias-a-Dios. In1555, It was again removed to Guatimala, then to Panama, andfinally to me capital. The tranquillity which the genius of Alvaradohad secured to the province was buried with him. Faction, exas-perated by the temporary obstruction, broke out fiercer than moral
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . t. The seat of this court was fixed at Vailadolid deCoinayagua, but subsequently transferred to Gracias-a-Dios. In1555, It was again removed to Guatimala, then to Panama, andfinally to me capital. The tranquillity which the genius of Alvaradohad secured to the province was buried with him. Faction, exas-perated by the temporary obstruction, broke out fiercer than morals were depreciated to the very lowest scale. Justicewas but a name—crimes of the deepest and darkest dye were com-mitted with impunity, and the criminals bought off from retributionby trifling sums. The Indians were treated as brutes—in short, allgovernment was at an end—anarchy, crime, and reckless audacityrioted over the ruins of the Indian civilization. Such was the con-dition of affairs for a great portion of the long period of the Spanishdominion in Guatimala, till at last the country was ripe for revo-ution. The first symptoms of dissatisfaction exhibited by the Indians and 12 102 CENTRAL ALONZO D3 UALDONADO Others, was after the invasion of Spain by France, in 1H08. Tfi?deepest anxiety was manifested throughout the whole of the Penin-sular War, and the subsequent continental struggles. But after thefall of Napoleon, hardly had Spain adopted a constitution when Gua-timala, anxious to extirpate the remnant of absolute tyranny, appro-priated the same one to herself without any alteration. But theformation of a junto in the following year, with absolute power tosettle indispensable measures, gave rise to two parties, one infavour of entire emancipation from both Spain and Mexico; theother advocating the installation of the Bourbon family on the throneof Central America. The old Spanish party, supported by Leon,the capital of Nicaragua, and Comayagua, capital
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