, 1865-08-12

There are at present, the Paris Debats re-
marks, hut two Countries In the world clAtM-
ing thedes:enation Of Christian In which slaEe-
rs still exists. Forty years back England freed
herself from that dreadful leprosy; IL 1s43
France followed the example; the United
States and Holland have now DOM the same :;
60 that Spain and Brazil are the only slaye-
holding natlcna. The institution OF slavery
{s now SO universally EepEobated fn all civil
fzed States, that the two countries just nam-
ed must, before long, yield to the current
tie The two g vii take lie iesdi our contempo. @ o.
rary is of the opinion that 1t will be BfnzIl,
recent events In that country Indicating that
q sticnE feeling aga. inst slavery Is making It.
: self felt there. On the 17th Of May last TWO
important propositions were made ID the
BRAZILIAN Senate On the subject one BY Wis.,
silreira da Motta. The last named senator
proposed that all foreigners shonld be inter-
dtcted from purchasing or selling elaVes, or
even from having any In their possession,
such decision beng In conformity With the
lRw prerailing in foreign countries, a'l the
slavery, This mutton IL believed to have 4
great cEaLce Of euccees. The other senator,
on his side, proposes whole series Of enac.-
ments-that Ill negroes enrolled in
the amy should be proclaimed free;
that every negrkse made q concubtne By q
DfEZ1iidH thDNi1 UE AcEia1tA u AG6 MbtnAn
that slaves shculd not be bequeathed by will;
that in every caee OF collateral fuccession Or
OF intestacy, the elaFc~ shall be liberated
ard, lastly, that iu ten years tTery slave aged
twenty-five shall recover his liberty, and that
In fifteen 3ea,s slavery ehall cease to exist In
the country. The writer does not enter into
any examination Of the value Of those propo-
1itions, but expresses the belief that sotne
ttIectual meas urfs will before long be resolv-
ed upon. What We Know he observes,
"of Brazil, gives us good hopes Of tho n.
ture. An Immenee progress hss been reR!iz'
I'd IN that empire within the last forty years
tne,e na. nssR s,s E,satt sdysoes n9t oaay IN
There aye very many distinguished men well
yc,sed r. the ideas Of modern Europe, a.
cue'omsd to p9litical life, ard perfe:tly ca
pable Of resolving the problem Of emaoc1pa-
tfcu IN o. 'srFcifsc sense. Moreover, We can
eay Ti'hent hattery, that We hase confi aencs
sovereign Who has all the qualities Of his
high rank, bnt Is MISC man OF highly culti-
rated intellect-thc first Portuguese poet Of
his time, ard the friend Of sciences and arts.
With such Talents and such tastes, the
heart also must be hama1e. and the mind
him. He liz too enlightened not to see that
1t is urgent I'd abolish slavery Ii he wishes to
MAINTAIN Brazil at Its rank In civilization
be IL TOO good 8 man not to feel that
time presses, and that every day Of delay Is
day Of suffering, misery and degradation for
thou, ands of Bis fellow creatures who coufi-
dtntly place al thelr hops in him: Let Don
Pedro, therefore, l1asen to these Buprlisnt
cries let him reflect that all Europe has Its
eyes upon him. 1t is IN his power to confer
En- immense benefit on his people, aud to
Ilnce himself in the first rank Of soVe1e{ens
who have made themselves nl1strious by
their good works. Let .hlm 1nish the work
which Northern America hasj just commenced,
and his name E1ll be blessed for all ages get
10 come It. is nov nearly century since
come poor .Quakers. now almost forgotten,
Cla1keon, Benezet. &C., demanded the sbol!-
'tIon Of The slave trade. W1loesforce gave
them tha support of his e1oquence, sud, By
, enUghteufnG and -impassioning public op!n-
Ion, Gained the cause which ho 50 n9tly
pltadcd, In spite Of all the protests OF private
interest. The cause Of emancipation has
numbered advocates neither less courageous
nor leas skilliul. RcGailly, Brougham, Ben
lam:n. Constant, De Broglle. Claiming, Par
ker, b. de Gasplrtn, n. Wallen, II. Cochin,
and many others, have neyer tired IN their
| protests against the injustice Of slavery.
| Their voices resound far and wide, and found
! IN echo In all hearts. Bat they we're not
| listened to in the United States and what
! has been the cost? -Four years OF fightful
| civil war-6Oo, Goo men killed, a million and q
! half wounded, debt Of Il, OK, ,0o0, 900 oi
! francs- such Ia the sanguinaly and costly
+; ransom Of the fault committed By th9se nh: