The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-06-01

However, "when you arein Rome,
do as the Romans do" She was
politely offered comfortable seat
where che could see the people,
The nation had had many Presi-
dents, but they had either been
from among the blacks, who carne
from the Brazils, the West India
Islands, the United States, or from
among tho Liberians, who were
now settled in. that rich, and beau-
tiful country on the tributaries of
the great River Pcrus--now call
ed Madre de dios- mother of God.
The new President was the first
who claimed descent directly from
Africa" the fret shall be last and
the last frst," was about to be YER
flied, for the blacks from the other
countries had always overruled
the Africans in previous elections.
Religion had its effect upon the
political questions of the day ; the
blacks from North America were
usually Protestants, those from
Brazil and the West Indies were
generally Catholics, while the poor,
ignorant African had no religion
at all, 80 far as Tbecla could dis
cover. The new President lead
the African vote; and as he had
Joined the Protestants, this gave
him their votes. There was a po-
litical question before the people
as to whether their country should
be open freely for the introduction
of emigrants from all other coun,
tries The West India and Brazil
ian Catholics were most positively
and bitterly opposed to the idea of
permitting white folks to live on
political, social, commercial or ag-
ricultural terms of equality with
themselves. He being friendly to
their views on this subject, they
all voted for him. The Liberians
generously gave him complimen.
tary vote, which placed him In Of
fee by the united vote of twenty
millions male and female black re
publicans. -. .-
President Mtesa Kamrasi, ap.
peared on the balcony ; the mass of
people who crowded the plaza
doors, windows and house tops,
took off their hats. He was q tall,
neatly dressed. intelligent looking,
grave, determined black man. He
said: "Let us thank the Great
Ruler of all for health, prosperity
and happiness the people bowed
low) "The initial point of the
boundary Of our land has been fix
ed at Carthagena. on the shore of
the Caribbean Sea. From that
point, the line follows the summit
of the Andes through New Gran
ada, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia,
to the intersection of these noun.
tains with the Tropic of Capricon,
next to the Territory Of the Ar.
gentine. Confederation; thence
along said line Of the Tropic to the
shore of the South Atlantic thence
along the shore of the ocean back
to said initial point. We have no
intanglements with other nations.
Our commercial intercourse with
the world Is prosperous and in.
creasing. Besides an extensive
mercantile marine, we have one
hundred steamships of war, ten
thousand naval seamen, five thou.
SAND apprentice boys instructed
and being educated by the Gov
ernment for the future require
ments of the country. The found.
alton on which our commerce and
its naval protection rests, is the
great improvement and develop
ment of the agricultural wealth of
the country, and we have the sat.
isfactioh OF knowing that since the
Introduction of our agricultural
productions into market the dailv
expense of life among the people
OF the world has been decreased
nearly one half. Tho African fleet
arrives monthly with an average
OF five thousand native Africans.
The emigrants have finished the
Ship Canal from the lower to the
upper falls on the Madeira River,
and are now at work on O canal
between the head waters of the
Madeira and La Plata. When
this canal shall be completed, the
C o m m ercial wealth of the La
lata Valley will be upset, and
will fall into the Amazon Valley.
The long sea voyage to and from
the mouth of the La Plata will be
unnecessary as the trade with the
interior of South America can be
more cheaply reached through the
mouth of the Amazon River. The
feasibility of building ship canal
over the Andes from the valley of
the Benz to the Pacific Ocean
the highest elevation being twelve
thousand feet above the sea--is