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The Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Rio de Janeiro papers up to August 31 report Brazil in an unsettled state, with suspicions of a plot akin to Mexico's involving addresses to the Prince Regent and a manifesto to foreign powers. The Regent asserts his authority, claiming the king is imprisoned in Lisbon, language seen as inconsistent with liberal constitutional principles favored by Brazilians.
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Brazils.--Rio Janeiro papers, received at Philadelphia to the 31st August, represent the Brazils to be in a very unsettled state. The tone of a few addresses, lately presented to the Prince Regent, and the language of a manifesto to the friendly governments and nations, give strong reason to suspect, that some underhand plot is going on to play off a farce similar to that recently exhibited in Mexico. The Prince Regent talks largely of his legitimate authority, and speaks of the king being a prisoner at Lisbon, without that free will which any "legitimate constitution ought not to deny to a true monarch." This is language totally inconsistent with the rights of the people, and what we are inclined to think the Brazilians will not approve of, if, as has been so often stated, they are attached to liberal constitutional principles. - N. Y. Spectator.
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Rio Janeiro
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To The 31st August
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unsettled state with suspected underhand plot
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Papers represent Brazil in a very unsettled state. Addresses presented to the Prince Regent and a manifesto to friendly governments suggest a plot similar to Mexico's. The Prince Regent asserts legitimate authority, claiming the king is a prisoner at Lisbon without free will, language inconsistent with people's rights and liberal constitutional principles Brazilians are attached to.