Note V-5 — Chapter V · CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. 1825-1830.
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Salvador insisted on having an episcopal see, in order to be independent of Guatemala in ecclesiastical affairs. This was the chief question at issue. Arce promised to leave its decision to the next congress. Arce, Mem., 3. Valle really had obtained more votes than Arce, and congress defrauded him of his election. Montúfar, Reseña Hist., i. 268.