The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-01

] II, 1870 having StuIscuE tiIlE pCOu
am some i'll with the monks. he abandon
edtheoiogy for jurisprudence, and became
anacVoeate He signalized himself in this
PROFESSION ny courage and probity; defend
4 Ing the Feeble against the strong the poor
I galnsi Inc rich; refusing unjust cases, and
showing, above al, 4 Gisiatcrestedness Of
the most noble. kind. 1T the same time he
was given to gaming, and was great lib
crime. lie kept single, repelling all ten
der attachments, and avoiding all friend
sfnfs. itaTiag nothing TO learn from his
conPatrlots, he led life of isolation; and
heace the int!exible severity of his charac-
ter, and those accessions of dark passions
Wheh frequently rise to delirium. He had.
Whfn the revolution tool, place, already
hiiql municipal Offices, and enjoyed a de-
grf OF consideration. The government of
theJunta was one series of folly. disorder
and VIOLENCE; there was not one man in
Paraguay who had enc political idea, but
Francia, who had some good ones, and a
great many bad. a keen-sighted patriot,
of whom it was asked what was liberty, got
out of the difficulty by saying, that it was
faith, hope md charity After having
created for themselves military ranks, and
planned groesqGe uniforms, after having
l..i;ss..,a. :..2:.?shot great number, without
knowing WY the members Of the iunta,
not seeingany thing else to pass the time,
convokeJa new Congress, which proclaim
ed reEblic after the model of Buenos
4 Ayres. But 10 one, except ar. Francia,
knew chat a republic was, and he had
copy Of The Roman History by ous good
RollY. It was there, that he souehs for
the iables Of the law. In fact, Francia
shq?ed the Paraguaise Deputies how there
woe at Rome temporary Magistrates and
| C4suls. The Doctor was the oracle of
thSe benevolent Legislators, and thus he
acquired his influence. Two Consuls were
Grated; he was second the first was a
wealthy proprietor, but Francia very soon
succeeded in making himself first Consul
lnfact-the names Of Cesar and Pompey,
intwo easy chairs, which were honored
wEh the titles of curule chairs Francia
So down first, without ceremony, in the
esy chair of Cesar, eCd left that of Pom
Ply TO his colleague they were to hold
alternately every four months the supreme
althority; Francia SO arranged matters as
tehoid It nearly the whole year, by sitting
| q OF right during the first four months. and
| dc four last months also. He reduced
ter finances to system, organised the
militia, combatted the insiduous ATTEMPTS of
Blelos Ayres, which was frequently plot
tingsRgalnst hin but he soon grew we@Tv
OF tie consulate, and, in 1874, ,b1ving per-
suafd the Congress that there ought to be
but eie chief, he again showed in the Ro-
MAJ History, how the republic was saved
9y ne dictatorship, and got himself named
| DicRter for tl - =, arder 70 save
PgagGay. This was not. h c;re;Sr. ac-
coAplished without skill and difficulty, for
-!tha! we're inclined TO elect his COLLEAGUE ::
buthe knew how to choose his time and
opFrtun1ry, and he had, moreover. SIR
rounded the church in which the Congress
satwith hundred picked soldiers.
He received the title of Excellency, with
anhHQual allowance of 9,C00 piastres, of
which he would only accept the third part,
| for disinterestedness is the only virtue he
| has retained. t'rom the moment of his
enering on the caTser of public life, lie
hal abandoned gaming and women; the
loP of power was thenceforth his sole pas
SID. Meanwhile, in 1877, his Dictorship
expired; he got a Congress of docile sub
jeds elected, by whom he was nominated
Ditator for life; he then threw off the
max. He was opposed and murmured
against. He put the malecontents into
chans, and made his guards salute with
bloF of the fiat of their sabres every one
wht did not stand aside when he passed.
At frst he shed no blood, but very soon he.
cruelty burst forth against the prisoners Of
the State. The wealthy classes were prin-
tipally exposed to his attacks, but the poor
tlasses were not sheltered from them
| lie frequently transported them in hundreds
q 81 ti.c cccian;as, Which he had founded on
the borders; yet tranquility still existed,
and crimes were punished, although terror
Ibid not fail 20 reign. A conspiracy, stirred
up among the patriots by the emissaries of
IBuenos Ayres, was divulged by confess
lsor. Francia on sudden doubled his
guards, arrested all those denounced, all
Those suspected, all those who had not the
good luck to be in his good graces. The
prisons were erammed, every kind of tor
ture was exercised on the captiyes, and the
RexecutionS have not yet terminated. Fran
Oia is reeo.iiaaiiy present at them, and always
mingling economy with his ferocity, he
gives ont no more than three ball cart
ridges to shoot one man, and it is often
| necessary to dispatch the poor wretch with
the bayonet. The streets of Assumption
were narrow and crooked he made them
Ito be pulled down, to throw open whatever
appeared calculated to shelter a conspira-
tor Since that time, that capital has fire.
quently presented the appearance of city
bombarded, exhibiting merely heap of
rubbish. No indemnity has ever been CIV
en- to the proprietors; they are even forced
to pull dawn their houses at their own cosss,
pader penalty of seeing them pillaged and
RACED officially by public criminals. At
I that time, Francia himself was often seen
conducting the patrol through the streets,
and afterwards retiring to rest in bar
rack room for safety. Since then he has
become difficult of access, using as intro
Queer the sergeant of the guard, and Civ
ing orders to the watch of his palace to fire
on any one that stands still to look at it,
and threatening the watch themselves with
summary punishment if they do not take
rood aim. Never was there such tyrant