The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-27

caused by the action OF tne coisoi Sosa,s ~
swnde Of isss' would bring a6Sg a.s inc Ge same
Also Gave the Unfortunate Ministry the benefit OF his
laundering animadyersions and sald ne wou'a vote
for s.denvng them bread and water, ana II IL were
nnssihle he would vote for denying them light and
airO ON the ministerial side spoke farannos, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs; Sayam Lobat0, OF the
nrnvnce of Rio JanerO the thousand FOUNDER OF the
conservatives who scarided the Old Ministry and
the liberals unmercilully the visconae de itaSorahy
stry would accept the vote OF CONFIDENCE as equiva
lent to refusal to give It supplies, and after few
Alagoas the debate was closed and the vote Of mo
confidence" was carried by eighty-five to ten.
The scene in the Chamber OF Deputies during the
debate was extraordinarily excited. The galleries
crowded with friends OF the liberals and there
were even to be seen some ladies, most unusual
circumstance in Brazil. The floor Of the House pre-
scented rather the appearance Of madmen's meet
Ing than the assembly of legislators and grave
statesmen debating great constitutional question.
The cheers and uproar were tremendous Members
were screaming out asides, dozens at time gesticu
IIatng shouting and even f0aming at the mouth
beloved against the Emperor, and fists were
shaken at the Minister'S who. with the
the pilory to the insults OF mob. stood in their
places with the air Of men who knew that nothing
they could say would have effect. And when the
result OF the voting was announced cheers upon
cheers burst from the gallery and door and were
taken up and reverberated by the great crowd as
senbled outside. 1t was great triumph for the
liberal party but the conservatives had their COM
pensatiOn Next day the Emperor signed the decree
OF dissolution and at the next session the Chamber
OF Deputies dissolved TO meet again upon the
81 OF May-how constituted when IL meets again
those who understand the wire working of Brazilian
elections need prophetic vision to foresee.
The liberals are greatly mortified by the Emperor's
not accepting the solution they had hoped for wnen
they made the issue a matter OF life and death,
which they battered themselves would result in the
formation OF liberal Ministry. But the issue they
raised was in point of fact q matter OF life and
death TO them, Tor dissolution was sure to be re-
sorted 10 sooner or later by a conservative Minis
try; and as was acknowledged by both parties dur
ing the de0ae, a Ministry can elect in Brazil a
Chamber OF Deputies OF any kind it wants. Sub
servence to the Ministry would not have saved
them, and consequently they played their solitary
trump, which, although nigh one was outnun-
bered and they lost their game OF brag. and with 1t
the supremacy they had held for many years.
The result, we fear, will not be beneficial to Brazil,
for to the liberal party are due all the reforms de-
fcent as they are, initiated in this country. Even
the centralzing policy pursued by It's governments
for long time past has its defensibie side. 1t was
the same which actuated Richelien when, in the
reign of Louis XIII, he broke down the power Of the
great feudatories OF France The victories of pro-
gress in Brazil have been mainly won by her liberal
statesmen from the inertia and i-will of the great
landed and slaveocratlc interest by INSCRIPTIONS
use of the powerful engine furnished by an all per-
vadlng system OF bureaucracy and Capitalization;
but, like all such weapons, founded upon the depra-
walton OF the principle Of representative government
1t Is double edged one, and 1t will enable the in
coming petrogpad les TO new me power away RON
As the new ministry enters upon its functions
meet the expenditures of the current fiscal year, it
Is placed In the position Of being forced to
without an authorization, and to make lcyies of
men without having legislative authority to dispose
OF the lives and fortunes OF the people. But we
must allow, what difference Is there In reality be-
tween this course and that OF the ordinary state OF
things so long as Brazilian government can elect
its Chamber Of Deputies to approve OF It's acts2
The great needs at present are money and men.
