According to the government of the moment in the Slaughterhouse, it relates in a few words what the life back then.

The abuse of power is a theme that runs through all of "The Slaughterhouse". On the one hand, we see it reflected in how the church forbids the consumption of meat during Lent, but is not as demanding of the Restorer and his helpers. On the other hand, there is the Judge, who imposes order within the slaughterhouse, but who is partial and serves the interests of the Restorer. We also have Matasiete, who backed by his federal comrades and abusing his physical strength, subdues the young Unitarian and humiliates him by threatening him with death. Finally, there is the Restorer. Although he never appears concretely in the story, we do have access to the consequences that arise from his government actions. And these consequences, for Echeverría and the rest of the Unitarians, are clearly undemocratic and an obvious symptom of the abuse of power exercised by the Restorer. It should be clarified that Juan Manuel de Rosas, on whom the character of the Restorer is based, received in 1835 "the sum of public power". This gave him freedom to act against his opponents, the Unitarians, a fact that Echeverría denounces through "El matadero".