The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-05
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.,;oo Picture Of Want, Disease and
' n.,pair from South America.
correspondence of the New York
H13 W. World.

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''p .a mic of Lee and Johnston, and
II whom. previous to the war, had
lsrge and successful planters, mag
Il hot an existence within the limits
s Tinted States was absolutely I'M
,6Ie emigrated with their families
a'l ions parts of South America.
colonists were prevailed on to be-
''so hat in Brazil and Buenos Ayers on
nth Atlantic, and Peru and Chill
pc ,be South Pacific seaboard, they
"A find climate and country suited
AIR luxurious tastes in fact, they
= conceived the transportation of
.lowIands of Louisiana and the glades
rror;da and the Carolinas to the banks
no Rio de Ia Plata and the Parana,
= the mild valleys and genial slopes
IL Andes. Among these numerous
,sscted Southern colonists were many
estimable gentlemen, comprising
.eeo-growers from Virginia, cotton
her, from the Carolinas, Georgia,
lama and Mississippi, besides extern
sugar-planters from the celebrated
n River country of Louisiana and
rs: deluded with prospect of repair
heir broken fortunes, left what re-
S.'Bed Of their once happy homes and
Grated to the land of the Indo-Span-
and mongrelized Portuguese. 1t is
rsg-known fact, that in consequence of
great exodus from the Southern
,as, countless acres of the finest land
he Southern country were given over
be rule and the ruin of the New Eng
N carpet-bagger and the cOtton-feld
NIB. Whole districts, once furnishing
overfowing with the unparalleled
! I-ylucts of remarkably fertile and
1oy country, were left almost uninhab-
or sacrificed for mere song. Near
sight years have elapsed since the tide |
southern emigration was turned to- |
rl the lands south of the equatorial |
4. and in all there have been many |
9lreds who at that time have relin- |
:hed their comparatively comfortable
mes in the South for questionable
sciences in the land of lascivious, mon
slzed and treacherous race. Obvious
these misguided colonists from the |
,lth have since been taught terrible
son by the saddest experience, and |
sre are but few of the many who now
qain upon either the Atlantic or Pa
3 coast who do not most heartily regret
step they were foolishly induced to
Ike. In Brazil, in Peru, or in Chile,
Rio de Janeiro, Lima or Valparaiso,
day passes but in some remote and
smIsiye quarter of these gay cities are
be seen exiles from the South, who
he reveled IN luxury and affluence, and
Ioare now reduced to the most extreme
Int and penury. Hundreds of these
textiles were brought to the notice of
ar correspondent while attached to the
aied States Consulate in the north of
sru, many of whom had appealed, but
pealed in vain, to their old Govern
snt for assistance, which was, however,
Ferless to aid them. Again, not few
e been seen in the streets of Sa ntiago,
the low precincts of Callao and Quay
Hui, who were evidently in the last
Eges of restitution. Want, despair,
! ink, and its attendant evils, have
bought them to what they are. In this
leryating climate, even did they know
" to work and could obtain it, their
Institutions impaired and enfeebled by
onths of exposure and hardship, would
bear the burden Of hard labor. Many
the Southern colonists, it is true, still
|anage to keep a respectable appearance,
ut after all it is a sort of "out-at-the-
Bows, down at-the-hcep responsibility,
bile sadder still the vast majority are to
( met with whose appearance most sure
{ indicates that they are making the
.iltul effort to drown their miseries in
9tent libations of the most villainous
2l vilest deeoctions that human ingenu-
T-or rather deviltry-ever devised.
al out-ofthe-way quarter of Valparai-
3 IN one of the lowest precincts of the
~, known to the maritime community
the main top whose brothels and
are the resort of foreign
lors and the lowest class of the native
lPulation, part Congo, part Indian, part
laniard, and not small portion Chi
sse, stands dilapidated building that
Md scarcely be dignihed with the name
dwelling. This miserable, rickety old
vel presents a more filthy and repul-
We appearance than the most abject den
misery within the purlieus of the Five
onts in days gone by. Above the
Dor Is conspicuously emblazoned the
gand, I'm Dixie's land we made our
and, which without a doubt proclaims
a nationality of the proprietor, while
sn in glaring capitals just below it,
aereon is inscribed "The Alabama
Tee and Easy" indicates with equal
5rtanty the character Of the establish
ent in question. At the bar of the
stnguished Chilian brothel, surround
by the most depraved of both sexes,
nd dispensing the vilest native drinks to
vile set Of scroundrels as ever went
lhung, is what is left of man who was
d dozen years ago a power in the land
a man who was once a delegate in
'hgress, as well as prominent officer
the Confederate army. His story is
d dlsslmilar from that of others of his
Tmer rank in South America. Having
s almost all his worldly goods by the
ar he was tempted by visions of hastily
qured wealth, and freedom from all
Dor, to emigrate to Ecuador. Thence
went to Peru, and finally to Chile,
king lower and lower in the social
ale at each migration. His bright
spelled, honor and the memory of wha;
once was were insufficient impulses to
ter him from falling to the lowest
pths of a miserable and depraved ex-
ence. The above is far from being an
asgerated picture; it is only one in
'nee of the result of North American
ngration to the Southern continent
there are hundreds of just such Incl
ots that can be related of the lives of
Sc men on both coasts-incidents that
truth form sad episodes in the history
people with whom we are wont to
oeiate all that is brave, all that is gen
us and all that is honorable. w. c.
According to recent statistics the popu-
ION IN country towns and In rural dis
us Is not increasing but the cities are
q L.