New-York tribune., 1889-12-23

| the best illustration of this acceptance CIR.
situation is that Of Senator Antonio u" O..
Prado the chief Of the Conservative parN -
Paulo, and an ex-Mnister OF TWO |o"'
Cabinets. who writes as follows; ,,ovo.
aft would be useless in this
nont IN contest the Legitimacy A.
,ho srccessful sedition which dehveie'
sunreme direction of the State TO de iao'v
ernment. under the republican ior'n' ~ -. In
,ion Of the legally constituted "o'ei aooor,-
the nresent circumstances III we" W II. oro
nlished fact of the pacific rcVoiu''o" ,Iorstion
claimed the republic, and taking in'o .tnossed
tbe manner in which the popu'"' rocessarv
| :. nd occompanies the logical anu "oI.
10 anu i,s consequences, the prlhcipai
de'ci"P"e proziIians is the necessity Oh
s,.'.a;riro order and public tanquiii"N'
.' " - consequence also for the emu VIC nav
| " -, O.. inouirc IL the movement OF NoNeh'.i
| - ,ouId have taken the proporion' =" "
| ..i,,ed If the administration oi tlc o'"'o "'"
| ,.on confided TO other hands AV 'ne p'e''".
,non,ont the question that taxes pieceuen0e VI
IT. which history in the Importantly vi r.s
,,.d,,,reot must resolve, is that oil the atu,uuc
Ju"s,"' ,rio,ism imposes OIL Brazilians in re-
.I 20 ,I,e Provisional Government which is at
rosant in the supreme direction OF public affairs
chouId this Government be obeyed or not I?
.bould it be supported or not'
rho military movement of November Is trans
Canned itself into a vcriabe political revolution
from the moment that 1t succeeded In deposing
,be legally constituted Government substituting
il bv n Provisional Government supported py the
army and navy, and more or less acclaimed py 'he
population ,.r,-D,,c
A PLEA FOR TIE REPUBLIC
"This Government proposes to consult the ha-
nnlif
il s therefore de facto Government. Affirming lts
ohodiorce IN the freely manifested popular vote.
Now if in view of the course of events everybody
recocnizes the impossibilty of monarcmcal
restoration by means of counter-revolutioh
an the other hand for the integrity OF the fathcr
land for the maintenance of order for the security
If the civil and political rights of the citizen the
existence of a public power that proposes these
ends TO itself is Indispensable, the necessity OF
accepting the present state of things as
without inouiring as to its origin, must he recog-
nized The Provisional Government VIII there
! fore have our frank and decided support so long
| as II keeps within the limits traced by the duty
Of securing the free manifestation OF the NATIONAL
vote for the organization of the DEFINITE form OF
| government We believe that we express III thls
manner the opinion Of ALL or nearly all, citizens
| of Sac Paulo, whatever may he their pontlcai
| convictions or affiliations with the parties to
| which they belonged until yesterday. In order
| 10 actuate directly or indirectly in the political
reorganization of the State, it is possible and
| even probable that the old parties, under the
same or different denominations. separated or
united, should seek to maintain their existence
| However in the period of revolution through
which we are passing there is no reason why all
united by the common motive of public salvation,
putting aside personal distrust and enmity, should
not come together to aid the present Government
in the difficult task it proposes to itSelf-to main
| tain order and public tranquility.
This is our wish. To realize it we shall spare
no efforts either in this any other post deter
mined by the necessities of the OCCASION
| T,