Upon assuming his seat as the president of the republic, Manuel Oribe pronounced his speech:[2] Honorable Senators and Representatives of the Nation: In presenting myself before you to take the oath of Law, my hearth is overwhelmed with a fear that I had not experienced even in front of the enemies.

[4] On the other hand, before being designated as minister, Villademoros was a commercial attaché before imperial Brazil, until he was elected as a deputy for Montevideo in the third legislature of the House of Representatives.

[5] Francisco Joaquín Muñoz took charge of the ministry of Finance on 21 October 1836, replacing Juan María Pérez because the latter was suffering an eyesight related health issue.

The political situation worsened after the beginning of the Ragamuffin War in 1835 in Rio Grande do Sul, because the revolutionaries had the sympathy of Lavalleja, opponent of Rivera.

In a fear that a revolutionaries' success would boost his rival into a prevailing position in the government, Rivera decided to establish relations with the imperial commander of Rio Grande do Sul.

The peace was restored and some high-profile supporters of Rivera were exiled, among them Obes and Vázquez, who refugeed in Rio de Janeiro, and they were banned from returning to Uruguay.

Regarding to the lieutenants who fought for Rivera, Oribe dediced in a conciliatorly way to agreed to their clemency request, what led him to win the respect of his adversaries.

96 of 16 June 1835, where the General Assembly authorized the Executive Power to proceed with this purpose in the way it deemed "compatible with the public tranquility and circumstances of the treasury".

According to Eduardo Acevedo, this condition was strange, if it was taken into account that the core of the Lavalleja revolutionary movement was settled in Buenos Aires, but in his opinion it was consistent with the new solidarity policy between the two countries that Rosas promoted and Oribe accepted.

[11] Given these decrees, Juan Antonio Lavalleja requested from Buenos Aires to be returned his goods seized due to the armed uprisings during the presidency of Rivera he was part of, or a compensation for them.

126 of 21 June 1836 authorized the Executive Power to pay all the occupied properties due to political reasons of the 1832 and 1833 revolutions, prior legal justification and in a way the treasure was able to provide funds.

During that period, Oribe, before being elected as the president of the republic, requested the adoption of measures to alleviate the situation, such as to sign a treaty of commerce with Great Britain in order to be able to obtain later a loan that it could save the country's funds.

Also it was proposed to create a tax to the livestock industry, proportional to the profits obtained in that market, calculated on the 33% of the capital, and that taxation base would double in peacetime.

On the other hand, the minister proposed to establish taxes on the rents of urban real estate, considering the recent increase of the population.

At the end, this census could not be completed because the rebellion led by Fructuoso Rivera arose, leaving Cerro Largo, Colonia and Paysandú without being recorded.

81 of 19 March 1835 granted pensions to the widows of deceased military chiefs and officers of the army, and if that was not possible, to their sons under 21 years of age or daughters while they would not marry.

122 of 3 June 1836, the General Assembly awarded to José Artigas, after a request by his son José María Artigas, the lands located between the Arerunguá, Cañas and Isla de Vera streams, covering an area of about fifteen and five sixths square leagues, in addition of granting him an exemption from any taxes on that estate.

This law was relevant because it was the first time, and the only one with José Artigas still alive, where the Uruguayan state paid homage to him and recognized his services provided during the revolutionary era.

[29][30] Artigas requested in 1805 before the General Commander of the Campaign, Francisco Javier de Viana, an estate from the public lands located between the Arapey Grande river and the Arerunguá and Valentín streams, under the jurisdiction of Belén.

When he was about to take possession of the lands in 1811, he put aside his material interests to present himself before the First Junta, and that led him to lose his claim because of the patriotic cause.

José María Artigas tried again to submit a claiming action during the first presidency of Fructuoso Rivera, but asking for an exemption of the new rate established by the recently approved emphyteusis law because he was unable to pay that high.

[30] During the efforts to obtain a loan to cover the existing public debts (see above in "Economy and finance"), president Oribe took the opportunity to establish relations with Spain and the United Kingdom.

In order to do that, Juan Francisco Giró was appointed as a minister plenipotentiary before the Court of Madrid and as a confidential agent before the British government in London, for the purpose of getting the recognition of independence by Spain and establishing with the United Kingdom a free trade agreement.

[31] For the recognition of Uruguay's independence by Spain, in theory promising because of the previous recognitions of Mexico, Chile and Venezuela, Giró was ordered that he had to reject any proposal that did not recognize the independence, but he was allowed to accept a proposal that indirectly recognize it, such as with a free trade agreement, only if there were similar previous cases of other Latin American countries.

[31] On the relationship with the United Kingdom, the precedents were not promising, because the negotiations started during the interim administration of Anaya by the minister Obes, the British representative Hamilton had proposed a trade treaty whose provisions were similar of those signed with other Latin American countries, that included issues such as privileges for English products, exemptions from customs rights and exceptions for British citizens regarding matters such as the freedom to profess their own religion; and these terms were evidently injuring the sovereignty and interests of Latin American countries in their respective cases.

Except for the religious issue, because of the other matters that gave the English people a clause of the most favored nation, this proposal ended up being rejected by the Uruguayan authorities in January 1835.

But in London there was some mistrust towards the South American countries but specially towards Uruguay due to its unstable political and financial situation.

[31] In 1836, based on the negotiations promoted by the consul of France before Uruguay, Raymond Baradère, a preliminary agreement was signed to a treaty of commerce and navigation, that agreed to grant each signing nation the quality of "most favored nation" regarding diplomatic agents, persons, goods and ships, and also allowed consuls to demand the arrest of deserting sailors on board.

[31] On 24 October 1838, Oribe appeared before the General Assembly to present his resignation, as it was agreed at the Peace Convention signed on 21 October 1838 in Miguelete after the several internal revolutions, where he argued he did because it was needed to reach the national convenience and tranquility, but under protest accusing the French, that recently was blockading the federalist government in Buenos Aires (allied of Oribe's government) with her navy, for having influenced his resignation.