The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-11-20

their place eight oligarchs to control thereby the City
Council, which has great Intervention in the primary
the plea that few days previous the members
were discussing or formulating accusation against
nling the capital with them during the term Of the
elections All corporations and private citizens have
in Venezuela the right of petition and accusation ;
and the executive has by no means direct Jurisdiction
the City Councils acts Notwithstanding this high
handed proceeding Of soubette the suspended members
every body with the authority Of the law and fundamen
tai charter of the ilegalty Of their suspension and
members had for reply, the scorn of soublette and
that Of the ogarchs while the liberals remained patient
enduring this and many other abuses Of power confident
in the triumph that insured them their legal tenold ma
jority The election at last Off and the general
suffrage gave the liberals throughout the republic
votes canvasssd in spite of the many and unheard Of
tricks and abuses of power employed by the admntrs
its sovereign mandate, that called A. L. Guzman to the
Presidential chair with the authority of enormous
clear and legal majority over j. Manages the cand
dates that obtained few scattered votes The intruder
and criminal City Council of Caracas chiefly composed
petsnt authority the greatest part the liberal
electors, Especially the very lawful President A. L.
and Districts where the liberals had large maorities
All the infamous and criminal proceedings dictated
to Soublete by Paez who as customary took good
to dsappOve through private letters Gntended to be
This is the whom his aatterers and he too calls
high treason and iniamy Of SOubettes administration
the liberals fell into the supor which forebodes violent
Indignation but the eloquent and patriotic Guzman ar
more bent on peace and legal resorts than the docrna
rian OConneD quieed them, and through the instiga
ton of some Of Paezs friends to whom Paez had shown
desire OF having interview with Guzman for
the purpose Of bringing to right aud replacing the
nation in its normal political estate-this patriotic
Guzman, well of the danger of this inter-
view, went forthwith towards the remote residence
Of Paez in the interior Of the country in the delusive
hope that, Pasz, once listening to justice and
self convenience, would withdraw his imperative decree
that through the fundamentally of Soubette doomed
the whole nation to social cataclism. When Guzman
was within few miles of the residence of Paez this po
litical Jesuit (who till then had official commssion)
had carefully provided himself few days before with
very discretional one from his football soublete doubt
less to entrap the heroic Guzman the friends Of whom
cerainng this fact hurried him back Caracas
where he had to conceal himself for Soublete invested
himself with dctaoral powers and issued DEGREES for
his apprehension and that of his political supporters
likewise for the persecution and determination of the
liberal party throughout the whole country These
the causes OF the late revolution in Venezuela, still
singular than its origin for seldom is found in political
history governments tearing down their institutions
from which only they derive power and Legitimacy and
prosecuting and hunting like game the portion Of the
people which observes and supports the fundamental
laws. VERITAS.