The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-24 00:00:00

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resuriiii, utitti tre=at onr,ExtrAs
from that part of Mr. tliA Itow'a.ifilditble account
of his voyage 'to Cochinchina, xvhich' relates to the
scat of the new Empire, about tOlie founded by
the PHI',4dE REGENT of Port.tigalai we wish to
afford our fteadet's the hest information that can be
ohtatned respeCting a place to which we confidently
look for incalculable advantages to .thisCauntry,

"The discovery of the American Islands seems
to have ,been the result of a preconeerted outer-
prise, but that of. the:Co3Sr of. Brazil was Merely
accidental. The Portuguese Admiral Cabral, when
ctoduOing an Expedition round the Cope of Good
+lope, resolved, in consequence of the calms and
baffling Winds which his predecessors had inveriakly
etperieticett, near the coast of Africa, to try a diffe7
rent, though circuitous route, by crossing the erica-,
noaial line, Many degrees to the westward of that
part of it where hitherto it had been customary.
Having accomplished this point; an& keeping his
sails fit% with a brisk South-east trade to the
southward of the line, he unexpeetedly fell in with
the coast of South Ainerica, about :t he xteeuth
parallel ofiatitude, whette, after experiencing; much •
squally weather, he discovered a tolerably good bay,
on which, finding a safe anchorage for his Ships,
he conferred the name of .Porto' Segttro';::and coo-
formably to the custom. of these days, hetallett this
part of the newly discovered Continent Santa Cruz;
or the HOly Cross. , But his Government after
changed it to that of 'Brazil, on account of- the va-
luable evvood -So called, which; fbr a considerable
time after the -discovery, .••was the only fmportant
article of produce:exported from thence to Eitrope.• ,•
" In theSe days, indeed, the accession of terri-
tory, merely as • such, was held',to be only a se-
condary cossideretion ; the cOnyerSion of the no.;
tires,. and Christianity, was the gratiti and Osten-
sible objet', and all conque,ts were avowedly under-
taken'underahhi ,sacred' banner. How far the Por-
tuguefie,Were sincere in their views of enlarging! by
the addition of Brazil, the dominion of-Christendom,'
rtiay partly be inferred froM the description of
people -which they Seleaed to be settlers-of this:
:newly acquired country.' ,All.persona'conVieted of
crimes, not immediately punishable. with death, all
such as were- accused of witchcraft enil hetesy, all
kinds of Vagrants who • hardine ostensible moans of
gaining, their subsistence, all .persons who- were. in
,any way obnOxious to'flie'chiticii, but partictilarly
such of the Jewish' arid Maliernedan persuasions as
were not in cireumatatices to pay for 'ProteCtion •
against perSectition ;' in short, all those, whom at
any lime it was deemed expedient to get rid"ol,
were banished to. the Brazils, The Jews, against•
whOin eretext 'was seldom wanting, V.v./heti:the oh-
'
jdft was• to get at their property, and who, on all
occasions, were the devoted victims of the holy in-
quisition, had not mach reason to regret the orlon.'
tion of'a measure which' was to remove them out of
the reach'of'a Systeinatic persecutidn; and to confer I
on theth the exercise °flitch liberty in a new Coon-
tly, where iudiistry and skill could not Nil to raise
(bent to prosperity. Banishment was oi "their" a
sanctuary from injustice and rapacity.' 'lmmediately
On their landing, they began to cottaidee oftbe mint •
likely meatis•of iOgratiating themselves with the na-•
tires. ',Chose unsuspecting creatures, on finding
themselves kindle treated,' made no•Objeeticin to the'
stnrrigers 'oeceeeiog lands, whereVet'they might
chose to Aix.' taey even diverted themselves at the
fblly of the white Men, who Covildleave their own
country and'iheir fri'encia, for the pfirptise of digging
the ground in a strange land; and of` rearing a few,
sickly. Plants, whose seeds they-had brOttght • with
tln for rTa purpose, when the ''native' forests 'et:
the Pairiik yir.:itl,qt-spontateetislyarrinekliauga.bie
supply ot deteious traits.
Alt these' petiple, hoWeverewhiflovl been Con-
sidered at home itt no other light them as. the dregs
of society, foUnd their coodirion in their new
rriuti-
try itifiniedv improved. They had takea-the .pre-
caution of eao in;.; fe'w cuttings of the
went 4!:.11,: tiik. Island of Madeira, to which
p 1,1,.:!,.! l'ect ye! already ti in4,lOnted. it
he:it theMioie.econit.itio and this talntatile pint
wais'iAiftivitted in the Braiils with so'ffittch success,
that, front an article of medicitte; it' became, in the
coulEe of .a ft:-..‘v rtigii7,4:::priii„vitof luxury. It
s,..:emsirideed that • the iffeteased •demand. .tOr this
veluable proetia, in—The-aiiarkets of Europe, first
ceevinced tie Court' OCreisbiao 0:f a truth to which
at naii ion namely, 0.-at
Ca.;:reirOt44,*CoOie iJefor the tnotherConotre
, , , • ~•
:•tioevjvi it,;1444 gf;.)4,..i, nor diamonds to
the soil. .
" Sr,. emelt, indeed, had
,tiv.,..qnprlrt4ttl of the
Ciovei-oluent, that,.
in
abut' fifty' Ate- disco Very, It was con-
. sidered to bt yw'ettio, of tlae,,,suOriittendieg care of
a GiriernerGencral., This.greit.nitvi had scarcely
set foot in tile Tountry. before he certatri'* to nuar-..
id with the net i velndiaus;.- .PrOne his owe „bseeee.
lions of the gentle and tra6tiible disposititio 'of these
savagese which were corroborated by the accounts
„he receiverl•from the colouists; he conceived,. as he
ihought;::the of:redticing'soiee of
thin to the condition of Aavery, 'and of
jog others. to olqivatohe e-routod.oll such,:terins,aq
shoeld reee-ibe. • The Governor no doubt atted
is conformity to the, spirit of his instructions ; •
for; it may be observed that, ip all the discoveries
and' conquests of Spain and Portugal, the popola-
Lion of a country was never conSidered' as any cri-'
terion of its wealth. To retire' their. bonnet:Ts
I'
!Mk to seal chi for gold •'tittst,
were the hest objects of their 6onsideration.. By the•
partial- successes of the Portugoese" on the coast of
Africa, they :were no clot4A.'.errebitraged to porsite, tt
similarplatoboSoutle America e: hut the Bnizilians,'
taking the alarm at,Suelt an titex I:tied outrage, de-
, ternuned to repel injustice. by tbrce. Their aunt-
hers and their courage were greateteahan,was neces.
sary to crush at once. this'intitnt colony ; and this
wooki, have happened, not tie i:1-
telfcrorice of sollle Jesuit missionaries, who . by
their per,.oasive' and ,witintog condo& had gained The
estemreof the oativteae warded oft the Now. These
enterprising mete, prevailed en . that part of the' in,
suited datives, which inhabited- the:4oa coast, to ac-
.
cede tettertospt reconeiliatioo white the colonists
boteanany rutted into the interior; and, tiotwitio-

standing all the-PelAtigiiiislllll44 1961,7 men, could
nevei: be induced tp, putlurther confidence in their
.European intruder.'
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