Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-01-03
MORE ABOUT BRAZIL AND ITS REVOLT.
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this city VINO advocated tne uepOSltlOn OF
the monarchy, the overthrow of the
empire and the establishing of a republic,
were attacked, beatened and stoned, their
banner torn from theiI hands and tram
pied under foot by monarchists, while
marching i'm procession in honor of their
principles and out of respect to one of
their leaders. In letter to you dated
three days after the occurrence, l said,
"this event has increased the number of
republicans" and, "it will show that re-
publican thought and feeling, sympa-
thies and ideas are growing and will con-
tinue to grow till the empire shall give
way to flourishing republic" Just five
months from the day the little Balkan
bands of republicans were assaulted,
beaten and tranpled upon, the startling
intelligence reaches this city from Rio
that the empire is overthrow, a repub-
lie is proclaimed and DR.. Virglio Dem
azio, who was severely wounded on
June 10 in the advocacy of and adherence
to principles he believed to be right, is
appointed by the provisional republican
government first governor of the state
of Bahia.
But will he be allowed to take his Seat
without conflict? viii not the scenes
of riot and of bloodshed that took place
of this city be increased and intensified
now? 1t is tremendous, an unheard of
change. The empire gone! A republic
established! And by the army and the
navy, too, the supposed defenders of the
empire. Is it true that the emperor has
left the country with his family and the
government is in the hands of the leaders
of the army? Is it true that the liberal
ministry has been shattered; that the
minister of marine has been shot and that
the late prince minister, Visconde Ouro
Prete, is locked up with the other cabinet
ministers in prison? These and similar
expressions fell from the lips of every
passer-by as he gazed at the bulletins of
dispatches that had been sent over the
wires up to five o'clock on Nov. 10.
There came but confirmatory reports
later on in the evening.
| There was no great excitement on the
main street. People were half dazed half
bewildered, half incredulous. How could
it be believed? There had been not the
slightest whisper that a change of any
kind, much less one so radical and so
far reaching in its results. was to take
place. Yet the latest kilograms from
Rio stood uncontradicted. There they
were on the bulletin boards, in the news
papers and the extras: "rhe empire is
overthrown." "a republic hae been pro-
claimed with General Deodoro da Fonseca
at its head" "a cabinet is being formed
under the provisional republic" proc
lamatiOn TO be issued Tomorrow" With
these kilograms on every tongue, people
went to their homes as darkness began to
robe the earth, the ardent advocate of
democracy half fearing that the news
picked from the wires was too good, too
glorious to be true; the mOnarchist in
different as to its truth or falsity because
of the taking of his property from him
by the empire little more than a year
ago, without compensating him, or per-
haps fearing to manifest any opposition,
as the uprising was Il military one and
the provisional government in the hands
of the military. Suspense rather than
anxiety prevailed. What would tomorrow
bring? And what position would the
troops in the city hold? AS yet they had
the policemen, firemen, military cadets
and the medical school, stand with those
of their fellows in Rio and come out fol
the republic, or would they adhere to the
monarchy?
The morning of the 10Th broke upon
the land. With salt spray drenched, the
glorious sun rose from his ocean bed and
for the first time since placed in the firm
ament by the Almighty hand his first
beams kissed Brazilian soil, no longer
dedicated to dynastic views and mon
archical ideas, but to the mightiest, the
hottest, the nOblest. the best form of gov.
ernment that has ever existed "a gov.
t eminent of the people. for the people anG
by the people" The kilograms in the
newspapers confirmed the reports of the
day before, and gave the additional I'M
formation that the provisional govern
t ment had formed Il cabinet and had full
possession of every branch of the govern
ment at Rio. Before noon, the bulletin
board told that the ex-emperor had beef
ordered to leave the country with hi!
: family within "A hours. At II o'clock a
IN. General DeodOrO de Fonseca, at Rio
the president of the provisional govern
e ment, telegraphed his brother, Genera
= Hermes da Fonseca of this city, AS h
had command of the troops in the cit,
and province of Bahia, asking him wha
: he intended to do; declare for the repub
3 lie or adhere to the empire. The tw,
S brothers had had some correspondence
q on the subject before. From this CORES
G pOndence Gen. DeOdOro, now presiden
of the provisional government, knew hi
brother, Hermes of this city, leaned yer,
e strongly to the empire. AS the uprising
G on the part of the army and navy at Ri
took place some few days sooner tina
planned, because of the order by the i'm
e perial government to send the troops t
/ distant provinces, in order so said, to hav
c them out of the city on December :
when the emperor would abdicate in ia
u vor of Princess Isabella. and have the ia
: tional guard, enlisted for the purpose
l. substituted in place of the regular troop;
Gen. Deodoro sent the telegram as abov
to his brother. Immediately Gen. Hel
. mes replied to Deodoro, 81 stand fo
, the empire" With the rapidity of ligh
h ming, it seemed, the reply Of Gen. Herme'
O. that he would stand by the empire, b,
. came known. Excitement was now at il
II height in this city. Gen. Hermes' pos
y ton was defined His attitude wa
It known. He was the head of the troop
- in this city and province. Col. Buy
y, the second officer in command, wa
known to be an ardent republican. BIT
= how did the soldiers all-the trOor