Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-02

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Pie dissolution oftbe Assembly was
viewed in St. Pau..o, Minas, ST. Cathe
rina, Rio Grande. and Bahia, as pru-
dent and necessary measure. AT Per.
nambuco they th 9ught 80 at the nrst
moment, and as a proof, reaPPoin.ed,
the same deputies, but man 'nsrnaeo
himself 10 the government, who disPu'
ted the mower of the President appoint.
ed at Rio de Jans'ro. The pnoiic tran
qoiIity will, however, be restored very
soon az too frigates viii appear OFT The
mort ia the end of March. The opinion
Of the rest of theprovinees was receiV.
ed ct Rio de Janeiro: and the PROJECT OF
3 copsti,u.ion, as will be seen below,
was sworn 20 by the Emperor and At
tornsysof Che different cities and towns,
in March last, as was reported at Phila.
delphla by the schr. Herman, arrived
there in S. days from the capital OF the
Brazilian Empire.
Tine Emperor, with the Ministers,
ind Council Of State, now administer
the government. they have, in forty
DAYS. presented to The people the pro-
iect of constitution. the best adapted
to the charac e.. manners, end feel.
ings of the BraziIians. 1t is framed on
the American and English consti,u.
tons, with the pew feature of a fourth
power, called moderative. 1t was sent
to every part OF the country to be ex'
amined, and corrected, or approved,
according to the general will. In this,
the Brazilian Magma Charta, the poll
tical powers are divided into Leglsla
tive, Modera,ive, Executive, and Judl.
cial. All these powers are considered
as delegated by the nation. The Roman
Catholic is the National Religion, all
the different communiOns can be e1er.
cised in particular. The Legislative
Power 10 divined into two chambers,
Representative and Senate. Every
election for Representatives is Tor the
term of four years, and in every year
four months. To be voter, man
must be native Brigham. or naturally
cd: he must have an income OF y l75 per
year, earned by industry, or employ
mont; must be twenty-five years old,
or be married, or be Bachelor IN
Sciences, or q Priest. TO be Depu'
ty, man must have $500 per year,
earned in the same manner, and be
native Braziliss.
The Senate is appointed for life. 1t
is composed of half the number of the
Deputies. They are appointed by the
same voters 10 triple lists, and the En-
peror makes the choice from thsm. The
Senator must be forty years Of age. and
enjoys thousand dollars per year from
the same source. The moderative pow
err is conGded personally to the Empe.
ror: he exercises that power when he
chooses the Senators from the triple
lists: when he coDvokes the General
Assembly in extraordinary cases "he
he sanctions the laws when he adjoorns
or proroeues the Assembly: when he
dissolves the Chsmber of Deputies on
iy, oonvoklng, simultaneously, another:
and when he moderstes the cslmiDal
judgments.
Bills, after passing the two houses,
mus, be approved within SO days; if not
objected to, they are laws: but if in
these thirty days, they are not approved
then they can be passed in two conse
cutive Legislatures, and, that being
done, they are laws, although not ap>
proved Therefore, the Emperor, in
framing laws, has less power than the
ma iority of the Chambers.
The Executive power lie the Admins
tratiOn, the Emperor has authority to
appoint and dismiss Ministers; they are
responsible to the Assembly;a written
order from the Emperor cannot exempt
them. All other places under govern
ment are for life and good behavior. A
Council Of State, consisting of ten mem
bers, appointed by the Emperor, is con.
sidered as part Of the Administrations;
they my be punished by the General
Assembly for their illegal advice.
The Judicial Power is independent,
and is confded to lawyers; they are ap-
pointed during good behavior. Trial
by Jury is established in criminal and
civil cases. The liberty of the press,
regulated by lave against lbels, is also
established.
No person can be prosecuted for re-