The Greenville times., 1876-05-27

a lazy people. Incidence Is bora
and bred in them from generation
to togeneration. The old Portuguese
element Of their blood has become
so much attenua,ed by mixture
that only . few globules Of the ori-
ginal fluid exists in their veins.
Ii is . peculiarity Of the Latin
races, which cannot fail so &c no
ticed BY Psychologists as in strong
contrast with men Of anglo-Saxon
descent, that they take naturally
to degradation rather than to inn
provement in breeding. The NOR
ais Of the people, 1t may be said
without fear Of contradiction, are
unspeakably bad. Those Of the
clergy are such as would be consid-
ed depraved in any other country.
But morals, like other things, are
comparative. Little hills would
be mountains in Holland. ltis true
that the priests almost universally
keep their mistresses, that they se-
ducc fair pcnitents, and are allow
cd all sorts Of. intimacies with
married ladies'; about which the
husbands are not much concerned,
for these people rcyel in such inn
purities that sins like these are
generally looked upon as venial.
The governmental Brazil would
not stand one day without the
influence Of the Church, and there
fore It's conduct is not strictly in
yestigated. The ignorant masses
would become the dupes Of politi-
cal advcnturcrs, and instead Of
harmless mumincry, even coupled
with vicious indulgence, there
would be bloodshed and hopeless
anarchy. II is a humiliating idea
that men should be made idiots in
order TO become good subjects.
Should II be thought that these re-
marks upon religion and morality
are overjrawn, the reader. is re-
ferred TO "Life in Brazil" by Ew-
bank, and "I.es Femmcs ct les
Moeurs de Brcsil," by Expilly.
Ewbank devotcs the greater part
Of his book to the character and
religious obscrvances Of Rio de
Janeiro. Expilly had seen some
things in Paris nevertheless, this
not over sensitive Frcnchman was
shocked by what he saw in Brazil.
l regret to say that the worst pic
lures are true to the life, rs my
own observation can testify. Some
years ago, when census was to
be taken, ii was proposed TO d.
vide the company into classes, and
10 cnuneratc separately the white,
black and mixed. The Brazilians
themselves laughed at the i:nbecile
who wasted his ink on the sug-es-
ton. Mixed. There is black |
blood everywhere stirred in. COM
pounded over and over again, ike |
an apofhecary's preparation. AZ
riean blood runs freely IN the veins
Of the whole people, and Indian
blood swells the general current.
There is no distinction between
white and black or any of the in
termediate colors which can act as
a bar to social intercourse or po.
litical Advancement.
The whole population Of Brazil
according to the census of 1870,
was 9,0SS,755, Of whom 1,357,4l6
were slaves. AT present the ag-
grcgate is supposed to reach H.
100000.
BAY OF RIO DE JANEIRo.
The Bay of Naples and Of Rio
dc Janciro are the rival beauties Of
the world. For thousands of years
there was none to dispute the SUI
premacy Of the arst. The bay Of
Rio do Janeiro, like school girl
kept from view, was blooming aud
bright, ready to "comc OUT as
she has done, and eclipse the reign
ing belle. Now that they are both
known to the lovers Of the roman
tic and picturesque, the western
rival is more aud more appreciated
and admired. It Is vain to insti-
tute a comparison between them.
They are alike neither in locality,
shape, nor coloring; only in the
general underlined characteristic Of
beauty.
To one coming from sea by night
and finding himself anchored in
the harhor in the morning, there
has been o loss not to be estimated;
that Of the mcst sudden change
from natures bold sublinlity to
her softest look Of lovcliaess. Most
voyagcrs arrive from tho North ;
but those ere more fortunate who
first SEQ the entrance Of the bay
when coming from the South,
where the coast is more mountain.
Gus and abrupt. Stcaming along
under these towering cliffs, almost
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