 Due to this situation, he retired from active political life and continued defending his ideas and the promotion of his federalist ideal until the end of his life from the pages of his newspaper.In 1843 the government acknowledged his eminent services by appointing him as first judge of the supreme court and member of the faculty of law of the Universidad de Chile, but he refused both appointments.Also in 1843, at the age of 65, he got married for the first time, to Rosa Munita.