[XXIII-26] It was insinuated that the Pan. R. R. Co. might be underhandedly promoting discord, to throw obstacles in the way of an interoceanic canal being made in Nic. The company had been also suspected of doing so in the late war between Salv. and Hond., to prevent, or at least retard, the construction of an interoceanic railway in the latter state. Such reports probably had no foundation in fact.
[XXIII-27] In Subtiava, dept of Leon, there was a sedition of Indians, accompanied with murders, and finally the authorities had to resort to force. Salgado, Mem., 1-18; Nic., Gaceta, Oct. 12, 19, 1872. There were scandalous proceedings in Rivas, Chinandega, Chichigalpa, island of Ometepe, Matagalpa, and elsewhere. In some places the priests headed the drunken rabble, armed with clubs and crying Viva la religion! Mueran los herejes! To the native priests and jesuits were imputed all the troubles. El Porvenir de Nic., Oct. 20, 1872.
[XXIII-28] He spoke of certain exiles, 'individuos de órdenes monásticas, cuyo establecimiento definitivo en el país no permiten las leyes, pero que permanecen aún asilados.' Id., Jan. 12, 1873; Nic., Gaceta, Jan. 11, 1873; Id., Semanal Nic., Jan. 2, 1873.
[XXIII-29] Several members visited him to congratulate him on the second anniversary of his accession to the executive office. Nic., Renuncia, 1-3; Id., Gaceta, March 8, 1873.
[XXIII-30] By a vote of 10 against 5 in the chamber of deputies. El Porvenir de Nic., Feb. 16, 1873; Nic., Gaceta, Apr. 12, 1873.
[XXIII-31] Congress acknowledged that Nic. could not remain a passive spectator of those events. Nic., Mensaje, 1-8; Nic., Semanal Nic., Aug. 28, 1873; El Porvenir de Nic., Sept. 7, 1873; Nic., Gaceta, Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 18, 1873.
[XXIII-32] The Costa Rican officer Ramon Tinoco was implicated. The money—some $22,000—was brought by P. Salamanca, apparently for the purchase of cattle, but really for revolutionary purposes. Both Salamanca and Tinoco, when their plan became known, escaped. Nic., Semanal Nic., Aug. 28, 1873.
[XXIII-33] The memorandum of B. Carazo, minister of Guatemala and Salvador, had for its main objects the overthrow of the existing govt of Costa R., and the expulsion of the jesuits from Nicaraguan territory. After a discussion on the latter point, Carazo no longer insisted on that action. Nic., Informe Min. Rel., in Nic., Gaceta, Oct. 18, 1873. In the last preceding chapter this subject was also mentioned.
[XXIII-34] Guat., Recop. Ley., Gob. Democ., i. 198-200; U. S. Govt Doc., H. Ex. Doc., Cong. 43, Sess. 2, 112, 117, 123.
[XXIII-35] Máximo Jerez, though a champion of unity, opposed the treaty on the ground that it violated that of friendship with Costa Rica, wherein it was stipulated that neither party should wage war against the other, nor enter into offensive alliances without first having asked for explanations; which formality he claimed had not yet been complied with. Nic., Gaceta, Oct. 18, Nov. 8, 1873. The treaty was approved in the senate by nine votes against two, the two nays being those of Jerez and Seferino Gonzalez. Nic., Semanal Nic., Oct. 9, 1873; El Porvenir de Nic., Oct. 12, 1873.