 Following the Sonderbund War, ( brief civil war where a group of cantons unhappy with domination by Bern attempted to leave the Swiss Confederation and were stopped by a Federal army) the new Cantonal Constitution of 1848 made Bulle the capital of the Gruyère district.During the 1853 elections, which punished the radicals for their political excesses, the city was the scene of violence.Violent clashes in Bulle between radicals and conservatives lasted the entire 19th century.