The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-11-10
A BRUTE's METHOD or RULlNa.
How Prc.ades, Barrios Of Gsatenala
Treated His .sConstitaents.''

mals who 10 said to have made the best
ruler his state ever had, Waeaa tais
specimen of the lCentrAi American ox-
ecusive, says letter lroW Costa Rics-
His ways Of enforcing allegiance WAS %
cruel rs effective he ruled by no law
bat his own viii, aud the people-hav-
ing borne the might Of tyranny efos
nearly half . oeNtury-reDdsred the
most sbjsct obedience. sy,,, al, .,.t ~,
A case Ia point is thst of Senior Guk-
man, q merchant OF InezaltenauSo )
who mad served a. q colonel under Msx.I
imiiiian In Mexico, snds he'd suhss-
quently dAbbled a little Ia politics, but,
never oi'eoslveIy. This merchant was
one day walking on the highway. 10
the regular course Of his business. whsad
ha chanced TO meet President Barrlcs
riding in his carriage. The Two gen.,
llemon sAluted one another, and with
pollteness and each, passed on
bis way. An hour later 'Guxmau
was arrested by . order 81 of ,ishs1
President and thrown into prison, aud
until after Bartios' timely taking OF
(more than two years sfterward,
though he had no trial and no charges
had ever been preferred against him
be himself was eotirely iguoraut OF this
nature of his ofIsuse) he was still incss-,
cerated and had been made 10 suffer
the most AtrocioUs treatment. A chsin
was riveted to his leg which had actu-
ally worn into the flesh, aud 1t Barr
rios command more than one thousandl
lashee had been administered to him
from time 10 time. t...,.!.., ~. 80.
An American gentleman who has
spent much time In Guatxmala tells
that when Barrios had auy motive for
reprimaudiux q citizen, whether 40.
editor, an officlsl, oruprivate 'indivtd.
ual, Whatever bis 0iEclal O. sccisl stA-
tioD, he summoned the offender TO his
office; then after stating In the pres-
ence Of his attfs.de. camp the cause or
pretext OF the complaint. he would cd.
dress the most insulting words to The
victim of his displeasurs and cut him
across the face with rawhlde that
was slways at hand. II the man re-
sisted, the aids-de-camp pitched In
also, and It frequently happened thai
tho unfortunate was nearly killed by
the heavy kicks received, and after
the ignominious punishment bore on
his face the marks of shame and Ia his
hesrt the conviction that only BY silent
submission could he escape q rePeti-
tion Of the indigntties. r,. ..t ..,....,
Among the hundreds OF stories that
are told concerning the methods Of
this mode! president Is one about q
lawyer named Don Juan Andrue, v h0
was employed by the government To
defend the poor. lie was applied 10
by political prisoner who had already
passed fifteen months In jail, no charge
having been preferred against him
during all that time, and VITO was
advised 10 make an appeal for his
liberty whsn the new ''libsrai' cousti,
tuition went into effect. He did so,
getting Andrue to draft the appeal, and
ask ing only for a trial. Two days
afterward Andrue wss sum monsd to
appear before Barrfos, who asked him :
"Why did you interfere In this mat.
ter?
nBy the constitution the man has a
right TO appesl TO-" replied the lsw-
yer. tt v
"I am the constitution" said the
President, ~ am the isw," and, seIz-
ing the ever-preseDt hofsewhip, he
lashed the lawyer across the face,
afterward kicking aud beating him tn
a furious passion. Next day he had
Andrue publicly whipped, and the
high spirited young aristocrat took the
disgrace so deeply to heart that he
lived but a week. The poor prisoner
IN whose behalf he had iutetfered was
removed TO the penitenttary, where
ior three successive days, he was fog.
gcd In the most brutal manner, and
after the third whipping he, too, died.
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