New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-15
The Emperor Of Brazil.

tho Emperor OF Brazil, Is on DIS way to thi
port, and will arrive here within the mex
pose Of visiting our centennial, and &C
quainting himself with those wonderful
things known as American institutions
Whist are American institutisnsl They Of,
everything that is morally and physically
indigenous to the United States, from 6
wooden nutmeg up to Q Washington ring
The fame of these peculiarities has reached
Dom Pedro, and he comes hither to find
ont BY personal inspection whether w
como time ago, examined the monarchiel
and institutes of Europe for the sake
of discovering whether the Representations
made to him thereupon were legitimate. He
viii spend much OF his time in Philsdel
phia, Of course, for Philadelphia during the
next six months will be the core Of the
United States heart, tho apple of the Amer.
loan eye. The nati0nalities Of the entire
world will be focused there for half . year,
Hgence, will make ample use of such an
=. opportunity ~ does not often occur to any
ono of studying different people side by
side. To be cure, New York will afford him
=. quite a. much opportunity as Philadelphia
during the ensuing GUNNER, and therefore
it 10 probable that his visit will be pretty
equally distributed between the two cities
until he makes up his mind to 60 West.
In certain sense we already know what
and that the nation he reigns over ia Brazil.
But there is closer slgnifcation of the
word what, which includes some inlook
into the character and habits OF the poten-
tate. In accordance with this larger way
of looking at this subject, We beg leave to
state that Dom Pedro is the most intelli.
gent and advanced sovereign that Brazil
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and 10 doing, perhaps, - much in his way
as the Khedive 10 doing for Egypt. He has
been called, and not without reason, the
Peter tho Great of Brazil, his plans being
audacious and extensive, like those of the
great Russian Regeneration. He is now in
his prime-about fifty years of age-and
ascended the throne in 1881.
Some years ago he was absent with
lis wife in Europe. They began
Dom Pedro led Tan exceedingly industri-
Gus life, and one which, for king, was
voted eccentric. He rose at the ung0dly
hour of six. paraded Piccadilly amid the
ghastly penumba OF A. NJ, started the
walters and funkies by incursions among
them at the most unheard-0f moment, and
retired only long after midnight, when his
suite was utterly tagged out. This kind of
thing he kept up during his entire stay IN
most unm0narchical absence Of show and
parade. seeking the shadiest Of incognitos.
visiting every noteworthy place from the
Tower down as private gentleman, and
evinciDg annoyance only when his kipgli-
ness was spotted and his silk hat suspected
of c0ncealing Q crown, and his walking
stick Of being merely . prolonged sceptre.
In this way he managed to find out some
thing more about London than had he al.
i'm m fa1 VII, 30,
red tape, royal routine and fervid turnkey
ism.
Ii there ia any one reason more than an
other why Dom Pedro should be received
il the United States-at least by the North
ern section of it-with open arms and pro-
fuse hospitality, it is because he abolished
slavery in Brazil, the act going into effect
five years ago. This is q strong, sympa.
thetic, harmonious chord. which will vibrate
between him and the majority of the people
ne is likely to meet here. And besides this
he is, as We have already binted, a ruler |
who loves progress. Too clear-headed and
well-balanced to be the sport of every ism |
that ambles by, he yet keeps even with the |
advance edge of events, and while being |
particularly in love with one or ten rival |
sciences-such as philosophy and com
parative grammar-he yet contrives to
keep on good terms with the spirit of |
all. He believes in the railroad and |
the telegraph as the pioneers of civil |
iization, and has done much to give all |
ACCESSIBLE portions of Brazil the advantage |
Oh these appllcations Of steam and cleo. |
tricity: He has greatly improved and ex-
tended the land commerce Of that wonder |
full country, and at the same time has had /
the good feeling and the ehrewdness to re- |
press that inordinate greed for gold which
is apt to turn into pandemonium region |
rich in mines of gold and silver. He
staunch friend to the cultivation of coffee.
cotton and sugar cane, and has made and
is making strenuous exertion to have Brazil
celebrated in the annals OF commerce. He
is tai, well made and handsome; is mar
ried, but cbildless; is well educated and
speaks English, is related to some of the
leading magnates of Europe; comes to this
country in accordance with an invitation
given and promise made in 1872. and will
probably be absent from Brazil eighteen
months. As the first foreign potentate who
has visited the United States his stav
among us ought to be and will be latter
OF universal interest.-New York Teiegrow.