PROCLAMATION FOR PAYMENT OF OFFICERS AND MEN--LOG EXTRACTS IN PROOF
THEREOF--THE SUM GIVEN UP TO THE SQUADRON DISBURSED--DENIAL THEREOF BY
THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT--THOUGH MADE TO SERVE AS ADVANCE OF WAGES--THE
AMOUNT RECEIVED AT MARANHAM FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR--BY THE RECEIPTS OF THE
OFFICERS--OFFICERS' RECEIPTS--EXTRACTS FROM LOG IN FURTHER
CORROBORATION--UP TO MY ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND--ALL OUR PRIZES MONOPOLIZED
BY BRAZIL--THE CONDUCT OF THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT UNJUSTIFIABLE.
The whole dispute raised by the Brazilian Administration as a pretext
for evading my claims, has been--as the reader is now aware--about the
sum of 200,000 dollars, _given out of the proceeds of our own captures,
which cost nothing to the Government; but were made to serve as a
substitute for the usual advance of wages!_ Also about 40,000 dollars
ordered by His Imperial Majesty as compensation for the _Imperatrice_
frigate, captured by Captain Grenfell at Parà--but _never paid_, and
therefore never accounted for. Finally, with regard to 106,000 dollars
reimbursed by the authorities of Maranham, as a compromise for four
times the amount generously surrendered by the squadron to the
necessities of the province in 1823--on promise of repayment. As regards
the whole of the sums, it is alleged that _I never furnished accounts
of their expenditure, and therefore they are charged against me, as
though not expended at all._
For the disbursement of the first item of 200,000 dollars, I have
already stated sufficient to satisfy any reasonable person. The accounts
set forth at page 169, shews that a balance remained in hand from the
200,000 dollars put on board at Rio de Janeiro, of 39,538 dollars. I
shall now state what became of this sum. And first let me adduce the
following proclamation:--
By His Excellency the Marquis of Maranhaõ, First Admiral, &c. &c.
WHEREAS, many officers and seamen are here employed who were
not present, last year, at the capitulation of the hostile authorities,
and seizure of Portuguese funds and property at Maranhaõ;
And whereas it is condusive to the interests of His Imperial
Majesty, that all those officers and seamen who have now contributed
to the restoration of tranquillity, good order, and obedience to His
Imperial Majesty, shall receive encouragement and reward;
It is hereby directed that three months additional pay shall,
without deduction, be distributed _as a gratuity_ to the said officers
and men.
Given under my hand, this 8th day
of February, 1825,
COCHRANE AND MARANHAÕ.
I had, it is true, no authority for making this extra payment, but at
the same time, I had the authority of His Imperial Majesty to devote the
200,000 dollars to the good of the service--thus clearly leaving its
disbursement to my discretion; and this appeared to me to be properly
exercised in rewarding those who had been performing double duty afloat
and ashore, in the arduous task of putting down, and keeping down
revolt and anarchy. On this principle, I had previously doubled the pay
of some of the officers, without whose incessant exertion, I could not
have effected the tranquillization of the province. It is true that the
principle adopted was opposed to that pursued by the Administration,
viz. neither to acknowledge these extra services nor reward them; but
such a course neither accorded with my judgment nor discretion. The sums
paid as above were entered in the usual manner in a pay book,
acknowledged by the signatures of the recipients--attested by the
officers--and, as has been said, duly forwarded to the Imperial
Government.
I shall now give some extracts from the log before quoted in reference
to these and other transactions:--
_January 5th_, 1825. His Lordship left at Hesketh's his last two
months' pay, received this month, and also two months' pay for
Captain Crosbie. Paid other officers and men two months' pay.
_6th_. Employed in sorting the paper money in the small
iron chest. _Found its contents to be only_ 16,000 dollars.
(This was all that now remained of the 200,000 dollars received at
Rio de Janeiro.)
_8th_. Officers having been paid, the men received to-day two
months' pay.
_9th_. Admiral took to Hesketh's three bags of dollars (Each containing
1000 dollars, the remainder of money which I had brought
from Chili, and which therefore had nothing to do with the Brazilian
Government).
_February 10th_. Paid third payment of prize-money to Clewley,
Clare and January.
_11th_. Paid prize-money to March and Carter.
_26th_. Paid Lieutenant Shepherd 1,500 dollars.
_28th_. Paid Commissary, Escrivaõ, and Pilot.
