Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-10

Dom Pedro the chambers to have at
tanned his majority, and on July Is, 1841, he was
solemnly crowned emperor Of Brazil. He was.
married to Princess Theresa, daughter OF,
Francis l., king of the Two Sicilies, Septem-
Der l. 1913. Soon after assuming au--
thority Dom Pedro dissolved the Bra
lillian parliament. This measure was tner
cause Of numerous difficulties There were
Instructions in Sac Paulo in 1S41, which were
speedily suppressed but in 184@ a more serious
rebellion broke out in the important province OF,
Minas Geraes. The insurgents were finally de-
feated at Santa Lucia, and then comparative
peace reigned until 1S4s when the liberals caused
revolution in Pernambuco. This uprising was
put down without much difficulty, and from
that time to the establishment Of the present.
republic, a period Of forty three years, Brazil
enjoyed internal peace. Dom Pedro early de-
veloped marked literary and scientific ability.
He founded colleges and universities, extended
the school system, encouraged science and the
arts, and sought by every legitimate means to
promote the commercial prosperity of the coun-
try. So early 1850 he forbade the sale of slaves
in the interior of his dominions. The conditions,
were not then ripe for emancipation, but the
anti slavery sentiment grew gradually stronger
until in 1871 parliament passed a law providing
for the gradual extinction of the institution by
declaring that every child born Of a slave moth
er thereafter should be free. But this was not
sufficient for the abolitionists, who finally Sc
cured the passage of the law of May 13, 1888,
emancipating all the slaves. Both the law of
Isabella while acting regent during the abb
sence of Dom Pedro, but both acts were ap-
proved by the emperor. In 1866 Lopez, tho
dictator of Paraguay, having refused
to allow the free navigation Of
the Paraguay river, Brazil declared war
against that country. and joined by Uru-
quay and Argentine. The lasted four
years, and was one of the bloodiest in the his
tory of South America, costing Paraguay al
most her entire male population. The Bra
yictOIiOu6 m
visited the United States, and afterwards
travelled through Europe and the Holy Land.
On the 18th of November, 1889, there was
another revolution in Brazil, caused by the,
growing desire for republican institutions, and
the general hatred of the Princess Isabella and
her husband, the Count Eu. Dom Pedro was de-,
posed and exiled, and the flag of republic took
the place of the imperial ensign. The revolu-
ton was bloodless and to outward appearances,
the work of a day Since his deposition Dom
Pedro has resided quietly in Portugal
Dom Pedro was called by Gladstone the model
ruler of the world. Under his reign the people
of his country enjoyed half century of contin-
uous prosperity While he held the empire of
Brazil for many years in q firm grasp and guided
its affairs after the fashion of monarch, it was
his purpose to govern by love. 1t was the affec-
ton and the admiration of his people that he
courted, and all his life devoted to making
them contented people and to the establish
ment of monarchy that should have in it as.
little of government as was possible He opened
new avenues of commerce, bringing the whole,
world into friendly relations with Brazil. He,
encouraged the arts, founded schools and uni
versities, and exercised over the nation pater-
nal solicitude that won for him the love of his
subjects and the respect of the world at large.
Dom Pedro made Brazil as free as a monarchy
can become.
During the entire long period of his mental,
capacity he held in willing submission his i'm
pulsive subjects When at last his powers
showed signs of waning, and rule obnoxious
to the people was threatened, the emperor's
peaceful instincts prevailed over disorder, and
Brazil became republic in day without the
loss of drop of blood This revolution stands
cut as the wonder of the century. It was made
so by the unquestioning submission Of Dom
Pedro to the popular command. The event was
inevitable as matters turned out, but it might
have carried with it and left in its train serious
conditions had the old emperor SO willed it. To
the last he was man of peace