The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-07

his personal safety added the horrors OF his stu
a.ton. Brandy became his sole comforter.
The morning OF the 9th dawnei over the city-a
day hxed Dy Heaven Tor what Is called
NECESSARY SACRIFICE,
for the disappearance Of a creature only cal
country and his fellow men. Morales was some
what queter In the morning; those near him,
however, perceived that he was laborng
under extraordinary excitement, perhaps the pre-
Jude TO delirium tremens. lie visited the different
barracks but was received with marked coldness
At times his pneontrellabls temper would master
at other moments he was silent and comparatively
calm. The same perfect quiet continued through
the end enc Of the snenSF being before
them and the last act was dia ".@s /" cioSs. -s,
At niue O'Clock at night Moraics was in his own
sppyns TO- be hottie for H relief one of Ls ades
de-camp entered with a sealed letter. Morales
snatched 1t from him, read 1t and rushed uriously
were stationed. The letter had informed the Presi-
dent that that very night his aides proposed
binding 1S him and placing him n In secure prison
ment, the President looked upon IL as warning:
and excited by LIQUOR, mad with passion and
aides with insults and blows. Two OF the officers
received the buf1ets and oaths OF General Morales
making Gspy s In nephew psyS and aas
demonstrated with him, pointing out the fact
that ne was maltreatlng the only friends remaining
TO him. Upon La Faye Morales then turned, and
deceit.
La Faye fell back a few PAGES, drew his revolver,
SHOT MORALES,
wounding him once in the ace thrice in the head
NAMED standing III i moment, then graduate
sunk OH ai adjacent sofa, where, in a short hour
his f Fave in a nc &c
his barracks turned over the command to his adj
jutant, and before the story OF the murder was
made public had fed from the city.
Until the next morning tue tate or the President
was not known, ana then
CONGRESS HASTILY ASSEMBLED,
elected the Council Of State, with Don Tomas Fras
as the chief, naming this gentleman ruler of the
destnes OF Bolivia, according to the stipulatons
their adhesion to the order of things; the only
shots discharged during the crisis of four days
worthy President
THE BODY OF MORALES,
lay IN state Tor the customary period, and was then
buried with the honors due to his rank. Frias,
the new Chief Magistrate, Is species Of Bolivian
Theirs Advanced in years, he has always been
noted for his conservative IDEAS and throughout
his long life has manifested great ability In the
different public positions he has hOnOrably filed.
inc respect entertained for him by the country Is
universal and profound From violence and ter
Torlsm proceed, in this instance, peace and con-
The biography Of Morales is common with that Of
many military men In South America. Raised to
arts OF treachery ana deceit at his command, and
staining his record with fearful acts of cruelty he
Tell victim to his own unbrtdled temper. During
the first portion OF his administrator his efforts
towards forwarding the interests OF the Republic
received due praise, but ut last his own personal
and eventually led to his tragical death.
PUBLIC COMMENT
1t Will be seen from the foregoing narration that
the murder OF the Bolivian President proceeded
rom events Of a purely personal character; no
political motives initiated in the affair. Within
ten years three of the rulers of Bolivia have met
their deaths by the pistOl-Belzd slain within
twenty feet from the spot where Morales gasped
out his life by his fav0rite, MegarejO; MelgarejO
shot IN Lima by his son-in-hw, and Morales, the
dethroner OF Melgarejo, assassinated by his
nephew. There seems to be fatality hanging
over these officers. Balta, too only in July last.
the massacre endp
COMING CONSEQUENCES.
Associated with Frias In the Council OF State are
the distinguished names OF Salinas Sanjines, VAR
gas, Rama, Aguirre, BOsque, Del-Car,iO and Bap-
tisa, the latter filing the post of Vice President.
Elections will be called for y President and new
Congress In the course or a few months. The
awful lesson given by the people of Lima in the
fence OF their rights and liberties against the auda-
cious attempt OF the Gutierrez was the death
blow to militarism In South America. Had it not
been for the terror which this warning
inspired In the furious nature OF Morales he with
out doubt would have likewise endeavOred to
grasp the supreme power and declared himself
Dictator. Such course would have necessarily
Congress, the openly expressed disapproba ton OF
the people, and the sword hanging over his head
deferred the unhappy President from such an en-
deavor The seeds are scwn deeply, and the 30
llvian people have 1t is said gained new right ia
the respect OF the world.