[XXVI-103] On the 4th he claimed to have delivered a larger number of arms than his commissioners had bound him to surrender. La Estrella de Pan., May 3, 9, 1885.
[XXVI-104] La Estrella de Occid., May 16, 1885. Both Aizpuru and Correoso were subsequently deprived of their military rank. The former, being tried by court-martial in Bogotá, was sentenced, Nov. 3, 1885, to 10 years' exile, with loss of offices, income, and political rights during that time, and payment of costs and of damages caused by his rebellion. Pan. Star and Herald, Oct. 1, Dec. 10, 24, 1885.
[XXVI-105] Upon which they were publicly complimented by Rear-admiral Jouett in general orders.
[XXVI-106] 'No siembran mas que lo que justamente consumen por temor de ser robados en la forma de contribuciones.' Maldonado, Asuntos Polit. Pan., MS., 25.
[XXVI-107] Witness the proceedings of the troops brought by Santa Coloma, and later, at different times, by the battalions Tiradores, Pichincha, 3d de línea, and others. Upon the subject of undue federal interference with the domestic affairs of the Isthmus, the following charges preferred by M. J. Perez from Panamá in a letter of Oct. 22, 1884, to Aníbal Galindo, are worthy of notice: 1st. Public intervention of the general government in internal affairs of the state; 2d. Barefaced protection by the gen. govt to rebels in arms against the constitutional govt of the state; 3d. Intimate alliance of the federal force with the opposing conservatives and with the radicals to disarm the government, and exercise pressure on the assembly, forcibly hindering its performance of constitutional functions; 4th. Consequences of the foregoing course; acts of piracy on the part of the rebels, violence, bloodshed, international claims, humiliation. Pan. Cronista, Oct. 25, 1884. Correoso corroborates all this in his remarks on the conduct of the Guardia Colombiana on the Isthmus, in 1860, 1865, 1868, 1873-5, 1878, and subsequently. Sucesos de Pan., 3-8.
[XXVI-108] 'No solo es víctima de sus propios males, sino tambien de los que le vienen de fuera.' Maldonado, Asuntos Polít. Pan., MS., 26.
[XXVI-109] Discussions in the national Consejo de Delegatarios, in Nov. and Dec. 1885, and law of Dec. 11, 1885, to regulate the gov. of Panamá. Pan. Star and Herald, Jan. 6-15, 1886.
[XXVI-110] Id., March 20, 29, supplem., 1886. The publication of the journal was restored after the term of suspension expired. Vila's course was disapproved by the general government, and he was peremptorily recalled for disobedience of orders. The proprietors of the journal have made a claim for heavy damages. Buenaventura Correoso, Sucesos de Panamá Informe á la Nacion, Buga, 1886, 4to, 24 pp. The writer, one of the prominent political men of Panamá, in this pamphlet purposes, as he assures us, to point out the source of the almost continuous disturbances that have occurred on the Isthmus since 1860, laying particular stress on the events from 1880 to 1885. It might be expecting too much that he should express an impartial and wholly unwarped judgment on those events, and on his political opponents. It must be acknowledged, however, that his statements appear to be fair enough, and that his assumption of responsibility for some of the acts which he censures is frank. Simon Maldonado, Asuntos Políticos de Panamá, MS., 42 pp. The author of this review is a native of Panamá, and has filled responsible positions in his country, more especially in the judiciary. His views of affairs there are impartial, and entitled to consideration for their soundness.
[XXVII-1] An official doc. of the U. S. govt gives 174,800; Am. Cyclop., of 1873-6, 178,277; Crowe, Gospel in Cent. Am., roughly computes it at 200,000. Other authorities widely differ. I refer the reader to the following maps, namely: John Baily's, 1850; Max. Von Sonnenstern's offic. maps of Salv., 1858, and Guat., 1859; Herman Au's, of Guat., 1875; Paul Levy's, of Nic., 1873; Molina's map of Costa R. in his Bosquejo.
[XXVII-2] 'Never so great as during the summer months in England.' Dunlop's Cent. Am., 258; Crosby's Statem., MS., 114-17: Guat., Mem. Min. Hac., 1883, 15-16.