The federal government, condemned to impotence by its constitution, and no longer sustained by the presence of a common danger, witnessed the outrages offered to its flag by the great nations of Europe, whilst it was scarcely able to maintain its ground against the Indian tribes, and to pay the interest of the debt which had been contracted during the war of independence.
Gobernu federalak, Konstituzioak berak ahuleziara behartua eta arrisku publikoaren sentimenduaren laguntzarik gabe, bere bandera Europako herri handien irainpean ikusi zuen, eta aldi berean ezin zuen behar hainbat baliabide aurkitu nazio indiarrei aurre egiteko eta Independentzi gerran eginiko zorren interesak ordaintzeko.