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PART III THE ERA OF CONSTITUTION MAKING
CHAPTER I — The liberals in power—freire and pinto
Freire's rule — Doings of the congress — The new tariff — The first constitution — Freire's unsuccessful expedition to Chilo^ — Dis- satisfaction and demoralization — Dissolution of the senate and setting aside of the constitution — Freire's efforts to build a navy — Cienfuegos, Muzi and Ferreti — First troubles with the church — Financial difficulties — Revival of the estancos — Political excitement and attempted assassinations — Congress dissolved — Troubles in the new congress — Political parties — Freire's second expedition to Chilo^ — Defeat of the royalists and the incorporation of Chilo^ into the republic, — Attempts to form a confederacy — Freire first president, Pinto vice-presi- dent — Freire resigns — Pinto assumes the office of president — The last acts of the congress — Troubles with the Araucanians — Difficulty between a British officer and a Chilean — Assem- bling of congress — Further efforts to draft a constitution — Pin- to resigns — Party agitations	201
CHAPTER II — The conservatives in power — prieto and PORTALES — freire's REVOLUTION EXPEDITION AGAINST PERU THE BATTLE OF YUNGAY Political changes and disturbances — Revolution started by Prieto — Junta formed and congress called — Vicuna, Tagle, Ovalle, Portales — Deplorable condition of the country — The battle of Lircay — Bulnes dispatched against the Pincheiras — The con- stitution of 1833 — Freire captured and banished — Santa Cruz • — Affairs in Peru and Bolivia — War with the confederation of Peru and Bolivia — Death of Portales — Defeat of Santa Cruz — Distinguished scholars — Educational matters — William Wheel- right, and the first steamers — Church dignitaries — Markets and finances . , . . . 216 CHAPTER III — The administrations of presidents bulnes and MONTT — THE CIVIL WAR OF 1859 Bulnes' cabinet — University at Santiago — Bello— Literature,