The War in Paraguay : With a Historical Sketch of the Country And Its People And Notes Upon the Military Engineering of the War
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317 After having a ' Te Deum ' sung in Asuncion, Caxias declared the war finished, and, without leave of absence, left for Brazil, where he was made a Duke by the Emperor. The termination of the Paraguayan war now entirely depends on the state of Lopez' pantry, and will end when his stock of wine and other good things has been con- sumed, as he will then think he has done enough for glory. 318 THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. CHAPTER XXV. CONCERNING THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY, AND TDTE ATROCITIES OP LOPEZ. I A...rpiiOACii a difficult subject, but one which cannot be passed over in silence. I know very little about it my- self, and probably hardly anyone knows much, as the victims and their executioners, with everyone else who could give any information on the subject, are alike gone, with the exception of a very few lucky ones who have escaped, and some of whom it is to be hoped will publish all they know about it. I shall begin with the affair of Mr. Washburn, the United States' minister in Paraguay, which throws more light upon the subject than anything else in my knowledge.
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