_March 1st_. Paid Portuguese Doctor.
_3rd_. Paid Corning's account for ship provisions.
The above payments, with others disbursed in pursuance of my
proclamation, were all made out of the balance of the 200,000 dollars
aforesaid, and 40,000 dollars which had been in my possession ever since
the capture of Maranham; the latter being the amount which I had refused
to give up to the prize tribunal at Rio de Janeiro, well knowing that it
would be returned to their Portuguese friends and connections. When
these payments were made, a few hundred dollars alone remained. As this
200,000 dollars was the indisputable property of the squadron before it
was assigned for distribution amongst those to whom it belonged--on this
ground alone it scarcely became the Government to raise doubts about its
proper application; for they well knew that if it were not distributed,
the fact could not be concealed from the officers and men, who would not
have submitted quietly to my retention of their money, as has been
shamelessly imputed to me. Not only was the whole disbursed--but the
accounts, as has been stated, were faithfully transmitted to the
Brazilian authorities at Rio de Janeiro, as appears by Captain
Shepherd's receipt, adduced in the present volume, and years ago
photographed, and transmitted with a memorial to the Brazilian
Government, which, nevertheless, on the 28th of April, _in the present
year_, published in its official organ, the _Correio Mercantil_, a
report on the prizes made during the war of independence--excluding me
from a share, on _the ground of not having delivered my accounts_. The
following is an extract:--
(After enumerating the prizes, and estimating their gross value
at 521,315 dollars--_not one-fourth of the real amount_--the Commission
goes on to say:--)
Referring to what has been stated, it appears that the First
Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Squadron from its commencement
to the conclusion of the war, _had a right to his share
of all prizes_--and so the Commission has judged in regard to the
total value, amounting to the said sum of 521,315 milreis up to
the 12th of February, 1824. _From that sum, however, must be
deducted 200,000 dollars given to the Admiral on account of prize-money
for distribution, which it does not appear by any document that
he made_. It also appears by the report of the Junta of Maranhaõ,
of the 17th of October, 1825, that the said Admiral received the
further sum of 217,659 dollars at different times, there appearing
108,736 dollars under the title of indemnification for prizes made
by the squadron in the port of that city, to be divided as such. _This
division does not seem to have been made_.
From this it appears that the said Admiral must be charged as
having received the sum of 308,238 dollars on account of prizes to
be divided amongst the squadron; with the addition of 40,000
dollars which he received also by decree of the 23rd of February,
to be, in like manner, divided amongst those who co-operated in
the annexation of the province of Maranhaõ, and the capture of
the frigate _Imperatrice--seeing that there is no evidence that such
distribution took place_--thus increasing the sum due to 348,238
dollars, of which the said claimant is bound to give account to the
Imperial Government.
In consequence of the determination of the Regulations let this
decree be printed and published.
Rio, April 21, 1858.
(Signed) JOAQUIM JOSÉ IGNACIO,
_Chefe de esquadra_, President.
ANTONIO JOSÉ DA SILVA,
_Contador da Marinha_.
JOSÉ BAPTISTA LISBOA,
_Auditor e Secretario_.
This document, so recently promulgated, after the decision of the
_Seccoes_ in 1854, and the expression of opinion given by the most
eminent men of Brazil (see page 282), that I ought to have the whole of
my claims--is really wonderful. But the false assertions it contains
must be met.
And first--the receipt of the 40,000 dollars for the _Imperatrice_, I
altogether deny, and can be easily convicted of untruth if my receipt
for that sum can be produced. It is worthy of note, that the date of the
decree for the payment of this sum is carefully given in the preceding
document, but the data of my acknowledgment of having received is
annulled for the sufficient reason that no acknowledgment was ever
given. The 200,000 dollars, I trust that I have sufficiently accounted
for, as well as for the vouchers sent to Rio by Captain Shepherd, whose
receipt I took for the chest containing them. But the 200,000 dollars
with which the Government charges me--even supposing the accounts to be
lost--destroyed--or purposely made away with--was not the property of
the Brazilian Government, but of the squadron, who received it only as
part payment of ten times the amount due to them! This sum though the
property of the squadron, was made to serve _as an advance of wages_, no
less than as prize-money; and does the Brazilian Government imagine that
any squadron could be sent to sea without money? Or that any reader of
common sense will acquiesce in the assertion that under such
circumstances it was not properly disbursed, even though I had not shewn
_its precise disbursement_? The Brazilian Government well knows that
the men composing the squadron were of so mutinous a character, that the
slightest deviation from their rights would have been met with instant
insubordination. Did this ever occur, even in the slightest possible
degree? It is no fault of mine, if the accounts were destroyed, as I
have no doubt they were, from pure malice towards myself, in order to
bring me into an amount of disrepute, which might justify the
withholding of my claims according to the stipulations of the Imperial
patents. By whom this infamy was perpetrated, it is impossible for me to
say--but that it was perpetrated--there cannot be the smallest possible
doubt.
