Note V-82 — Chapter V · CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. 1825-1830.

This was done pursuant to orders from the governments of the states. So says Morazan himself, adding that the measure was in consonance with his own views, to reduce the number of prisoners to a minimum, 'y tenia tambien por objeto poner en absoluta incapacidad de obrar á los principales jefes que habian llevado la guerra á los Estados.' Apuntes, MS., 16-17.