, 1866-12-25
DON PEDRO ANn KmANc1Par,ox

-'A ~ EAAAOSs
1"eeiaeul tnht tnc Emperor OF
a.A nae eu'anc'pated all his slaves, leads
~ 'ns uope that Al no distant day he will
lt'fn his attertion to She subject OF cmancI-
fatioh throughput the Empire. The cxam
PIE o. the toited States aud Russia may well
Inspire hlm With The high ambition OF con
neItAnE Aia name with an event thnt will rem
ueF IL nius.rlous through all time, and place
II SIDE ny side with that OF Liucolu and Alex.
amer. rs one u the great benelaciurs of the
human race. In extent Of territory, Efa.il
ls Inc third country in the world, being cx-
cceocd only BY China and Russia. The sluycs.
As SHOWN BY the census Of 1850, numbertw
and haN millions, or about oNc- third Of the
enttte population, which IVES less than eight
nHllions, Including five hundred thousand
hataVe Indians. II Is ctident that with n ser
Vie class so nearly equal numerically.
20 me Tree population, slavery
= An eeement o. weakness which my wise
o'sefnmenI "onlo seek to remove even az a
matter oi mere policy, regardless orthe high
e' Claims OF c'vtAzatton and Justice. II Is
nol inp1ooaolc that the lnmslatins defeats
Don Fedfo has suffered In his contest with
Iafasuas, have opened Ills eyes and Taught
1lfn some useful lessons on this subject.
Inc army heis able to raise and maintain,
out Of a opulation Of about eight millions.
would appear ridtculously small In
isce- County, With population of
t"o miiaons, Illinois sent hundred
anu c's"'s 1eoasand soldiers to sub
ouc tae rcocilioh' Weh four times that
Hushoe1 ol subjects. Don Pedro can scarcely
esno one'l"nrtu the number of soldiers 10
A-At III his lsultless 4narecl with free and
Ga'iant fafaeuaE. Slavery never obtained
much oi q iootloid In thlt country, and when
tEe sf.se population II BRAZIL was mu7e than
w" millions, that Of Paraguay wss legs than
lhpssand. Thc war tina; has beea going x,
petWccn these two countries, exhibits IN =
su4ktfs mariner the strength aud visor
"a FREEDOM and the weakness and clEcmioscy
OF slavery. Paraguay, with populatinn o.
less ttan one':itth Of that Of Brazil, ha,
raised snd mai1 tasncI large. armies than
'Ee Empire cou1d> put In the field, has
promptly met the invaders at every point.
anu. annoush frequently defeated 1p the
peSNa!nH OF the War, has exhibited cuur.
age aud endurance that have at last Won the
S:etoEy' Dou Pedro must abaudou
us enterprise against the brave
!stle aefSshe IN humiliation and
dks7acc, or protract 4 hopeless struggle
,.-at cen Only end In exhaustion and final
With such prospect before him IL would
te strange il the Emperor should not study
the Causes Of his weakness. So s.udyinv
lc would be blind pu,Il If he failed to .ce
ir slavery tbe agent or his humiliation. W.
may topc, therefore, that in emancipzt,nr
his own slaves, he has done SO to prera,c the
minds Of lis subjects for IN abolition policy.
ard intends, as toon as practicable,
10 proclaim liberty throughout the land, nc
has, Mt shy rate, st M example In his own
household. that will be cer7a1n to cast the
mo,nl weight Of his government into the
scale Of freedom, and to make emauc,pation
IA .hiouable amouE the ipltAtotg and follow.
ers Of The Court. It Is IN example that will
MT in the least commend him to The ex-cou-
frdcsate soldiers who arc contemplating an
emigration TO his douintous. or h.ye already
gore there, The chief purnose Of the
Brazil elu5r1stion scheme was 10 ret ayay
from "Atoljtfou&' rule. and TO SEEK A ban-
pier land, where rebels could eptoy the nd
triarehal institution OF slavery 10 the1, hczrts'
content. Even If Don Pedro docs not mean
to root slavery out Of his Emplrc. he has
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