Monkey. This Assembly made a law abolishing the stability and perpetuity or the parish priests lifetime, turning them transferable, according to the will of the Presidents. This fit in the attributions of our Assembly, because that the parish priests are used Provincial. But the General Assembly of Brazil had the nerve of annulling our law. And will we let to pass a such precedent? No, for certain. Sirs, that would be the largest servility (shouts of approval). We undeceived ourselves, Sirs. We in the Province are Legislators of the Universe (shouts of approval). It would be awkward that this Assembly was corrected by other (general shouts of approval). We should follow Poncio Pilatos's principles that never, never, scratched out what once he had written: quod seripsi, seripsi. Such it should be the emblem of our caracter firmness. Don't consent we that a strange power annuls a law today that still yesterday we had sanctioned (shouts of approval). Let us conserve intact our attributions (shouts of approval). That versatility would not be worthy of Legislators of Minas Gerais. In a word. Sirs. The law should subsist in spite of the General Assembly (shouts of approval). I protest and I take oath, I will never consent that our law be insulted, powdered, annulled and stepped on by the feet.

Treble. Mr. President. This insidious act of the General Assembly, I consider it outrageous of the warran-

ties that the law of August 12th... I want to say, that the Additional Act confered to the Provinces. Sirs, let us speak clear; I am republican in person; the democratic spirit boils in my heart, it runs as waterfalls in my veins; I am not able to therefore to suffer the insult that imposes us the General Assembly. Don't are we Deputies? Isn't our Assembly by chance Legislative? How threfore if it comes to annul us a law, emanated of a legitimate Authority? Let us resist, Sirs. (shouts of approval). No cowardice. If it goes necessary we will seize the weapons to vindicate our insulted honor, our law stepped on by feet of the Aristocrats of the Assembly (shouts of approval). Yes, the aristocrats, that heterogeneous race of Brazil, they are the ones that want impose us again the colonial yoke (general shouts of approval.).

Rattle. Sirs! Such usurpaktion of rights is inadmiksible. As there is not at the house a proper commikssion, I remind that one send this business to Commikssion of Powers and Infrakctions of Laws. (general shouts of approval.).

Guts. Very well; until here we have been discoursing finely. No longer it is small the forecast of attacks for tomorrow. The repressers certainly don't wait this thunder. However I still remember a subject in wich we a lot can ridicule the Government. It is about the Stenographer. Begin Mr. Bignose; cheer us with your eloquence.