Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-25
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1885
Abolition IN nrasn.

Abolition IN nrnsii.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.--Among IN,
diplomatic dispatches recently sent n
congress BY the presidcn. was one from
! MI, Charles B. Train, secretary of lega,
yen at Rio dc Janelro, giving brlci
history OF the emancipation movement In
nra1u and statement OF the work
accomplished and Of the present aspect Of
sne slavery question. A law was passed
IN 1901 which declared free an negroes
auu thelr children who should be i'm.
ported mo the empire after that date.
out IL was never executed, and In
spite OF it the slave trade Increased.
reaching, prior 10 1881, cnnr.
nous proportions, $4,000 negro
slaves were imported In simple
year when trade was az It's heirhth. The
effective Intervention OF the British goy.
ernmont Ia 1881 broke up the foreI,n
trade, and from that time the friends of
the slaves IN Brazil were able 20 make
some Roadway against their opponents.
In 1871 they secured the passage OF law
4 declaring that children born OF slave
mothers after that date should he
free. IL provided foi the reimburse.
ment OF masters at certain
rate and also that there shall be annually
1 freed In every province OF the empire as
many slaves as shall correspond % the
4 quoy allowed each province ont OF the
iund declined for that purpose. The
emancipation fund isdoriyed from INK
ON slaves, subscriptions, legacies, six am
| nual lotteries, fines from viola.
| t"n OF this law, etc. The
/ Judges OF orphans courts IN each
province have control of the fund. n
was hoped that slaye-owners would qni.
| city aeqniesce, but the hope was fallacious
The registry OF slaves, which the law no.
| quiros, showed that very few children
were born 10 slave mothers Immediately
after the passage OF this law, while the
record OF births for the preceding wear
was enormous This proved extensive,
almost universal, Justification. In other
respects the provisions Of the law were
successfully evaded.
In 1881 twas estimated that every sixth
person throughout the empire was
slave. Ahpliuonists continued TO gain In
numbers aiter the passage of the law of
1871, ana FOR few years they directed
their efforts TO the eniranchsement of
single parish In the province of
Clara, which was accomplished without
difficulty. Parish after parish In this
province was added.and conquered ON
the 25th Of March, 1884, the eniranchise.
ment OF the last parish In the province
was publicly celebrated, Whom work was
begun In 1873 the province contained CO.. |
GEO slayosi IN 1881 the number had been
reduced 10000. The. plan OF operations
Of the aOQllionists Is not fully explained
IN Mr.. Train's dispatch, but seems 70 have
been first 10 dcpreCiate the value of
slave property by n system OF
mild boyootlng and then TO
purchase and manumit the slaves.
Funds for this purpose, besides those
furnished by the government, were
raised by private contributions, by lottor-
les, and, "a some extent, by tho slaves
themselves, The boycott seems 90 have
been very 5accessiul ia the aliaiumem OF
It's purpose, "a pr.cs" 1rsi p"i1 hy the
Abolition soclsS W , 1o NH
oal, 81 milries-say S87, Clara
was, hOvlyor, a grazing province,
ana was much more easily susceptible 10
the abolition than the cofice.producng
provinces which still remain 10 be con
quered The slave population of Clara
was about Ten TO twenty of its ireemcn
In Rio there are 100000 slaves TO 100000
ircemen, while In San Pemlo the slaves
ounumbercd the whites four 10 one. The
aboliliouists are now demanding the uu-
conditional and immediate freedom of the
slaves. Mr.. Train says In Conclu
sion his majesty said In opening
the present parliament, ga government
bill asking YOU to pass measures OF decis-
ion will be presented; this is n
grave matter. but one whose final
| solution viii be arrived at by the cX-
ecutlon OF The system OF the law Of Sep
! TENDER 2S, 1871, and the government Is
sure that for Its development you VIII
adopt the measures suggested by your
wisdom, that Is TO say the government
advises the execution OF the law OF 1871
now twelve years after its passage,
as means OF eXtrlcatng "
self from this grave matter,
and II is indeed Il grave matter for this
country. The assassinatiOns of masters
and oversecrs by slaves, followed by the
most terrible revenge, are becoming more
and more frequent. Brazil IL bidding fair
for immigration to.open up her wonder,
| full resources, but immigrants are
not TO be found who are willing
to offer their labor ~ competition
with that Of slaves. Her finances are a
source Of Increasing uneaslnees, but every
one knows that the worst has not
been reached yet, which win come on that
day when the country finds her industries
totally paralyzcd through the want OF
labor, her slaves having acquired
their freedom either ky some legal
enactment or az a result OF scryilc ia.
surrection After that, freed OF this ter
ribie incubus, starting anew on the priE-
Ciples that underlie OH civilized nations
she ought soon 10 attain that rank among
the powers Of The globe for which nature
! has evidently destined hcfv
Mueller and Germany.
] WAsnINGrON. Dec 2l-IhN EveninK