The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-23
BRAZIL.
A Season Of Excitement-The Dimculty
Between Minister webb and the Zack-
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Between Minister Webb and the Zack-
The New York Times correspondent writes
on the 25th ult. OF the difficulty between Minis
ter Webb and the Zackarias officials:- 'A'
1t appears that General Webb has been gra-
dually wipiDg out the old claims against Brazil
by compromise, when il was possible, on the
ground that all such claims OF long standing
are sure to lead to difficulty. He has settled
three OF biteen sixteen, and twenty years stand
last which was Settled In November was not
accomplished without threat of suspending
diplomatic relations. The world, howevef,
knew nothing of all this, and his colleagues Of
the diplomatic corps were not little. surprised
TO learn that so much, had been accomplished
without anything being known on the subject.
asrent sne 81 ot every session the
printed and laid upon the tables of members
their annual reports or 'relatorios.n That of
the Foreign Office contained letter from the
Minister respecting the claim for damages In the
case of the Caroline, of twenty year, standing,
alter al offer to pay In part had conceded the
justice Of the claim. General Webb wrote a
sharp despatch In response, charging the Gov
ernment with having acted uniustly and often
sively toward him and his Government aud
threatened TO suspend diplomatic relations with
Brazil till he could hear from Washington,
unless the claim was paid. Then followed a
letter from the Minister, resembling his former
decision and agreeing to pay.
The opposition very naturally and justly laid
hold of this to assail the Ministers and they did
General Webb, and abused him r0undly for
having coerced them into payment. And in the
midst OF the excitement Zackarias, the Premier,
who is an open hater of the United States, de-
scribed 1t as "a Government of bowie knives
and revolvers." This was in a general debate
upon liberty, and the accountability of all Gov
ernments to the people, in which the United
States was unnecessarily dragged in by Zackarias
observation-disclosures does the member want?
Would he have us change the Government of
Brazil so as to resemble that of the North-a
lxx.. L.
This was on the 9th OF May; but Zackarias
did not report his speech until the 4th of June,
and then so emasculated 1t that 1t simply
charged that questions were settled in the
United States by the revolver" leaving 1t
questionable whether he referred to the Govern
ment or individuals. 1t was known that General
Webb had publicly sent to the editor of the
Daar'o for q report of the Premier's speech, and
the story was rife that he had been challenged,
etc.
On the 9Th of July General Webb made a pub
lication in the Br0zptdn Times which COM
pletely vindicated his Government, and put an
end to the excitement which the Ministry had
succeeded in raising. to secure themselves from
censure. That publication enclose, and it gave
universal satisfaction, damaging the Ministry
Then came the intelligence that the Marquis
of Caxias, the Commander in-Chief of the allied
forces In Paraguay, had, after OBTAINING the
to let her pass his lines of blockade TO go to
Asuncion for Minister Washburn, by direction
of the United States Government. This made
matters look squally. General Webb demanded
that she should be permitted to pass as a right,
there being no other mode by which his Gov
ernment could reach their diplomatic agent in
Asuncion. The Government decided at once
that she should not pass; but they refused to
give your Minister any reply until the 9th of
July, after tie sailing of the steamer South
General Webb, on the 18th, reiterated his
demand, and gave them eight days to determine
whether they would permit the Wasp to go up,
or whether they would send him his passport to
return to the United States They were not
prepared for this. .....
II left them no alternative but to reverse the
decision they had SO promptly made and osten-
tatiously proclaimed, quarrel with the United
States, or resign. They sent in their resignations
on the evening of the 18th, and then pretended
10 the Chambers that they had resigned because
the Emperor had exercised his constitutional
prerogative and selected as Senator for life a
Cons q uafi1e instead Of q Iiherali