The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-26
I TnE NEanoEs' PARADISE OF THE Fu-


DYING In BaAzI1. "A
correspondent OF the Boston Journal
writes o. a.glowing account OF the induce
ments which are held out by Brazil to
the oolored people. He says: s''s
The approximation Of social equality
among whites md blacks have before
alluded to. It was conspicuous last
evening Mt the theatre. We'll dressed
white mon led out to the dance full
blooded negresses with as grave defer
ence and politeness as they could have
shown to the Empress, and their atten-
tions were accepted as right, not at all
as favor. The approach to equality
even betweon masters and mattresses
and their slaves would astonish +. L.
V. There are several reasons for this.
No master con fog slave, but must
send him to the police station, with q
statement of his offence, whero he is
punished in accordance with his demo-
rite. Secondly, the Catholics teach that
the negro Is ''n man and brother" mud
has soul, and must be SO treated But
chiefly this equality may be referred to
the tact that slavery is understood to be
n doomed institution even in Brazil.
For yoars past only the planters have
htt36oo AZ tSdo IClu6o ~ lCG tuC D0Ople
go. Tho enlightened Emperor has con
stantly pressed emancipation upon peo
pie nnd Parliament, aud at lust an Act,
as compromise, which provides that ull
children born of slave parents after tue
date of the Act, shall bo Free and after
twenty years I'LL slaves shall be free, las
been introduced and debated without
excitement. and with the general belief
that some Act similar in tenor must soon
become law, but which failed ut this
timc to secure majority in it's favor.
Another proposition is now before the
Parliament which meets with some favor
aud may pass. 1t provides TINT ali chill
dren born Of slave parents, and all
women between the ages Of fifteen and
twenty, after tho passage of the Act, shall
be FREQ, and another section lays heavy
tax on each male slave. to be paid aunu-
ally by the owner. The effect Of the
latter clause will be obvious. In one Of
tho Western provinces Of the empire, II
plot for general insurrccton of the
slaves was discovered last month Just in
time to prevent its consummation, by
the arrest of the leaders. Tho -Iaglo-
Drdsiiidn, the only English paper in the
empire, in commenting upon the event,
warns the Government and people that
tho slaves understand quite we'll the
Significance of recent events in North
America, and will not long be kept in
bondage.
There can be no doubt that slavery
will soon be done away with in this fnir
land. Certain it is that tho climate of
Brazil is tho paradise of the colored ruce.
Hero he attains his fullest development
and lives easiest and longest The soil
yields him food almost without labor,
and clothes he needs next to none. A
pair of low trowsers and coffee sack is
u snit for every day, while bananas,
beans, yams and chickens are MS plenti-
ful as grass If all the negroes now
were in Brazil. and under good system
OF government, they might, according to
MIR. Lincoln's inchoate scheme, develop
the resources Of this splendid country,
and their own capacity for self.govcrn-
ment and Christian civilization