States' Rights and Partisan Politics

NT oFACET of Central American history has held greater interest for scholars than the long and unsuccessful struggle to achieve political unification of the area. The literature on this subject has, for the most part, focused on the chaotic history of the Federal Republic of Central America, establisfied in 1824. The demise of the first federation has been correctly attributed to such problems as regional jealousies, social and cultural differences, inadequate communication and transportation systems, limited financial resources, and disparate political views.' Discussion of the interplay between these difflculties and the men who sought to overcome them would appear to begin properly with the activities of Salvadorean Manuel Jos6 Arce, who served as the first president of the Federal Republic. Arce is generally regarded as a ne'er-do-well whose misrule nearly caused the premature death of the federation in 1827. This view reflects the opinions handed down by several generations of liberal Central American historians2 who were convinced that Arce

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