[XIII-52] The nobles, aided by the clergy, surrounded the brothers Cruz, and Luis Molina undertook to dissuade Nufio, who was a very ignorant man.
[XIII-53] The necessity of procuring money for the war, which could not be had except from partisans of the oligarchs, prompted it, as they made that act of ratification a sine quâ non before loosening their purse-strings.
[XIII-54] Guat., Col. Ley., i. 77-9; Montúfar, Reseña Hist., v. 584-5. Gándara and Pineda de Mont, the other liberals trying to persuade themselves that the separation would be only temporary.
[XIII-55] By Col. M. Paredes. Guat., Gac., Sept. 22, 1848; Id., Col. Ley., 50-3; Nic., Gac. Gob. Suprem., Nov. 18, 25, Dec. 9, 1848; Montúfar, Reseña Hist., v. 606-8, 634-9.
[XIII-56] The attempt to gain over Nufio to the side of the govt proving successful, he had been appointed comandante general. On the other hand, Vice-president Vicente Cruz, smarting under the slight put upon him by the selection of Martinez for pres., joined his brother Serapio in his armed contest against the govt. Id., v. 555, 570-1, 588, 591.
[XIII-57] Escobar was an orator, a true republican, and well disposed to deal fairly by all men, regardless of political affiliations.
[XIII-58] His ministers were Revd Narciso Monterey, of govt; Basilio Porras, of relations; Mariano Galvez Irungaray, of treasury; and Manuel Jonama, an old retired officer of Morazan, of war.
[XIII-59] The two opposing parties had not yet fixed upon his successor.
[XIII-60] The Molinas and Arrivillagas, Vidaurre, Dardon, Barrundia, and Martinez, who were held responsible for the blood already spilled.
[XIII-61] A large number of official docs. connected with the last two administrations are given in Montúfar, Reseña Hist., v. 593-601, 611, 622-44, 695-715.