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.