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ty and honour. The Centralists made a desperate ef- 

 fort to attach him to them, but he would not accept the 

 offered embrace, nor the sycophantic service of men 

 who had always opposed him ; nor would he sustain 

 what he believed to be wrong in his own partisans. 



In the mean time Carrera was gaining ground ; he 

 had routed several detachments of the Federal troops, 

 massacred men, and increased his stock of ammunition 

 and arms. At length all agreed that something must 

 be done ; and at a final meeting of the Assembly, with 

 a feeling of desperation, it was decreed without debate, 

 - 1. That the state government should retire to the 

 Antigua. 



2. That the president, in person or by delegate, 

 should govern the district according to article 176 of 

 the Constitution. 



Amid these scenes within the city, and rumours of 

 worse from without, on Sunday night a ball was given 

 to Morazan ; but the Centralists, displeased at his not 

 acceding to their overtures, did not attend. Galvez, 

 the chief deposed by Carrera, made his first appearance 

 since his deposition, and danced the whole time. 



Though Morazan was irresolute in the cabinet, he 

 was all energy in the field; and being now invested 

 with full power, sustained his high reputation as a skil- 

 ful soldier. The bulletin of the army for May and 

 June exhibits the track of Carrera, devastating villages 

 and towns, and the close pursuit of the government 

 troops, beating him wherever they found him, but never 

 able to secure his person. In the mean time, party 

 jealousies continued, and the state government was in 

 a state of anarchy. The Assembly could not meet, be- 

 cause, the state party not attending, it was incumbent on 

 the vice-chief to retire, and the oldest counsellor to take 



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