New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-15

here strangely deceiyes himself or else ne aiii''
to deceive others. The fact was that ne n@'l
chance of being elected, his unPopuiaf''y
become excessive, and he only withdi9" go
canvass in which nothing awaited iliii D's
-, - ,I,o;r slffrages were cast iof nun
~ ~ aolleges would have gwen hitl az
ne tired majority of two-thlrds "hen
ie"s' '''5 49, n,rtv. being then IN possession Oh
aeS , ''--1 and having control OF the judi
me "o ...ar,ed M against him accusation OF
.,;,ocv and got him tried for it. And though
IN ibis trial not fact was adduced against MN
oxcent that two years before he had edited the
X,ney02ano, an anti-Paez paper, he was con
de1oned to death, and put in irons IN prison to
await the execution OF the sentence
Having thus got the successful candidate out
If the way, these patriots cast about for man
~ have elected in his place They sought tor
,oo who would execute their designs They
aimed to abolish the liberty of the Press to put
nm end to Universal Suffrage by requiring every
voter to know how to read and write, and to own
. certain amount of property; to organize all
,ronerty owners as the militia, giving Paez, as
I,onoctor General of that body the right to call
it nnder arms independently OF the Executive;
~ have political olenses tried by Courts Martial,
ond TINS to destroy all the bulwarks OF pop
rler freedom. They also designed that the SEN
tence of Guzman should be executed, and that
other prominent liberals should be put to death.
Thinking to find in Monagas man who would
sccompsh these schemes, they managed his cleo
tion. which took place early in the year 847
Cen Monagas arrived at Caracas and entered
n,on the duties of his Office. He was immediate
" surrounded by the members OF the Ohgarchc
faction. and carefully secluded from other lnilu-
ences A Ministry formed in their interest,
with Senior Quintero, man OF talent checked by
mn scruples, at it's head The plans OF the party
were at once developed. One OF them, Jose NJ
Roas, brought bill into the Assembly TOR the
trial of conspirators by Courts Martial. Quntero,
as Secretary of the Interior, introduced another
into the Senate depriving of the elective franchise
all who could not read and write. He also insist
ed that the sentence Of Guzman should be lul-
filled. Herrera, another Minister, besought the
President to cause six seven others, also under
sentence. TO be killed though the President had
determined to commute their punishment SUCH
was the eagerness of this Minister TO Shed
the blood of these unfortunate persons, that ne
left his Office and followed the President to his
house, to urge him again to consent to their death
as necessary 10 the satisfaction of the Oligarchal
marty. paez, at the same time, strongly urged
on his own appointment as inspector ueherai O
the Militia, and in fine, Qulntero, Pacz, Herrera
Gen. Carreno, and the whole party, Jointly ahc
separatelv, pressed forward the realization OF the
designs they had in view in securing the election
of Monagas.
But thew were mistaken in their man and then
mode of treating him. The nature oil their lmpor
tunities revolted him, and he became indignant al
the part they wished to force him to play Al
length one day in the Government House, whet
the three Ministers were insisting on his pursuin;
these measures, he rose from his chair and sad t.
them Gentlemen, what have determined Oh
shall be done no one shall be executed durlnt
nv Administration, and you will be please to
understand this fully Notwithstanding this
they still continued to hope for the death of Guz
man and for the execution Of their plans generally
But from the conduct of the President, they a
length became convinced that he would not allow
himself to be made their instrument. Accordlngl.
they gave III their resignation, one after the other
though they took care to hold on as long as poss
bile Carreno was the last thus to leave his post h
left it, as did the others, from the honorable an
humane motive that thcy could not get Guiana
kiNed
Pace and the Ogarchy were furious on indin
decidedly that the President would not enter INT
their iniquilous plans but on the contrary woul
be n great obstacle in their way. They swore I
In, -IiI ba tl.Nt N
with them by substituting for their Quintero Nil
istry q moderate one, which might even be COZ
sidered Oligarchical, In vain did he leave tn
friends of paez the Offices they held; in vain VIZ
it that he essayed to remain on good terms Wi,
the latter and the Oligarchy Paez and all b
partisans abandoned him because he would ut
kill Guzman Paez and all his partisans pretende
to consider him criminal because be refused to t
their tool; and their only thought was how
bring about his ruin.
Shortly after this appeared certain journal
called La PrenSa, FL ESpectador,. this last edite
by Quintero himsef Nc in which the Pres
dent was reviled and illuminated by the sam
pens which only few days before had extoe
and Landed him The greatest odium was stirre
up against him. An accusation OF highly rd
ulous nature, seeing the facts on which it toun
ded, was devised. Two-thirds ofthe House of Rel
resentatives were gained over to agree to adm
this accusation and to condemn him upon it, an
Paez wrote to all his partisans to be in READINGS
20 unite themselves at any given moment. Til
central point of the conspiracy was the city
Maracay When any one spoke to either of tt
conspirators, suggesting that it would be bette
that the Administration should come to an unde
standing with Paez to avoid the consequences
the struggle about to take place in Congress, the
were received with disdain, the partisans OF Pae
saying they were certain of coming of triumph
antly. The President must either be tool or
victim--there was no middle course, Whe
any of the conspirators were asked for what til
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