It is altogether unnecessary to say another word about the 40,000
dollars for the _Imperatrice_, or the 200,000 dollars for
distribution--as the evidence adduced is sufficient to satisfy any man
not determined to be unconvinced.
I now come to the amount alleged to have been received from the Junta of
Maranham, viz. 217,659 dollars, "at different times," which I have no
doubt is perfectly correct, though that portion of it under the title of
"indemnification for prizes"--is incorrect, the amount being 106,000
dollars--_minus_ the discount, and not 108,736 dollars as represented.
The difference is not, however, worth notice. Deducting this sum from
the total of 217,659 dollars, would leave 108,923 dollars to be
accounted for otherwise than as "indemnifieation." This also is, no
doubt, correct. The inhabitants of Maranham cheerfully agreed _to pay
and subsist the squadron_, provided it remained amongst them to
preserve the order which had been restored, and the offer was accepted
by me. The 108,923 dollars thus went for the pay and subsistence of the
squadron during many months of disturbance; and if it prove any thing,
it is the economy with which the wants of the squadron were satisfied,
despite the corruption of the authorities, in paying double for
provisions, because the merchants could only get paid at all, except by
bribes to their debtors. Does the Brazilian Government mean to tell the
world that it sent a squadron to put down revolution in a territory as
large as half Europe, _without receiving a penny in the shape of wages_,
except their own 200,000 dollars of prize-money--that it never
considered it necessary to send to the squadron a single dollar of pay
whilst the work was in process--and that it now considers it just to
charge the whole expenses to me as Commander-in-Chief, though the
expedition did not cost the Government any thing? Yet this is precisely
that which the Brazilian Administration has done--with what justice let
the world decide. I aver that the accounts were faithfully transmitted.
The Imperial Government of the present day, says that the accounts are
not in existence--_not that I did not transmit them_! Surely they ought
to blame their predecessors, not me. Let this history decide which of
the two is deserving of reprobation.
I now come to the 108,736 dollars--or rather 106,000 dollars received
from the Junta of Maranham as "indemnification,"--respecting which the
Commission unjustly asserts that "_no division appears to have been
made!_" The untruth of this imputation, the most atrocious of all, is
very easily met _by the publication of every receipt connected with the
matter_; and to this I now proceed, requesting the reader to bear in
mind that in my letter to the Minister of Marine (see page 209), I
announced my intention of retaining for my own justification all
_original documents_, sending to the Government, copies or duplicates.
The whole of the subjoined receipts are now in my possession, and I
demand from the Brazilian Government their verification, by its
Ministerial or Consular representatives in Great Britain.
RECEIPTS OF OFFICERS,
And others for their proportion of 106,000 dollars paid by the
Junta of Fazenda of Maranham in commutation of 425,000
dollars--the value of prize property left for the use of the Province
on its acquisition from Portugal in 1823; the duplicates having
been sent by me to the Imperial Government, the originals now
remaining in my possession.
5,000 000.
Received from the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, Marquis
of Maranhaõ, and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Armada,
the sum of five thousand milreis, being four thousand one hundred
and thirty-seven, or one-third of the Admiral's share of prize-money;
and eight hundred and sixty three to account of double pay for services
on shore.
DAVID JOWETT,
Maranhaõ, 19th March, 1825. Chief of Division.
* * * * *
Received of the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, Marquis
of Maranhaõ, First Admiral of Brazil, and Commander-in-Chief of
the Naval Forces of the Empire, the sum of five hundred milreis,
as a recompence for extra services as Commandant-Interim of His
Imperial Majesty's ship _Piranga_, during the absence of Chief of
Division Jowett, on service on shore at Maranhaõ during four
months past.
March 32nd, 1825. JAMES WALLACE.
Witness, W. JACKSON.
