The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-13

cratic masses, whoever he may prove
to be, may not be synpathizer both
ia his views aud actions. In fact, the
decided probability IL, that no man
can succeed in securing the full con
fidcnce OF the great mass OF the penn
ocratic party, who has not ~ some
unmistakable manner exhibited his
concurrence in Jefferson DAVIS policy.
True, there are certain State con-
ventions, representing state organiza-
tiops calling themselves Democratic,
which have recently taken what is
looked upon as new ground, but ~
not this Impression after all really do
lusive Has not the ADVANCE which
Democratic conventions hayp, within
tho last few months, profcssed TO
make, been apparent rather, than real n
Take the action 81 the iate Democrat
10 conventions Of New York, Ohio
and Pennsylvania as illustrations. All
Of these bodies have tx pressed appro-
val Of President Johnsonb recon
struction scheme. notwithstanding he,
IL, by virtue Of his position and the
election, at the head Of the tcpublil
CAP party but not one Of them has
stopped there. Every one ~ tbsm
has gone on 10 lay down some
additional proposition indicating that
its views have undergone no essential
modification The Democracy Of New
York have endorsed the past conduct
of thefrSparty. The sDstnocratic Con. 4
vention5ofg Ohio hunts up tho rcsolu- !
tious Of 1913, and really plants ftsclf.
upon the doctrine Of State riqltA and
sepsa Vi Vng7lIn PepnAylvaiiia, holder
than their party brethren elsewhere,
tho Democrats declare tile warn BLUM
dor, norinfe aud disgrace. These
arc the sign iicant iDdications.. They
tell where tie heart Of the Democratic
party still is. They teach 40 import
ant warming 20 the country Once
all but wrecked under Democratic
management, the nation, 10 be- safe,
eau neqcf agIin be- entrusted 20 the
same. pilotAgc.1 l1he original danger.
remqlLstfr4. Logis Dem9aat. >
MIAMI freedom 10 Brazil. aa.nas
The Emperor Of Brazil has yielded.
todhc demands Of teiviliza tidft mud
hns proclaimed emancipation 10 tire
Hitherto chslayod races anfbia Empire.
tie has prouiililned that MI Ichildren
born Ia Brazil nfter the date Of his
decree, shall be free, from tho day Of
tllcir brill. and that at the end of
twenty years the title OF slave shall
attach to no human being IN his FIN
piro. All honor to the, Emperor of
Brazil lie had previously put an
end to the slave trade, aud he now
places limit upon tho hours Of Ala.
very. The gradual system of aboli- !
ton has beep resorted to in order not |
TO disturb property rights, but the |
blow has been struck which from its
date destroys slavery hsan Investment,
and virtually einancipatos tho race.
Ten years. and perhaps lcss time, |
will see final decree peremptorily |
abolishng slavery The cause Of hui
mnn freedom has progressed greatly |
during the period since traitor hands
perpetuate human slavery. That gun
was answered by the emancipation Of
four million of slaves in the United |
States; its echoes were re-echcd |
by the emancipation of twenty-four
millions of Russian aeriA, and now
Brazil completes the glorious anthem
by making free over three millions of |
her people. Tho rebellion and civil |
war III inc tntteu states was underr II
taken in April, 1861, to perpetuate
human slavery in this country, and in
April, 1867, the Emperor OF Brazil |
completes the work Of emancipating
the last OF thirty.one millions OF slaves,
who, previous to the firing of that gun,
had no hope, present or remote, of |
freedom. All honor to the enlighten-
cd spirit Of the sovereign who exer-
oiscd his imperial authority to make
his people free. 80
Brazil is territorially greater than
tho United States, and the almost
universal productivonoss of her soil,
tho equability of the climate, the mag
nitudo and number Of her rivers, and
the variety of her productions, mark
her M centre, politically aud geo
graphically, of the southern half of
America. As the United States in
time will DO all North America. in /
fact, il not technically, so j. Brazil
destined to occupy and rule the south
ern half of the Western Hemisphere. |
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