Note VI-40 — Chapter VI · CIVIL WAR. 1829-1838.

Pursuant to a resolution of the national congress of June 25, 1833. As early as 1826 the government of Salvador had tried to have the federal authorities reside at least 40 leagues from Guatemala. Similar requests had been subsequently made by other states; and even in the legislature of Guatemala reiterated motions had been presented to the same effect. But the federalist party, as long as it was in the majority in congress, strenuously opposed the removal, believing that it would bring about, as it actually did, the downfall of the federal system, and the dissolution of the federal authorities. Marure, Efem., 34. Montúfar, Reseña Hist., ii. 58-9, remarks that Marure when he wrote the first two volumes of his Bosquejo Histórico was a liberal; in his Efemérides, written later, he speaks like a conservative. The change of tone is attributed to the iron influence of the government from whom he had a salary as a professor. Lastarría, in La América, 250, erroneously attributes the transfer to Morazan's action to break up the influence of the oligarchical party in Guatemala.