Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-06

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zance of another agency, internal and ma
tional, which has been diligently at work tc
this end, conjoinily with the external pres
sure Of the British. ! refer TO the antisla
very party in Brazil, never us have said en-.
tirely without voice in the land, but unti
very recently insignificant aud seemingly
without influence. In the rpeness of tune
however, it las come fully to light, and the
"lanalcsm" supposed to be confined to O
few individuals is found to be largely shared
| by native BraZilians all over the country
! The number Of those WHO are openly COM
mitted to emancipation is yet small, but II
includes some of the best men in tie coun-
try, eminent for their talents aud character,
aud for their social aud official position. The
| advocates Of this cause, more or less frank,
are to be found uniong tho counselors OF
state, in both houses of the Legislature, in
the legal aud medical professions, among the
nobility and in various public offices. The
events the past year have strengthened
their hands, aud the pioneers in the cause
ind sympathy and support in many quarters
from which it has heretofore been withheld.
1t Is no longer popular, nor even safe, polit-
cnlly speaking, openly to assail their persons
aud doctrines, nor TO cite against them The
eounter erdnpie Of so enlightened ndtion as
The United States, MS was IriunphunIly done
but few years since.
Fortunately the planting interest, which is
naturally the most concerned IN the perpetu-
ation of slavery, is too widely scattered over
this immense country, chiefly in the sea
board, provinces of Rio dc Janeiro, Bahia,
and Pernatnbucco, to concentrate its efforts
and influence. Another serious obstacle TO
Al, tl,a
United States, Is much felt in Brazil. That
is, the feeling of caste, aud tho nntipathy OF
the whites to 0nalgamaiing or associating
with the blacks. In this country, the mix
turc of races and blending of colOrs has al
ready done much To level this impedment To
emancipation. Aud, MS natural consc-
quence, il is worthy of note that the inability
of the black race to share with the white the
duties aud privileges of free citizenship, is
dogma which the experience of the country
has already explored.
The population of Brazil may consist, in
round numbers, of about one million five
hundred thousand whites; one million five
hundred thousand Indians, mostly wild one
million five hundred thousand free blacks
mostly mulnttoes; aud three million five hun
,lred thousand slaves mostly negroes; ma
king altogether, eight millions OF souls, or
nearly that. And vet the fear that tho ne
groes, il set free will overrun, the white race,
or become a burden to them, does not seem
to be considered so serious nn objection to
their emancipation in this country, where
there nre but three whites TO seven backs,
without reckoning those who are free, as 1t
does with us, while we number twenty
Whites TO three blacks. Indeed it is evident,
A.. So. ,l, l,nf fif.
admission of Cabinet Ministers, aud from
various other indications, that while think
ing men in this country do not accept the
South Carolina theory of the blessings of
they also reject that other doctrine,
so rife with us, OF the imprdeiicabhiy OF
peaceful abolition. Many proofs of this
might be udduced, among which was the in-
at the lato session, of projects for
the discouragenent of slavery, in this and
the other chief cities, which, though too late
for the present action, were well received,
even with the avowal tliatlhey were intended
as an entering wedge of ultimate emancipa-
ton. Thus, while the Capital Of the United
States is lcgisIaling for the expulsion of free
blacks from its limits that of Brazil is mcdi-
taing only the expulsion of slaves.
There are grave obstacles, however, to
emancipation in this country, founded in the
deep-rooted prejudices of n people long nc
cIistomcd TO the service of slaves, in the sup
ply of free labor, aud OIL other considerations,
some of which nrc peculiar to Brazil. SO
that, although the emancipationists may per-
haps flntter themselves ihut the traffic is viz
tually ended, they have yet no holydny work
before them to induce the Legislature TO
adopt measures for the gradual extinction of
slavery. There are men here, however, who
will not shrink from the task, whose princi-
pies have been hardened by the fire OF persc-
cution, and whose abilities have been sharp
ened by the exercise Of free dscussion.-
They have weekly paper here, called The
Phiiunihrop;Si, well supported, and advoca-
ting tho most uncompromlsing abolition doc
trines. There is similar pnper, called The
aLohiionisi, also printed here. A society has
been formed, sort of intelligence establish
nent, for the purpose of supplying free la
borers to those who prefer them; and there
men are to be seen in the streets with con-
spicuous badge, marked "Free Labor" on
their heads. The custom-house and some
of the arsenals are now systematically served
by free labor alone. Yet no danger seems TO
be npprehonded from these, ''incendiary"
documents aud proceedings, although there
are here one hundred aud ten thousand
slaves, out of the two hundred and fifty
thousand composing the population of the
city proper.
TO avoid misrepresentation, it should be
observed, that while the two questions, of
the suppression of the African slave trade,
and of The extinction of slavery in Brazil, are
necessarily much connected, and are both
favored or opposed by the same classes of
people, yet the general condition of public
opinion in regard TO the two is by no means
the same. In respect to the traffic, il is pret-
" well made up, vast majority of the native
Brazians being considered as opposed to its
continuance, partly from principle, more
from interest and perhaps more than all from
"a dread of its future consequences. 1t has
been only through the influence of the Por-
tuguese residents, commanding the purse