* * * * *
Received this 18th day of March, 1825, of the Right
Hon. Lord Cochrane, Marquis of Maranhaõ, First Admiral of
Brazil, and Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the Empire,
the sum of ten thousand milreis, on account of a distribution
of eighty contos of reis, being part of certain monies received from
the Junta of Fazenda of Maranhaõ.
T. SACKVILLE CROSBIE.
_Rs._ 10,000 000.
* * * * *
5,000 000.
Received of the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, Marquis
of Maranhaõ, First Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Naval
Forces of the Empire, the sum of five thousand milreis, being the
amount of additional pay to all the subordinate officers and seamen
of His Imperial Majesty's ship _Piranga_, who have served on shore
at Maranhaõ, between the 18th day of November, 1824, and the
14th day of March, 1825.
DAVID JOWETT,
Chief of Division, Commandant of the _Piranga_.
Maranhaõ, 20th March, 1825.
* * * * *
Received this 18th day of March, 1825, of the Right
Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of one thousand five hundred
milreis, on account of a distribution of eighty contos of reis, being
part of certain monies received from the Junta of Fazenda at
Maranhaõ.
W. JACKSON,
_Rs._ 1,500 000. Capt.-Lieut. and Secretary.
Received this 21st day of March, 1825, of the Right
Hon. Lord Cochrane, Marquis of Maranhaõ, &c. &c. the sum of one
thousand milreis, on account of an allowance of one-half per cent.
for my trouble in the distribution of prize-money.
W. JACKSON,
1,000 000. Capt.-Lieut. and Secretary.
* * * * *
Received this 21st of March, 1825, of the Right
Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum one thousand five hundred
milreis, on account of a distribution of eighty contos of reis, being
part of certain monies received from the Junta of Fazenda of
Maranhaõ.
JA's SHEPHERD,
1,500 000. First Lieut. of _Pedro Primiero._
* * * * *
_Pedro Primiero,_ March 24, 1825.
Received from the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane,
&c. &c. the sum of one thousand milreis, on account of a distribution
of eighty contos of reis, being part of certain monies received
from the Junta of Fazenda of Maranhaõ.
1,000 000. S.E. CLEWLEY.
* * * * *
_Pedro Primiero_, March 24th, 1825.
Received from the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane,
&c. &c. the sum of one thousand milreis, on account of a distribution
of eighty contos of reis, &c. &c.
1,000 000. FRANCIS CLARE.
* * * * *
Naõ Nacional e Imperial,
_Pedro Iro_, March 24, 1825.
Recebei do Excellentissimo Lord Cochrane, &c. &c.
a quartier de hum contos de reis, pro conta de huma divisiaõ de
octento contos de reis, senda parte de certos dinheiros recebidos da
Junta da Fazenda do Maranhaõ.
FRANCISCO DE PAULO DOS SANTOS GOMEZ.
1,000 000.
* * * * *
OFFICERS' RECEIPTS
Precisely similar receipts, on same date, from the following
officers:
FRANCISCO ADEIAO PERA............................... 1,000 000
MANOEL S. SINTO .................................... 500 000
ALEXANDER JOSÉ (remainder illegible) ............... 200 000
* * * * *
Received from the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of five
hundred milreis, on account of a distribution, &c. &c. 500 000. G.
MARCH.
* * * * *
Maranhaõ, 24th March, 1825. Received from the Right Hon. Lord
Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of five hundred milreis, on account of a
distribution, &c. &c. 500 000. W. JANNARY.
* * * * *
24th March, 1825. Received from the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c.
&c. the sum of five hundred milreis, on account of distribution, &c.
&c. 500 000. DAVID CARTER, Second Lieut.
* * * * *
Received, April 9th, 1825, of the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c.
the sum of one thousand four hundred and eighty milreis, being
prize-money due to Capt.-Lieut. G. Manson. For CAPT.-LT. MANSON,
1,480 000. W. JANNARY.
* * * * *
Received of the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of one
thousand milreis, on account of a distribution of eighty contos of
reis, being part of certain monies received from the Junta of
Fazenda of Maranhaõ. 1,000 000. GEO. MANSON. April 9, 1825.
* * * * *
Received of the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of four
hundred and eighty milreis, on account of prize-money due to me. 480
000. GEO. MANSON. Maranhaõ, April 9, 1825.
Authoriso Se José Perea de sua Excellencia Marques do Maranhaõ
recober e quantier de quinhentos milreis. March 9th, 1825. (Name
illegible.)
