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believed lost, and presses him against her heart, so did 

 I with the pamphlet that contained the declaration ; for 

 in it I found the principles that I sustain and the reforms 

 I desire." This was rather figurative, as Carrera could 

 not at that time read ; but it must have been quite 

 - new to him, and a satisfaction to find out what princi- 

 ples he sustained. Again he threatened to enter the 

 city. All was anarchy and distraction in the councils, 

 and on the twelfth of April his hordes appeared before 

 the gates. All were aghast, but there was no rising to 

 repel him. Morazan was beyond the reach of their 

 voice, and they who had been loudest in denouncing 

 him for attempting to control the city by bayonets now 

 denounced him for leaving them to the mercy of Car- 

 rera. All who could hid away their treasures and fled ; 

 the rest shut themselves up in their houses, barring 

 their doors and windows, and at two o'clock in the 

 morning, routing the guard, he entered with fifteen hun- 

 dred men. Salazar, the commandant, fled, and Car- 

 rera, riding up to the house of Rivera Paz, knocked at 

 the door, and reinstalled him chief of the state. His 

 soldiers took up their quarters in the barracks, and 

 Carrera established himself as the guardian of the city ; 

 and it is due to him to say that he acknowledged his 

 own incompetency to govern, and placed men at the 

 disposition of the municipality to preserve the peace. 

 The Central party was thus restored to power. Car- 

 rera's fanaticism bound him to the Church party ; he 

 was flattered by his association and connexion with the 

 aristocracy, was made brigadier-general, and present- 

 ed with a handsome uniform ; and, besides empty hon- 

 ours, he had the city barracks and pay for his men, 

 which was better than Indian huts and foraging expe- 

 ditions ; the last, too, being a resource for pastime. The 



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