Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-02
BRAZIL.
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,esignation on one Of the last days of
the month, except the one who was
engaged in the conspiracy, the Mi
Mister for the War Department.
The Emperor was at loss how to
proceed. 1t was then that the best
disposed citizens, truly mortified,
went In mass TO present TO the En-.
neror the two Paulistas, and they and
their friends were reinstated in their
places: and the intriguers. the oppo-
cite party, were obliged to fly; some
were overtaken, and put in prison;
four were sent TO Europe, and among
them the Minister OF War. A pen
sion was awarded to every one. to be
paid i'm France, and a judicial inquest
was ordered.
This party has been described in
foreign papers as republican party.
ITO prove the contrary. the following
fact will suffice: On the 10th Febru-
AIRY, 1894, finding themselves restor-
ed at Rio de Janeiro, the ex-Minis-
ter of War was appointed Aid de-
camp to the Emperor, and created
Dignitary of the new Imperial Or
der of the Cruzeiro; and two more
Dignitaries were also created-the
name of the fourth one is not In the
government papers. If men who
Repeed crosses, ribbons. and distiuc.
tions. are republicans, then every
citizen of the United Statesls an I'm
perialist.
,nast the government went ON regn-
iarly. but the judicial inquest brought
60 prison some individuals.
A battalion, seven hundred strong,
was sent from Rio de Janeiro to Ba-
MA. in squadron commanded by an
officer of the old navy. As SOON as
thew debarked. the troops fled spirit
less to Rio de Janeiro. 1t was then
that government perceived that it
wanted new navy, and better dis
.ciniine. Lord Cnchrane was called.
and appointed commander of the
Brazilian navy.
The first Assembly in Brazil was
re united at Rio on the Sd May
The Emperor having entered the
house crowned, put, with his own
hands. the crown in a gold plate. and
then opened the session. seated on
the throne. 1t had been thus resolv>
ed by the Assembly. against the will
of the people, pronounced ia a posi-
tive manner; and in every subsequent
naper the Assembly was attacked
with so much acrimony, that it was
obliged to decree, that. an the subse-
uuent occasions when the Emperor
should open personally the Assem-.
bly. he would enter, sit down, and
deliver his speech always crowned.
For this timely resolution. the As.
sembly was appiaaded in the papers.
of the hundred designated Deputies,
the present Assembly was composed
of eighty>six: those from Maranham
and Para were not present, these two
provinces being in European hands.
The Ministry directed the Assem-
bly. The opposition, wishing to
create a party. did not succeed
They showed some disposition, tho
cautiously, to strip the crown and
priests of some of their privileges:
but in this they were defeated. The
people took the alarm, and attacked
the opposition in the papers. who
made no reply. The party against
the Ministers was reinforced by all
who had obtained nothing in the
newly created administration; by the
friends of those they were implicated
in the October cabal, and by those
whom they themselves had created,
by their naughty manners, their i'm
prudence, and their yindictive tenn.
per. The first symptom of their de-
sertien was shown, whether in the cri.
minal court. the promoters Of the Oc-
tober cabai were declared innocent,
and those deported ordered to return
Co their homes. As soon as this was
known, they were attacked in the
papers, and to hurry their own dis
grace. one of them, the elder of the
two Paulistas, had personal dispute
with the Emperor; il was relative to