Brazilian greenbackS must continue to provide the
rst and for the latter want 1t is believed that call
IA "a nnpa ms
the national guard and that II the men refuse to go
into quarters to be designated will be dissolved and
recruiting agents whenever found. There Is, how
ever, another source, but OF slower utilization,
whence large number OF men may yet be drawn
guard or to suspending the numerous exemptions
allowed to commerce, bureaus and the let-
tered class that is TO say, from the preserves
OF men who HAD been protected by influential men
OF the liberal persuasion-the Clientelle-whlch all
influential men In Brazil find useful to them as
voters as doors OF dirty work even murders) and
cheap laborers on their plantations and who are of
choice lies between devotion to u great man and
dying In a Paraguayan swamp. The tables being
turned the liberal preserves Will be shot oyer, as the
conservative ones had been for two or three years
past, and the result Will be doubly grateful TO the
winning party by catching men and weakening the
electoral power OF their opponents. AS the
law provides that recruiting must be suspended
for sixty days before elections the new Chamber
Is not 10 be called together by March-as 1t might
easily, aud ought to be-so that more time win be
allowed for manipulations. Nine senatorial appoint-
ments have SIM TO be made. which 1t Is probable the
Emperor viii divide equally between the two parties,
he practised In the OF the Minas Geraes and
Rio Grande do Norte senatorships, appointing Lobo
liberal to the first, and SALES Torres Homem con-
The manifesto OF General Webb has not called
forth yet any authoritative reply In fact ii is
derstoOd that pressure brought to bear upon the
newspapers OF the city to make no comments nor
allow communications to be inserted, although it
was translated and published In Portuguese In
the Didrto do Rio de Janeiro. But it did
not the less create sensation among the public, and
fairs at the time the Caroline claim revived, two
years after Paranhos rejection OF II, had moved for
papers for the purpose OF showing that he was not
responsible for the two years. delay complained OF in
reviewing IT, IL is probable there would have been
complete opening up OF the matter had 1t not been
for the dissolution coming OF meantime The pass
ing Of the Wasp up the Paraguay is still unsettled,
but the General IL resolved To have the gunboat up
despite of Caxias' obstinacy and has pressed the
new government for an immediate decision, as, In
accordance with his Instructions from Washington,
he viii upon August demand his passports II the
ministry pes not yield and permit her ascent
AZ tue conservatives are opposed TO freeing the
slaves and 10 taking any steps towards such OBJ
jet we may look upon emancipation as killed for
the present unless direct outside pressure be ex-
erted upon the Brazilian government. The ideas OF
the Zacharias ministry were declaring all the births
after certain future date TO be free az 10 get rid
OF slavery entirely when the generation then exist
inc would be extinct; This matter however, IL did not
intend to take in hands until the war was over and
the army returned, that In case OF any troubles
through the excitement OF the slaves or OF the
slaveowners the means might be at hand to re-
formally before the Assembly the only emancipation
speech pronounced was that OF the old senator the
Nlscondc ne Jeiuitinnonha, now sevcnty-four years
OF age VINO was The earliest advocate OF stopping the
slave trade, losing his reelection in bahia in 1882 by
ms speeches agalnst II, and VINO, while Minister of
justice, was mainly the cause OF stopping the Illicit
traffic carried on with The connivance Of local au-
thorites.
The last news heard from Prince Philippe OF SAKE,
ana his brother, the Duke, dates about the lst OF
July. when they were on the point of taking boat and
descending the san Francisco. from Minas Ceraes
to the falls OF ID. Alfonso after visiting which thew
would follow the river by land down TO Penedo
where steamboat from Bahia would meet
them and take them 10 that city The
same trip has been made by several persons
within two three years. and as a. the steamers
on the way are got TO the Vellas and Upper san
Francisco, Il Will be very agreeable excursion 10 20
TO Sahara, III Minas Geraes and return by the san
Francisco. The Comte d'Eu and his consort tic
Prime IS imperial. got back to Rio on the l5th hav.
ing been rambling for the previous ak weeks In the
province OF Rio de Janero Jenkens, OF course,