Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-16
soMrrHISa MoaE AbOUr BaAziL

A couple of weeks ago we published
letter frcm Rev. J. S. Malone, formerly Of
thiseiiy, butnow Immigration Agent at Rio
Janiero, upon the inducements 10 emigra-
ton from this country 10 Brazil. This
letter attracted the attention Of gentle
man OF Piitsburg, Pa, who spent several
yearsih Brazil, and who contributes to the
Pittsburgh Pos review of the letter, which
he thus closes:
Possibly after Mr.. Malone shall have
spent half dozen years in Brazil he may
come 10 much the same conclusions as those
attained by the writer of this article; that
a rich man who cannot speak Portugese
has no business in Brazil aud poor man
who cannot speak Portugese has no bnsi-
ness in Brazil; and one neither rich nor
poor who cannot speak Portuguese has no
business in Brazil; for whether he be poor,
or in moderate circumstances, Or rich, he
can do better in the United States. Unless,
So already remarked, be goes ont ia con-
nectiOn with some specially.
"A few Americans devoted to dome spe-
sial calling under pecHliar circumstances,
have succeeded in Brazns A feE more
may succeed. Bot if men are encouraged
and induced TO so ont there in numbers
under che delnsiye hope that there is less
work 10 be done than in this country for
& iging ard thatlabor is better paid thaze
than here, as a general thing, there will be
many sadly disappointed, and those who
are instrumental in persuading or coaxing
ignorant people to leave the United States
to go to Brazil, take upon themselves
tremendous responsibility.
Let man spend few years in Brazil
with ample opportunities of siudying both
the people and the country, and then write
bis truthful convictions; and let him be a
practical and not a poetieal man. Mr..
Malone may be practical man but has
he been long enough in Brazil to enable
him to grasp fully the whole subject?
Let those among our American friends
who may read this, pause ere they take
passage The object of this article is to
deter persons from rushing heedlessly or
without sufficient reflection to distant for
eign land, merely because it has some at
fractions. II is not penned for the mere
purpose of cfiticising letters from Brazil
Mr. Malone's letter has more truth in it
than any thai has come from Brazil during
the past two years, and it is presumed that
his desire is TO write emily truth, yet there
are ideas, perhaps inadvertently conveyed,
that lead to a misapprehension of the coun-
try. Il is desirable land in some respects,
particularly to persons who speak the Por-
tugese language, or even the French, flu
entity; but that colonies from the United
States will permanently succeed there is
highly problemalical.
As long as the money that individuals
carry with them lasts they may prosper.
This has been the experience with colonies
in Brazil. When that money is all gone,
The colony breaks up, and the individuals
are left in miserable plight Exceptions
may possibly occur in the future, but the
chances are that nine will be disappointed
where one succeeds. At all events it is
better to look carefully at all sides of the
question before taking an irreyocable step
so important as permanent change of
country.