“The monstrous faction which now threatens the State belongs to no party; it is a Vandalic horde, aiming, by vile means, at unwarrantable ends, and directing its efforts against the Government, not because of the policy of that Government, but because it is charged with the execution and vindication of the laws which this faction would annul and destroy! It is made up of enemies of order, of liberty, and of humanity. Let not former differences of opinion blind men to the real enormity of the insurrection; let no party favor this attempt to overturn not only the existing, but all governments, and plant anarchy in the soil of peace. When the country is threatened, we are neither ‘Timbucos’ nor ‘Calandracas,’ but Nicaraguans. We cannot believe that this faction, which has no principles, no policy, no moral incentives to action, and whose constant object is the destruction of society, can find sympathy or support, except amongst assassins and robbers.” The first step taken by the Government, upon ascertaining the formidable character of the insurrection, is indicated below. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. LEON, JUNE 19, 1849. “No man shall be molested or persecuted on account of his opinions, of whatever nature they may be, provided that he does not by any overt act infringe the laws.”—_Art. 30 of the Constitution._ “Every one has seen with horror the devastation which has followed in the steps of the barbarous Bernabe Somoza since his arrival in the town of St. George, in the Department Meridional. He burned and desolated its haciendas, and gave the city of Rivas to the flames, at the same time that, with the horde that follows him, he attacked the garrison of the line, and the various patriots assembled there, who, after having sustained a siege of eleven days, in the most heroic manner, were compelled to retreat;—therefore, the Supreme Government, in discharge of the duties imposed upon it by humanity, religion, and the country, has issued the following extraordinary decrees: “GOD, UNION, LIBERTY.” DEPARTMENT OF WAR; HOUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT, LEON, JUNE 19, 1849. “_To the General-in-Chief, Commanding the Regular Forces of the State_: “SIR: The Supreme Executive Power has ordered me to communicate to you the following decrees for execution: BUITRAGO.” No. 1.