500 000.
* * * * *
Maranham, March 3, 1825.
Received of Lord Cochrane, &c. &c. the sum of two thousand six
hundred and five milreis, being the amount of my account for
provisions supplied to the Brazilian Squadron.
2,605 000. LEONARD COMING.
* * * * *
Received, the 12th of April, 1885, of His Excellency Lord Cochrane,
&c. &c. one hundred and ninety-five milreis, being additional pay
for extra duty on shore for five months.
Rs. 195 000. G. MARCH.
* * * * *
Received, April 12th, 1825, of His Excellency Lord Cochrane, &c. &c.
four hundred and eighty milreis, being additional pay for extra duty
as Secretary to His Lordship for the period of five months.
480 000. W. JACKSON.
* * * * *
Received, April 21, 1825, of the Right. Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c.
thirty-nine milreis, being a month's additional pay for extra
services at Maranham.
39 000. FRANCIS DRUMMOND.
* * * * *
Received, April 21, 1825, of the Right Hon. Lord Cochrane, &c. &c.
sixty-nine milreis, being additional pay for sixty days' extra
service at Maranham.
69 000. JOSEPH FITZCOSTEN.
* * * * *
Received, April 3rd, of His Excellency the Marquis of Maranhaõ, &c.
&c. twenty-three dollars for my services as prize master of the
vessels _Dido_ and _Joaninho_.
23 000. C. ROSE, Second Lieut.
* * * * *
Received, May 14th, 1825, of Mr. W. Jackson, two hundred and
eighty-five milreis, part of prize money due to me.
285 000. JA'S SHEPHERD.
* * * * *
_Piranga_, Spithead, July 5, 1835.
Received of Mr. W. Jackson, Secretary to His Excellency the Marquis
of Maranham, &c. &c. the sum of two hundred and thirty-five pounds
sterling, in order to pay the same as prize-money to those persons,
late of the _Pedro Primiero_, but now belonging to this frigate, to
whom the sum is due. £.235 or 1,175 000.
* * * * *
There is, however, _one omission_. The payment of the crews is not
adduced, because the pay books were sent with duplicate receipts to Rio
de Janeiro by the _Piranga_. But as no reasonable man will imagine that
I publicly paid the officers and _neglected payment to the crews_, the
omission is of the least possible consequence. But lest the payment of
the crews may be disputed, I subjoin the following extracts from the log
before quoted, from the commencement of the payment, to its termination.
DATES AND PARTICULARS.
1825.
March 16th. Received from the Junta of Maranham, 30 contos
(£6,000) in bills, and 3 contos (£600) in money.
" 17th. Writing new book of distribution.
" 18th. Captain Crosbie brought 30 contas (£6,000). Went
with him to Hesketh's, where I found that he had
received 10 contos (£2,000) for himself.
" 19th. Lord Cochrane paid Jowett 5,000 dollars as
prize-money and double pay.
" 20th. 5,000 dollars paid to Jowett's officers and men as
double pay. Paid March his further share of
prize-money, 500 dollars. Took at Admiral's
desire 500 dollars for my distribution of the 100
contos in part received--from which it appears
that I am to have half per cent, for distribution.
March 22nd. Received two months' pay to the 1st of February.
Went on board the _Piranga_, and made Wallace
a gratuity from the Admiral of 500 dollars.
" 24th. Paid Shepherd, Clewley, Clare, Commissary, Doctors
Escrivaõ, Jannary, and the Pilot, a proportion of
80 contos, in course of payment by the Junta.
Went on board the _Piranga_, and paid prize-money
to Carter and a number of men.
" 26th. Paying prize-money to such of Jowett's men as were
absent on shore on the 24th.
" 27th. Paying prize-money to such of the _Pedro's_ people
entitled thereto, as are to remain on board that ship.
" 30th. Making book for distribution of double pay to those
who have served on shore.
April 6th. Counting out the money for double pay to the men
who did shore service.
" 7th. Paid part of the men their additional pay.
" 8th. Paying the additional pay.
" 9th. Paying additional pay. Sent Capt. Manson by
January 1480 dollars prize-money.
" 10th. A decree arrives by the _Guarani _from the Imperial
Government, directing the Interim President that
no money shall be paid to the squadron on account
of the taking of Maranham. Admiral suspects
Barros to be at the bottom of it.
" 11th. Went on shore with the Admiral, with sixteen bags
of dollars, besides Clewley's bag and mine.
