CHAPTER VIII

HISTORY (_continued_) 107

Foreign war succeeded by internal chaos--Warriors as statesmen--The dictatorship of Lavalleja--His methods--The first open breach between Lavalleja and Rivera--A temporary reconciliation--Establishment of the Constitution of Uruguay--Lavalleja and Rivera candidates for the president's chair--Differences in the temperament of the two--Rivera is elected first President of Uruguay--Jealousies and intrigues-- Attack upon Rivera--Narrow escape of the President-- Lavalleja's party temporarily occupy Montevideo--Defeat of the insurgent general--His flight into Brazil-- Intervention of the Argentine dictator Rosas--His support of Lavalleja--Combined forces beaten by Rivera--Lavalleja's second attempt proves unsuccessful-- General Oribe succeeds Rivera as President--Lavalleja's party again in the ascendant--Rivera heads a revolution-- Civil war--Intervention of France--Resignation of Oribe-- Rivera elected President--His alliance with the French and Corrientinos--Declaration of war against Rosas--Defeat of the latter--On the withdrawal of the French Rosas resumes the aggressive--Severe defeat of Rivera and his allies of the littoral provinces--Oribe besieges Montevideo--The services of Garibaldi--The Uruguayan forces decimated--Further incidents of the war--The power of Rosas broken by Brazil, Uruguay, and Entre Rios.