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Corrientes. This effectively nullified López Jordán’s military triumph. The dissident federalist paper, La Nación Argentina, accused Urquiza of “leaving his friend hanging [colgados].” The article ominously warned that “his allies in Entre Ríos would no longer accompany him in this politics of muddied waters.” 37 López Jordán announced his resignation from his command in disgust. Urquiza was no longer able to restrain the two warring sides without loosing the complete faith of the radical members of his own party. Little hope remained for his project of negotiating a solution to the relationship between his province and the national government. Rather, López Jordán made it clear that their relationship would have to be determined through force. Throughout 1869, López Jordán and his allies laid the groundwork for political revolution in Entre Ríos. In mid-April of 1870, Urquiza’s efforts to reconcile federalist autonomy with national destinies came to a violent end. On the night of 11 April 1870, a group of some thirty men entered Urquiza’s residence shouting “viva López Jordán, death to the traitor Urquiza.” 38 After a few brief moments of confusion, the men located Urquiza and shot him four or five times as he attempted to arm himself in his study. The leader of Entre Ríos for the past thirty years was dead. A similar uprising in Concordia resulted in the murder of two of Urquiza’s sons, Waldino and Justo Carmelo. With the uprising under way, López Jordán issued a proclamation to local officials advising them that he would maintain “order and the law until the constitutional authorities in the province could assemble themselves.” 39 The dramatic decline in Urquiza’s personal reputation had certainly facilitated his killing. Even at the time of his death, however, the entrerriano leader remained a lynchpin in 37 Ibid., 151. 38 Bosch, Urquiza y Su Tiempo, 713. 39 Ibid. 314
the reciprocal trading relationships at the heart of borderlands legalities. News of his murder produced shock and paralysis throughout the Río de la Plata borderlands. López Jordán attempted to take advantage of the confusion. His allies gained control of the provincial legislature and elected him provisional governor. While López Jordán clearly hoped to keep the national government at bay, Urquiza’s assassination also ended the implicit bargain guaranteeing the province’s relative autonomy from porteño control. Sarmiento ordered national troops into Entre Ríos for the first time, finally producing the intervention that Urquiza had labored for the past decade to avoid. The subsequent campaign also dramatically revealed what Urquiza had recognized throughout his political maneuverings in the 1860s – the growing power of the national government to impose order on its peripheries. Despite his prominence in the province, López Jordán consistently lacked the resources to mount anything beyond a guerrilla campaign. When he did confront national forces directly, his irregular mounted forces faced an increasingly well-armed and professional national army. At Santa Rosa, near Urquiza’s old capital of Concepción del Uruguay, the introduction of new Remington rifles and Krupp cannons decimated López Jordán’s ranks. 40 Within a year, López Jordán had been largely driven from Entre Ríos. He made a last attempt to salvage his federalist revolution by invading Corrientes. At Ñaembé, López Jordán confronted combined correntino and national forces. The latter, under the command of future Argentine President Julio A. Roca, laid down accurate and devastating fire on the entrerriano cavalry. With his forces destroyed, López Jordán fled across the Uruguay River into the Estado Oriental and eventually Rio Grande do Sul. 41 40 Salduna, La Reblelión Jordanista, 301, Newton, Ricardo López Jordán, 122-23. 41 Salduna, La Reblelión Jordanista, 320-23. 315
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the reciprocal trading relationships at the heart of borderlands legalities. News of his murder<br />
produced shock and paralysis throughout the Río de la Plata borderlands. López Jordán<br />
attempted to take advantage of the confusion. His allies gained control of the provincial<br />
legislature and elected him provisional governor. While López Jordán clearly hoped to keep<br />
the national government at bay, Urquiza’s assassination also ended the implicit bargain<br />
guaranteeing the province’s relative autonomy from porteño control. Sarmiento ordered<br />
national troops into Entre Ríos for the first time, finally producing the intervention that<br />
Urquiza had labored for the past decade to avoid.<br />
The subsequent campaign also dramatically revealed what Urquiza had recognized<br />
throughout his political maneuverings in the 1860s – the growing power of the national<br />
government to impose order on its peripheries. Despite his prominence in the province,<br />
López Jordán consistently lacked the resources to mount anything beyond a guerrilla<br />
campaign. When he did confront national forces directly, his irregular mounted forces faced<br />
an increasingly well-armed and professional national army. At Santa Rosa, near Urquiza’s<br />
old capital of Concepción del Uruguay, the introduction of new Remington rifles and Krupp<br />
cannons decimated López Jordán’s ranks. 40 Within a year, López Jordán had been largely<br />
driven from Entre Ríos. He made a last attempt to salvage his federalist revolution by<br />
invading Corrientes. At Ñaembé, López Jordán confronted combined correntino and national<br />
forces. The latter, under the command of future Argentine President Julio A. Roca, laid<br />
down accurate and devastating fire on the entrerriano cavalry. With his forces destroyed,<br />
López Jordán fled across the Uruguay River into the Estado Oriental and eventually Rio<br />
Grande do Sul. 41<br />
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40 Salduna, La Reblelión Jordanista, 301, Newton, Ricardo López Jordán, 122-23.<br />
41 Salduna, La Reblelión Jordanista, 320-23.<br />
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