Abstract
Republic and Anarchy. Monarchy and Civilization. These ideas were applicants in thespeeches of the conservative senators and deputies of the Brazilian Empire. Located ina mostly republican American scene, the Brazilian Empire had conservative elite thatsought to put the monarchy, inextricably linked to the European tradition, as a lightamong the political instability of the Hispanic republics. An important element thatsought to outline the actions and operation of the Brazilian monarchy, a “civilizationalproject” in America, was the Ensaio sobre o Direito Administrativo, the 1862 work ofPaulino José Soares de Souza, Viscount of Uruguai. Through the analysis of this work,this article seeks to trace the negative image the republican system had for the imperialconservative elite, greatly affected by the Hispanic examples. It also looks to presentthe opinions of Viscount of Uruguai and his colleagues, in which the monarchy wasconceived as a guarantor of the constitutional stability; the constitutional stability asguarantor of the political stability and the political stability as key to achieving thehighest stage of civilization.
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