The New York herald., 1871-12-26
3 PARAGUAY.
A Coup a Etat 9 Ia Louis Napoleon by the Presi-
dent Of Psragusy--A Tammany Ring onia
oia Small Scale Impeachment and Con- ]
a'E victicn Of Minister .n

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..,..,., .....-.s nse AsuNCIoN, Oct. q. 1871.
The quarrel Of the President OF the republic with
its Congress has gone to extreme lengths, and
President Riverola, copying the example OF Louis
Napoleon some twenty years ago. has resorted to
coup dctGt to relieve himself OF the opposition to
his will. The state Of the relations between the
President and the Constituent Congress OF the re-
public has long been that OF two cats tied together
by their tails and the result OF their cooperation In
the management OF public AFFAIRS has been quite &C
cordant with the usual results OF that feline
experiment so dear to mischlovOus boys, so
that the alless can hardly feel proud Of the
arrangement they aidesl 80 forcibly TO bring about
with the Paraguayan nation. when poverty enters
the door love nies out Of the window'' Ia . con-
nubial maxim which holds good In politics ALSO.
The President and the representatives Of the nation
disagreed almost from the frst The high -salarled
President, Vice President and members Of the
Cabinet showed from the frst y capacity for spend
ing national money on q scale limited only by the
imposaibniu Of sraising the wind" to any salts
factory extent 81 This was n eminently uDsatis-
factory 70 the representatives. OF the nation who
soon acquired the intimate conviction that the
capacity Of the government was OF such nature as
to leave nothing Tor the absorption OF others but
the government however fam1shing. It thus be-.
shout ''Stop ,hleip' with all their might. THIS they
did with WILL They hunted out Minister Gil's
little game OF overissue OF paper money; but as
that Ingenious Minister had carefully secured
vouchers for the application OF the surplus issue,
the irate chamber OF Deputies picked another hole
IN his armOr. nnding weak spot, In mis-
neglect TO publish the balance sheets Of the monthly
receipts and expenditures OF the railway. On this
the Minister was jerked up, impeached before the
Senate ana convicted the expeditions Para guayans
devoting only nve hours to the trial and sentence,
which sentence was loss OF ONCE and years loss
OF capacity office. Reconsideration was refused
to the Presaent whose other two ministers at once
resigned, and the President declared his own dica-
torsnip The he next ext ~ act was the direct M nm -
In this body number of the Senators had IN
dulged themselves in nncomplimentary criticisms
sent In q message expatiating on the enor-
nifty OF such disrespect to the representa-
questing the ilustrious Padres Conscripti to
punish the deiamers By expulsion. 10 this
sheet or paper upon hch the clause OF the consti-
tuition giving immunity to the debates was carefully
naS not s
wrath, for ne ncontlnently sent In another prollx
tssngy dspls5g ss ssGSas" sn naGn
guilty, and reterating his former demand for their
Expulsion; but the paternal admontions OF the
President were secuted Dy the Senate which only
returned 10 q catagOricali refusal. Meantime
tie Vice President OF the republic mad died. and
quarrel the President claiming the right to nonin.
ate one for the remainder of The term and the Con
po Salss tS %ans e
vtolators 0f the constitution which had forgotten
would yield, and, strange 70 say. tho exchange OF
mutual abuse did not pacify the contenders, the
minatIon not increase the Presldents atfrlbutes
aud the President backed By small minortIcs in the
Its pOwers, stirring up an instruction against
the legally constituted Chief OF the State he using.
also, Indirect lntimatons that he was determined to
'l4opisrn.n F't la0s neai bea 81 ft,e9a tilf
On the 10th or October a regular riot occurred IN
the Chamber OF Deputies, in which the members OF
Congress and the people IN The galleries loon part
having commenced the fray Dy throwing gan Masks
the contents OF whicn-tno favorte ttppie among
the ParaRuayans-they had, with proper discretion
poured down their own throats. That proceeding
provoked the ire OF the other sioc, and
In few lnlnu tes the representatives OF the
nation and the visitors in tho Congress halls were
engaged with knives. revovcrs and missiles In u
four persons were killed and some twenty wounded.
This affair ended the sessions but the majority or
e SWena lest e Pssens
adopt measures against them while separate. and
s ss Fss ns ssr sH s hs @
ably, suf1iceni number OF repete masks of gin,
through the Windows But, at last the President
| body OF men TO the Congress and there sciz.
| ing some of the most prominent men,
CaballcrO Father, Maiz Father Duarte and others,
upon pretext Of having discovered conspiracy 10
take up arms TO overthrow the government. He Is
sued proclamation 10 this erect, and sent clrctl-
lar TO the foreign declaring that the
| measure was forced upon him, as the opposition
purpOsed 10 forces outside the city, put them
| under the command OF General Caballer0 and be-
| siege the city. some twenty Congressi0nals were
seized IN the first TWO days, and RIverOla issuei
! orders TO the conmander or the italian packet
1 Venetia to delay departure 10 receive the pris-
Oners ana carry rern to BuenOs Ayres but The caps
I'm AZ nu nj an.
pealed 10 his nag ana made his departure quickly
as possible from the port OF Asuncion. Since then
| arrests have continued, aud the President never
goes about without guard or 200 volunteers and
! has recalled GIL The yoretRn representatives, have
| kept aoof. and The Brazilian commanders have
merely strengthened The guards at their dcpOts but
the tone or the Brazilian authorities favOrlblc 10
Eiverola. The Brazilian forces at Asunclon are
4 still z. .000 men. .aGg8 fftrr nBt4ffHH nfr fruaos