Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-24

s almost as killing to the mind o. u
former was to the body. There vi
: be no need Of eivl rights bills /
: Brazil when once an men are FIRE
I in that country. The fact Of fres
! dom settles all question as to rieht
and privileges. We may, therefors
look to that country for' a NOR,
rapid progress, and a more exsltet
manhood on the part Of the blacl
race, than we have yet witnssa6d il
the United States We are eiinnan
cipated here, but we are not We,
quite free. We are a cowed race
and the effort'is is to keep us so. II
will hardly be believed outside ol
the United States. that colored bar
bers in Washington city, are even
afraid or ashamed to shave one oi
their own race. They are cowed,
and servile. only a little removed
from slaves, and are the reluctant
instruments of their own degrade
tion. This feature Of the black situa-
ton Of the United staine, is among
the most sad and discouraging, for
it proclaims that as a race. we have
fallen to a depth of degradation
more profound and hopeless. than
any other people among us. We are
the only people that have fallen
SO low, as to feel ourselves de-
graded, by waiting upon each
other. We have been so accus-
toned to recognize the superiority
of the white race, that some of ms
think that there is positive honor in
shaving that race and blacking their
boots, and dishonor in alike service
to n colored man. OF course, all
this cannot be rightfully attributed
to any innate inferiority of the
American negro. II comes from
the surrounding atmosphere of pre-
judice, and we ilnbide it with the
rest. Some of us resist the influence
with considerable case, but the great
mass of'onr people are cowed and
depressed by it.
In the emancipated Brazilian ne
gro we look for the best specimens
Of the race. The world waits for
higher examples Of the abilities and
possibilities of the typically woolly-
haired and darker skinned races,
before it makes mp its verdict con-
cerning that variety of the human
family. They have had a states |
man and a warrior in ToussAIsr |
EOUvKHrrRr hut he stands afar of |
and alone. We want living exam
ples-men of our own times. |
From what we have heard of the |
negro in Brazil, when once free, he
may be looked to as the coming
man. For this great brother of the
colored race we watch and wait as
SIMEON did for the MESSIAH.
Meanwhile let every man do what
in him lies to hasten emancipation
in Cuba and in Brazil, as means of
delivering not merely the millions
who sweat and groan in the house
Of bondage but the best thing that
ran he done for whole race of
men who ON all sides Of the Journey
Of life meet with resistenes and dis
couragement to which other races
of man are strangers.
With the following wise and
timely suggestionsof the Committee
Of the British and Foreign Anti
Society. on the same sub
Iect we entirely unite:
SLAVERY Is BRAZIL.
To The MtaisrH the Council Of State
and the Legislature Of Brazil:
The Committee of the British
md Foreign Anti-Slavery Society,
having observed with great salts
action that the Brazilian Govern
nent are at length about to adopt
measures for the total abolition OF
slavery, beg. in no spirit of dictAr
ion, but very respectfully. to offer
few brief remarks on the subject
'eing the sesult of careful and long
continued observations Of negro
'lavery and the operation of tho
methods adopted in various coun-
:ries for its extinction during the
past fifty years. n ss.l
The difficulty Of turning fsomt
'lavery to freedom, and from q vi
'ious to a healthy state of society,
must Of course always be great.