New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-02

or, from the Jorsal de C0mnere'o. The "''''e w.
,ur c,,orrRA-MoKBUs IN sERoTH-~'
u.,o,n. tuesday, Jan. %, 1885.
,,;,ct ia our province; eitef nh
CboeIs " s,;,y IL on now beg q TO ainn,'n o'
n'n.. - in ali parts OF the province eAoep p,.a. anJ
h',e IL is still moving down tho 49, ,rb;,h bod
whtie -. .nnear.pce few focanties "u"n NV"
nskts m NM, now 80 that f. ar 1t VIII lost Tor
long while. 40 ooo ,.,Dable lives have already been
, N NV tLi. terrible disease Most N 'ne proVm-
eu' s ~ az Emnire have already heen visited ike thu.
- Ls horribie scourgc, and We apprebend thai all OF
ZEN viii suffer more or lcss. TIE ors ot workmen'
so,b f,,e aud slave, has been very considerable
,IroueLout The whole Empire. Thousands and thcus
amos of valuable lives have been taken away from
Our agriculture.
This il q iad truth which we cannot but acknowl-
edge; ard this terrible guest wh,ch makes its abode
in every er will continue t. iaflct u for long
time. Nobody doubt of it; the contrary would be
n complete blindness Illusion not to be pardoned
We have before the history OF this devastating
monster, both ID Europe and North America, 70 pear
witness If this terrible fact 1t will make its appear
abce again aid again, and reproduce ia Brazil the
very scenes which We nov see represented, anu
every time population will be made to suier more
ara mere, and be tbinned In Europe, where the
evils Of tue p.stieuce very considerable they are
TO d certain Cxent supported by the superabJnd ince
Of population, but in Brazil, where territory Is 50 ex-
teIsivc and whose population Is so limited, the eHecI
OF this scUuIge il immense and beyond cacuzton, and
cannot be remsdied, uness effective and strong meas
uies he speedily taken. Yes tae loss Of the wJrkmen
employed agricultural pursuits, which form the
prncpol source of our private and pdoc wealth must
carry Will il the fatal ami ation of agriculture itself
Lands however Iich will be left untouchc 1, and the
scarcity of food will increase 10 fearful extent;
famine and misery will follow, and private fortunes
being thus destroyed the public revenue will also be
considerable diminished.
since the Government Of Brazil undertood that the
importation of slaves evil to the country, ana
that it was also Offense to morals aud clv zaton,
and since they undertook to put stop to it, the imml.
grafton Of free labor ought to have been protected ana
ebcourae ed by good, efficient eDsctmens. This was
expected by every body. Only in this wsy would they
have blessed the band which, with the wise aud hu
name measure, lad also off, red the remedy against
evil effects Btt this has rot been done they have
suppressed the trade, and thus they diminished the
number of laboiiDg men, that agriculture presents
discOuiaeMg prospect, 10 our conviction. And the
Minister who took upon themselves to suppress this
trade and got with the greatest possible zeal from the
Legislature the necessary powers to cary their scheme
into execution they did not co anything in favor of
cooniza,iOn and look with indifference upoa the law
of public lands enacted by the Senate. This law IS
passed; it is severe but what is the OF il What
will its result be 2 Our ministers in duty bound
TO lave it executed, but up to this day they able
only 10 establish the Bureau for Public Lands. The
Secretary Of the Interior being questioned in the Sen
ate in 1854, in regard to the colonization, answered
that he was maturing this matter and during the last
session not a word was said On the subject