The conservative Reds effectively employ their numerical…

The conservative Reds effectively employ their numerical superiority in the capital to force the restoration of Báez, who returns triumphantly from exile and assumes the presidency on December 8, 1865.

However, he is unable to assert the kind of dictatorial control over the whole nation that he and Santana had once alternately enjoyed because power has been diffused, particularly between the opposing poles of the Cibao and the south.