The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-26
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authority - taIs Burton, ~ lt.aas
square s.aaish ls4gaes That cx
tent : sdiei iy Us 6raig fr 10
Part ofihs Grau Ctaca lsioagitg Is 4
Pafsgaa4, Isl tile possession i
fmuls hnrital Ibs population 1
night te iafrn before The war s.
4SlN0. q uhom about 2e0 .oo0t
hav, persisted saea 1860 There /
reH sin, then. - $4,000 women /
ard children snd $4,000 men. III
l. almost Uncomfortable that with i
zach : population and sueh = terri /
{ ~. accessible as i IL through iis
large afd natigable streams Lopez
shoul3 hate been mad enough io
take initiative Ia Nhr Agaiusl such |
81 empire a. Bu I'll. with force II
regular iroor,s and national guard
amounting 10 64G.OO0 men. assisted
81 sie Argcpiinc confederation and
Uruguay republics which would die
pose II another J0.00o soldiers No.
doubt Tie very audaciil u the Para
guayan president cites sympathy,
bot i must bc remembered that he
sacrificed = peaceful and contented
people not ID defense II ,lieir coun-
lrY aud their homes, bui ID support
Of hls own aggression. Capt Bur-
ton divides tie war into three PEE
RODS. The frs; is the offensive p0r-
ton, 10 which Lopez raised an army
II 5000 men, ia consequence Of the
invasion Of the Banda Oriental by
Brazilian troops, aud marched q
corps d'armee $4,000 strong, under
Gen. Robes. aud another $4,000
strong. under Col. Estigsrribia, down
the rivers paraua and Uruguay. in
tending them 60 mite at Concordis,
and then occupy Bnenos Aytes. The
second period, The defensive, COM
menced with the end Of October,
1865, when the survivors Of the de-
fcaied corps returned 10 the presi-
dent, and Il lasted until the battle of
Iona Valentino, on December 2j--
~, 1868, when Lopez Tough, and
lost decisive battle. The third, or
guerilla period, has just ended with
the disappearance q Lopez beyond
tho Apa river; and il is to be hoped
the wilderness las swallowed Up the
seapegoat, with AL the sins OF TIL.
carnage 81 FIVE years upon him.
Capt Burton, Is is we'll known,
has been transferred to the consulate
Of Damascus Bat he Was ii rec
years and half in Brazil, aud dur
ing that time lie made two visits to
the scat Of war. The fret from the
18th o. August 10 the 9th Of Septem-
her, 1868, led him to the mouth of
the Tebicuary river, when the Par
aguaysn batteries Of San Fernando
were being storm ed. The second
lasted from the 9th To the 2Sth OF
April, 1869, when the drama was
near its end. lie had therefore the
best opportunities Of studying the
subject, and being personally ac-
quainted with the leading officers Of
the sllied army, and having seen the
private documents taken from Lo-
PEI, We may fairly assume that his
Judgment il correct. OF courfe. the
Chief interest Of the yolnme centers
on Lopez himself a chief Of very re-
markahle character, who exercised a
dcspotic power over valiant and
submissive people. II Is instructive
to see how, in snch q position, a man
with the best aspirations and Of a
kindly nature is driven in spite of
hmself TO play the tyrant and TO
det DIS which he hinseli must regard
with adherence. IL il the story OF
Theodore over again, the story Of
oTery one who, having risen TO alb
solnte power, finds himself compell-
ed to sacrifice ihe lives Of others in
.elf-deiense. Blood once she'd in.
difference grows apnce In the pa
pers taken from the carriage Of 10
peg are Il death-warrauts Of many
a soldier for such otlenses as repeat
ing the sayings the cpeny. Worse
still, "ihe mothers or ives OF the
hraveet officers, who were compel
ed by the fate Of war a. yield them.
selves prisoners, were forced public
~ to disown their sons and husbands
as traitors, ard, failing to do 50.
were imprisoned, eSiled or AZ gged
10 deathlf Yet amidst the papers
q sternest import, the instruu ents
81 tyranny which riyet, 4 chains III.
on free people, are others Which
show a heart OF softer stuff. In
the midst Of the horrors &c retreat,
after ineessant disasters, Lopez writes
a long, affeciionatc letter to his
mother, which ends with" Please
convince yourself mamma, Of all lie
love with which your blessing Is
begged hy your most obcdient son. :
The moral 81 all this is one which .
ought 10 have been well learnt by
'his timeiha, absolute power il
twice cursed. II curses those who
give il and him who takes Il. The 4
elder Lopez vas no less a despot
though wiser Than his son. Francia
who preceded them. s'the dark die
'ator,H al the age u eighty-three,
rushing to sabre his currandero. or
doctor, fell into iii. and died be-