Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — REVOLTS IN THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

REVOLTS IN THE SOUTH.

NOW THESE OUTBREAKS ARE WORKED UP. . •’ ■ HM9 Arm Made the Occasion of a General Plundering of the Public Treasury# and Beal Patriotism Has Little to I>o with Them— Troubles in Venezuela. Southern Kevolutions. “Three in the morning! Weather dear, and we Still live under the same government. “ Tine the night watchman, in shrill treble or roaring bass, can be heard in tte towns of the various SpanlshAmeriean republics. It is the country •f earthquakes, volcanoes, and revolutions, and in answer to the question, what are the chief products of the land? a reply, full of grim humor and truth, would be: “Coffee, india rubber, and revolutions.” The latter artiole is as carefully nursed and cultivated as Ihe two former, and, when the old trunks die or decay, there is an abun-

dance of young shoots ready to take their place. The leading actors are. In most cases, two doctors, two or three lawyers, a few generals, and behind the scenes a foreign consul or two, and Heading merchants all united in the same laudable task of ax grinding. The intending outbreak has been carefully prepared, and when it occurs Its suddenness rouses the inhabitants from their usual apathy and stolid indifference for a short time. True

petriatifim baa very little to do with It. The real object is to replenish the empty pockets of a clique of politioal adventurers. The sinews of war are very often supplied by some of the most important merchants, with a view es obtaining considerable reductions In import duties should the movement succeed. It is easily understood that the consuls of rival nations, contending for commercial and political supremacy, although keeping well in the baok-

ground, exert their influence to score a yotat or l^o. ‘ ' * lh* Drains Itself. Sow as to the actual drama: The OBaapirators have gained their adherents •sang the troops; money and drink have pioved too much for the stanch loyalty of the body-guard of Senor rreaWinte de la Eepublica. An easy —ijrinee is gained to the usually dilapidated palace of the Government- Our President wakes up suddenly with his •ye looking down the barrel of a revoirer; he.is quietly invited by the con--Ipteators —perhaps his former friends, perhaps implacable enemies of long standing—to dress, and ia locked up ■ruler a strong guard. Next morning km Is taken out, strapped in a highhacked chair against a brick wall, and •hat; and so with a:l other members of the vanquished Government. The chair *» carried ba .-k to> kind of official lumhsr room, to be taken out again at any tt«! time, should the occasion arise. *he minor fry are disposed of in a less eerenwiious way. They are taken in a tnocp 1« the fountain that adorns the ■nolo Square; business is got through, e*d aa hour or so later the moon looks 4m os a tumbled heap of corpses. We have sow aoiciator, new cabinet MWaCeis, new generals, and a host of ■Char officials, all with empty pockets, tew sagw to replenish them for ffitesthr ewn and their Country’s good. The MW la a IK', e minister issues an edict • w u, %.. u ccffi cr

dal community hesitate too ong with theii voluntary contributions we will find them armed with brooms cleaning the streets, a business which is usually

left to itself or given over to the buzzards and the homeless dogs, the only scavengers of the land.

Bnilnesa for the Priest*.

Long ago the priesthood was allpowerful In the land, and even now we shall find that oertain delicate missions are Intrusted to them, such as seeking Interviews with commanders in ohief, where persuasive eloquence or more substantial Inducements are required. But the new government doos not lie on a bed of roscsi Summary executions, imprisonments, exiles, cruel and relentless rigor have not broken the spirit of the opposing faction. In town and hamlet, In vale and mountain, the recruits are driven In by sheer force, with all the horrors of an old-time press gang. Then the army takes the field, headed by the gorgeously dressed generals, oolonels, captains, and lieutenants, who outnumber the privates, a straggling, motley crowd, flanked by mothers, wives, and sweethearts, carrying muskets, huge paoks of army baggage, provisions, etc. It often happens that the reports of these sanguinary battles with which the telegraph acquaints us are works of pure imagination; the fighting itself is of a most desultory character, partaking of the Chinese fashion of warfare. Still there will always be a small band, headed by some dare devil, American, Irishman or Frenchman, who will make a desperate stand to die game.-' In the cayital reports of defeat or overwhelming victory are current; deputations of wives ana sisters besiege the official mansion, but the struggle is ended and soon the triumphant army makes its entry. Then fireworks,, parades and congratulatory addresses are the order of the day. Those who lie in hiding venture to eome forward and render their allegiance to the powers that be. Those more compromised will ask for protection from some consul, or seek refuge on a man-of-war handy, should there be time before the final catastro-

phe takes place. The members of the Cabinet will always endeavor to pay a last visit to the treasury before going into exile, the new Cabinet soon a'ter 1 will meet to hear the report of the ; Finance Minister upon the absolute vacuum in the strong-box, and it will be i unanimously dreided to eonlract a new j loan and to give ample opportunity to

the foreign capitalists tp invest their money in a secure and enduring enterprise. ** / W . An Illustration. An evidei oe of this mushroom sort of govern men’ can be found nourishing down in Ve lezuela, and it seems only a question of time, very brief at that, when the rest of the small-fry States .

will join In similar frays. In the city of Caracas the revolutionists have adopted the anarchist warfare and use dynamite. This cowardly weapon Is the most dreaded of all. since there does not seem to be any means to prevent its use. It is a fact that the dread of a dynamite explosion forms the most powerful factor in the utter demoralization of otherwise cool-headed and brave men; facing a deadly fire of musketry or artillery, the fiercest hand-to-hand engagements are comparatively nothing to the dread suspense and horrible feeling of Insecurity that a man must have when conscious that he at any moment may be blown to atoms or mangled fiom the effects of an exploded dynamite bomb placed in position or thrown by some of these human rattlesnakes. Caracas in Venezuela has had more

than its share of dynamite of late. Three times since the revolt against Palacio was actively begun ha® it been shaken by terrific explosions. The last one was about a week ago. It was the most deafening and destructive yet experienced. Tho perpetrators of this outrage had chosen a time when the streets were crowded with people and tho explosion created the wildest panio, not equalled during any recorded earthquake. The people rushed like mad men from one plaee to another, seeking shelter. Though the police did their best to discover the bomb-throwers, they, as usual, had not left a trace after them except the evidenoe of their crime. Investigation showed that the bomb had been exploded along the side of the residence of Minister of Finance Matto, who is suspected of having advanced Palacio a large sum of money, said to have been supplied by Guzeman Blanoo, a relative of Matto, on condition that the last named was to take the oustoms receipts until the loan should have been paid. Advices announced the total defeat of Palacio’s followers, but this may only be one of the pleasantries to which the rest of the world has grown accustomed. The chances are that the strife will be prolonged till there is no bone of contention—money. When the treasury and other • resources are exhausted the wild, turbulent bursts of patriotism will ooze out and leave but the natural result of a foolish but sup-posed-to-be patriotic debauch —disgust

THE PRESIDENT’S SURPRISE PARTY.

CAPPING FOR INFLUENCE.

DISPOSING OF THE DICTATOR.

CELEBRATING A VICTORY.

MINISTERS PREPARING FOR EXILE.

OBNOXIOUS PARTISANS QUIETED.