" 13th. Paid Inglis and his men additional pay.
" 14th. Admiral proposed to Hesketh to ship cotton to the
extent of forty or sixty contos, to which Mr. Hesketh
(British Consul) agreed.
" 25th. Remainder of the money from the Junta promised
to-morrow.
April 26th. Captain Crosbie received 2,000 dollars as his further
share. Received 285 dollars, seventy-six for
distribution.
More money from the Treasury.
May 5th. Wrote to the Junta, with further demand of 13,000
dollars to make up the stipulated amount.
" 11th. Paying his Lordship's bills.
" 12th. Paying his Lordship's bills.
" 17th. Received my last three months' pay to the 30th of
April.
" 18th. Received the remaining money from the Treasury.
" 19th. Sailed in the _Piranga_.
" 20th. Sent sixty dollars by pilot to two soldiers on shore.
June 6th. Captain Crosbie appointed Captain of the Fleet, with
rank of Chief of Division.
July 2nd. At Portsmouth. Agent arrived from London with
two months' pay.
" 4th. Paying prize-money to men who had not been paid.
Received two months' pay to the 1st instant.
" 11th. Paid John Skirr £.10 for wounds.
The amount paid by the Junta was, in fact, 105,800 dollars, partly in
bills, from which a discount of 1800 dollars had to be taken. But these
trifles are unworthy of notice: I have thus accounted for every shilling
received from the Brazilian Government for the use of the squadron--to
the satisfaction of my own conscience, and, I trust, to the satisfaction
of all who may read this narrative.
From what has been herein stated, it is obvious that Brazil was, by my
instrumentality--though with inadequate means--entirely freed from a
foreign yoke, not only without national cost, but with positive gain,
arising from the vast territories and revenues annexed--as well as from
prizes, the value of which alone exceeded the cost of all naval
equipments. It is true that, after a lapse of thirty-five years, a
profession is made of adjudicating these prizes--but as nearly all the
claimants are dead, and as an intention is manifested to retain my
share, unless I produce accounts already transmitted--Brazil will have
thus monopolized the fruits of our exertions in the cause of
independence--achieved without trouble or thought to the Imperial
Government. For, beyond the usual orders on the departure of the
squadron, not a single instruction was given--all being left to my
discretion, and accomplished on my sole responsibility. Even the
favourable contraction of a loan in England--the acknowledgment of
Brazilian independence by European states--and the establishment of
permanent peace--were the direct consequences of my services, but for
which Brazil might still have presented the same lamentable specimen of
weakness without, and anarchy within, which forms the characteristics of
other South American states.
Can any government then justify the conduct pursued towards me by
Brazil? Can any government believe that the promises held out to me as
an inducement to accept the command--may be optionally evaded after the
more than completion of my part of the contract? The services rendered
were fully acknowledged by those with whom that contract was made, and
only repudiated by their factions successors, to whom Brazil owed
nothing but prospective confusion. Can any one, then, judge
otherwise--than that the present Brazilian Government is bound, in
honour and good faith, to fulfil the national contract with me--not
only on account of professional services accomplished--even beyond
national expectation; but also on account of extra-official services
which did not come within the scope of my professional duties, viz. the
pacification of the Northern provinces? That the fulfilment of these
obligations is due, I once more quote the Imperial invitation to adopt
the cause of Brazil:--"_Votre Grace est invitée, pour--et de part le
Gouvernement du Brésil, à accepter le service de la nation Brésilienne;
chez qui je suis dûment autorisé à vous assurer le rang et le grade
nullement inférieur à celui que vous tenez de la République.
Abandonnez-vous, Milord, à la reconnaissance Brésilienne;_ À LA
MUNIFICENCE DU PRINCE; À LA PROBITÉ SANS TACHE DE L'ACTUEL GOUVERNEMENT;
ON VOUS FERA JUSTICE; ON NE RABAISSERA D'UN SEUL POINT LA HAUTE
CONSIDÉRATION--RANG--GRADE--CARACTÈRE--ET AVANTAGES QUI VOUS SONT DÛS."
"VENEZ, MILORD, L'HONNEUR VOUS INVITE--LA GLOIRE VOUS APPELLE. VENEZ,
DONNER À NOS ARMES NAVALES, CET ORDRE MERVEILLEUX ET DISCIPLINE
INCOMPARABLE DE PUISSANTE ALBION."