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Este artigo, a partir do exame de debate político realizado na imprensa do Rio de Janeiro no ano de 1832, problematiza inicialmente a atribuição das identidades nítidas de “moderados” e “exaltados” aos grupos liberais em confronto. Demonstra primeiramente como tais denominações se fizeram presentes nos textos publicados como parte das formulações elaboradas para o enfrentamento dos grupos, em que cada um buscava desqualificar os adversários e resguardar para si qualificativos positivos, conforme os valores predominantes. Também procura evidenciar a flexibilidade do posicionamento dos chamados “exaltados”, cujos textos e alianças expressam uma mobilidade que destoa do modo como têm sido considerados pela historiografia.

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This article questions the treatment given to the Additional Act of 1834 as a milestone of political decentralization of the Empire, a reading that is present in a significant part of the historiography of the 20th century regarding 19th century Brazil. Seen from this perspective, the Act would mean the institutionalization of the proposals of the "exalted" liberals, active in Brazilian politics at the period. In order to achieve the proposed objective, this study first shows how this historiography is anchored in formulations of texts produced by politicians who participated in the strong confrontations among the imperial parties that begun in the 1840s. In a second moment the article demonstrates the possibility of understanding of this memory as congruent with the vision of the "moderate" liberals, opponents of the "exalted", and the recent constitution in historiography of an interpretation not adhered to it, based on the detailed exploration of the debates of the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article, from the examination of part of a political debate held in the press in the year of 1832, problematizes the attribution of the pronounced identities of “moderados” and “exaltados”, which were given to confronting liberal groups. First, it demonstrates how such denominations appear in published texts as part of the elaborated formulations for the conflict between the groups, dispute in which each one sought to disqualify their adversaries and to guarantee for themselves positive qualifiers, in accordance with the prevailing values. It also demonstrates the flexibility of the positioning of the so-called “exaltados”, whose texts and alliances express a mobility that differs from the way they have been considered by historiography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]