The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-31
Brazil.

All who are interested in the great repub-
lie of South America will welcome the evil
dence now obtainable that peaceable
| change Of Presidents will be effected there
| the week after the November cleo
tions to be held in this country. There
can be no reason for the further
existence of the apprehension by which
Brazil has been disturbed for a year past
that the Executive, whose term expires on
the 10Th Of November, will make any at
tempt to retain power by force. or will
interfere in any way with the succession
of the man who, in March last was
chosen as his successor There can no
longer be any doubt that President
PEIXoTo will surrender his Office to Presi-
dent-elect MoRAEs at the time appointed in
the Constitution. He has asked from Con-
gress, and has obtained a large appropriation
for the expenses Of the inaugural festivities
he has given orders for grand military
review at Rio on the day of the Inaugural
ton; he has made all preparations for his
departure from his official quarters upon
Palace square; and he has held communi-
cation with Congress respecting certain
matters Of public business which he desires
to close up before the end OF his term.
There is no more reason to doubt that
FLoRIANo PEIxoTo will leave Office next
month, than there is to doubt that GROVER
CLEVELAND will do the same thing in six
teen months from now.
All friends of Brazil will rejoice in the
assurances that we are now able TO give,
under advices from Rio, concerning the sue
cession to the Presidency We bear great
good will to the republic which. next to our
own, is the most pOpulous and powerful on
this side OF the Atlantic, and which has
always been friend Of ours. better politi-
cal friend than business customer.
The apprehension which has existed in
Brazil that PEIxoTo would violate the Con-
stitution by refusing to leave ofiice at the
expiration OF his term was of great service
10 the rebel party during the civil war,
which lasted into this year. The two rebel
Admirals declared as late as last January
that they had information that PEIxoro
would not permit the Presidential election
TO be held in March; but that cleo
tion was held under the authority of
the man whom they had falsely &C
cused. They then strove TO keep up
the rebellion by pretending to possess
information that he had said he would re-
fuse TO recognize the validity Of the election
when the time came for his departure from
office; but there is now satisfactory assur-
ance that this pretext was as false as the
other, and that the terms Of the Constitu-
ton will be maintained by the statesman
who had so much TO do with the draft
ing OF that document after the estab--
lishment Of the republic four years ago.
Thus, in so far as the rebellion was carried
on to prevent the setting up of permanent |
dictatorship, there was no cause for its ex-
istence PEIxoTO was justified in denying |
all along that he entertained the designs |
which were imputed TO him.
Ii is well for Brazil that President PEII- |
OTo's rule is to come TO an end 80 soon. The |
civil war which lasted during one half Of his |
term has left bitter memories behind IL, and |
he is an object OF hatred 70 a large part OF |
the population. He is thoroughly disliked
by the navy, which took the lead In the re-
volt against him. He has exercised his /
authority in ways not consistent with re
Publicanism. He has intsrfersd With
the rights OF several OF the States,
more especially with thOss q ths