Note XIII-10 — Chapter XIII · REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA. 1840-1865.
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Carrera had threatened Viteri with 'la fuerza,' and the latter answered that he had on his side 'la fuerza de la razon.' Carrera understood this to mean cannons and muskets, and rushing out to the plaza came back soon after with troops and artillery, surrounded the government house—then opposite the Santa Rosa church—and furiously entered the building, demanding of Rivera Paz to show him his forces. Viteri then explained the meaning of fuerza de la razon. Montúfar, Reseña Hist., iii. 536-7. Squier, Travels, ii. 443, describes something similar as done by Carrera to the assembly.