The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-25
MERRY XMAS.
That's What Everybody Is
Saying and Enjoying,
To-day, We Hope.
Hut I'm Far Away wales Sew
enty.Fiye Families Mourn
for Their Dead.
In Brazil Many Enjoy 10 ms
Freemen who n Year Ago
Were slaves.
A More Hopeful state OF Affairs
I'm Revolusion.Svrecked
Peru -Oiher News.
EMANCIPATION.


WASHINGTON, December "a. y
Among the diplomatic dispatche
recently sent to congress bv the
president, was one from Mr.. Charles
ID. Train, secretary of legation at Rio
de Janeiro, giving brief history of
the emancipation movement Ia Brazil,
n statement OF the work accomplished
and the present aspect OF the slavery
question.
A law which was passed In 1881,
declared the freedom of all negroes
and their children who should be i'm
ported into the empire after that date,
in spite of 1t the slave trade
increased, reaching, prior to 1881,
enormous proportions. Fifty thou
single year when the trade was at its
height. The elective Intervention of
the British government, in 1851,
broke up the foreign slave trade, aud
from that time the friends of the
slave, in Brazil, were able 10 make
some Roadway against their oppo-
uents. In 1871 they secured the pass
age of a law declaring that children
born of slave mothers, after that
date. should be freed. II provided
for the reimbursement of the masters
at certain rate, also that there
should be annually freed, in every
province of the empire, as many
slaves as shall correspond to the
quota allowed each province out Of
the fund destined for that purpose.
The emancipation fund lie derived
from tax on slaves, subscriptions,
legacies, six annual lotteries, fines
from violation of this law and other
sources. Judges of orphans courts
in each province have control of the
fund. II was hoped that slave own
era would quietly acquiesce, but the
hope was iallacious. The registry o
slaves, which the law required. showed
that very few children were born to
| slave mothers, Immediately after the
passage of the law, while the record of
births for the preceding year was
Justification of the record In
other respects, also. the provisions of
the law were successfully evaded.
and in 1881 1t was estimated that every
sixth person throughout the empire
was n slave.
The abolitiopsts contirued to gain
in numbers after the passage OF the
law of 1871, and for a few years they
directed their efforts to the enfran.
chisement of single parish in the
province of Clara. which was accom-
plished without difficulty. Parish
after parish in this province was at
tackled and conquered, aud on the
25th of March, 1884, the enfranchise
mcnt of the last parish in the provinc'
was publicly celebrated. When tn,
work was begun in 1874, th,
province contained $4,000 slaves
in 1881, the Eamber had been re
duced to 1000. The plan of operation
of the abolitionists Is not fully ex
planned in Mr.. Trains dispatch, bu
seems to have been: first, to depreci
ate the value of slave property by
system of mild boycotting, aud thei
TO purchase and manumit the slaves
Funds for this purpose, besides tina
furnished by the government, wer,
raised by private contributions, b.
lotteries, aud, to some extent, by til,
slaves themselves. The boycott seem
to have been very successful In tn,
attainment of its purpose, as tn
price first paid by the abolition so
cities was 437 nilreis, while those o
the last installment were only eighty
seven milreis ($37). Clara was
however, "a grazing. pro
vince, aud was much NOR
easily susceptible to abolition thai
the coffee producing provinces, whicl
still remain TO be conquered. Tn
slave population of Clara was In tn
ratio of about ten to twenty Of II
frcemen. In Rio there are $4,000
slaves TO 100000 freemen. while IL
San Pemlo the slaves outnumber tn
whites by four to one. The aboli
J iionisis are now demanding uncondi
: iional and immediate freedom OF tn
slaves.
, Mr.. Train says in conclusion, tina
his majesty, at the opening of tn
present parliament, said: The gov
eminent presents bill asking You /,
pass the measures In discussion
This Is grave matter, but one who's
7 final solution will be arrived at by til
= execution of the system OF the law G
: September 18th, 1871. aud the govern
: ment is sure that for its development
!. you will adopt the measures sue
D gested by your wisdom
4 "That Ia TO say,n says Mr.. Trail
= 'the government advises the excel
i zion OF the law of 1871 nov
: twelve years after Its passag
i as means of extricating itse
from this grave matter; and