Vicente Rocafuerte

A war which broke out in New Granada, in which Flores was defeated, turned the whole population against him.

A leader of the disaffected was found in a political adventurer named Roquefort.

Flores, however, was equal to the occasion, and Roquefort, having taken refuge on board one of the vessels in the harbor, Flores had him seized in the middle of the night and brought in chains to his palace.

Instead of being shot, however, Flores represented to him all the horrors of civil war, and implored him to labor with him in the pacification of the country, offering him the post of governor of Guayaquil.

Roquefort, who after four years was elected president himself, joyfully accepted this proposal.

He restored the finances and maintained peace at home and abroad, but was a determined enemy of the church and of the clergy, and a warm supporter of secular education.

Flores resumed the presidential chair when the term of Roquefort's office had expired, but then determined to make a coup d'etat and become an absolute ruler with a new constitution giving him supreme power.

Even this the people might have accepted if Flores, hating the supremacy of the church and in league with the Freemasons, had not shown a marked intolerance against the Catholic clergy and opened the doors to every species of heresy.

A war which broke out in New Granada, in which Flores was defeated, turned the whole population against him.

A leader of the disaffected was found in a political adventurer named Roquefort.

Flores, however, was equal to the occasion, and Roquefort, having taken refuge on board one of the vessels in the harbor, Flores had him seized in the middle of the night and brought in chains to his palace.

Instead of being shot, however, Flores represented to him all the horrors of civil war and implored him to labor with him in the pacification of the country, offering him the post of governor of Guayaquil.

Roquefort, who after four years was elected president himself, joyfully accepted this proposal.

He restored the finances and maintained peace at home and abroad, but was a determined enemy of the Church and of the clergy and a warm supporter of secular education.

Flores resumed the presidential chair when the term of Roquefort's office had expired, but then determined to make a coup d'état and become an absolute ruler with a new constitution giving him supreme power.

Even this the people might have accepted if Flores, hating the supremacy of the Church and in league with the Freemasons, had not shown a marked intolerance against the Catholic clergy and opened the doors to every species of heresy.

A war which broke out in New Granada, in which Flores was defeated, turned the whole population against him.

A leader of the disaffected was found in a political adventurer named Roquefort.

Flores, however, was equal to the occasion, and Roquefort, having taken refuge on board one of the vessels in the harbor, Flores had him seized in the middle of the night and brought in chains to his palace.

Instead of being shot, however, Flores represented to him all the horrors of civil war and implored him to labor with him in the pacification of the country, offering him the post of governor of Guayaquil.

Roquefort, who after four years was elected president himself, joyfully accepted this proposal.

He restored the finances and maintained peace at home and abroad, but was a determined enemy of the church and of the clergy and a warm supporter of secular education.

Flores resumed the presidential chair when the term of Roquefort's office had expired, but then determined to make a coup d'etat and become an absolute ruler with a new constitution giving him supreme power.

Even this the people might have accepted if Flores, hating the supremacy of the church and in league with the Freemasons, had not shown a marked intolerance against the Catholic clergy and opened the doors to every species of heresy.

A war which broke out in New Granada, in which Flores was defeated, turned the whole population against him.

A leader of the disaffected was found in a political adventurer named Roquefort.

Flores, however, was equal to the occasion, and Roquefort, having taken refuge on board one of the vessels in the harbor, Flores had him seized in the middle of the night and brought in chains to his palace.

Instead of being shot, however, Flores represented to him all the horrors of civil war and implored him to labor with him in the pacification of the country, offering him the post of governor of Guayaquil.

Roquefort, who after four years was elected president himself, joyfully accepted this proposal.

He restored the finances and maintained peace at home and abroad, but was a determined enemy of the church and of the clergy and a warm supporter of secular education.

Flores resumed the presidential chair when the term of Roquefort's office had expired, but then determined to make a coup d'etat and become an absolute ruler with a new constitution giving him supreme power.

Even this the people might have accepted if Flores, hating the supremacy of the church and in league with the Freemasons, had not shown a marked intolerance against the Catholic clergy and opened the doors to every species of heresy.