The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-07-28
BRAZlL'S EMPEROR.
"slnvery is Forever Ended in BRAZIL

! "Slnvery is Forever Ended in BrnziI.''
This was the message flashed under
the ocean not long ago to Pedro II, tho
Emperor. 1t found hin at Milan, TIA.
", exhausted with disease that threat
ened to prove fatal; but the accounts
say he revived ~ the glad tidings
yet declared that, having accomplished
his LIES greatest work, he was ready
for the end.
He would be mourned throughout
the civilized world as one OF the best of
men and most enlightened of rulers.
He was born in Rio Janeiro, on De-
cember 3, 1925, and christeDed Joas
Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano
francesca Xavier Da Paula Leocadio
I Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga. When
not years cid he became sovereign by
the abdication Of his father, the Empe.
ror Pedro /. From 1881 TO 1883 his tu-
tor and the sole regent was Don Boni.
facio Jose de Andreda e. Silva, leader
of tho Democratic party; but after the
fall of that statesman, Council of Re.
gency controlled the State. In 1910
Pedro II. was declared by the Cham
bers to have attired his majority, and
he assumed the government July 90,
that year, and he was crowned July IS,
1S41. On September, 3, 1S43, he mar
ried Princess Theresa Carolina Maria
de Bourbon daughter OF Francis l.,
King Of the two Sicilies. Almost his
first act was to dissolve the Brazilian
Parliament, and for five years or until
1913, there were stormy times, but be
finally established himself firmly in
the affections of the people, and for for
ty years he has enjoyed an empire
without internal discussions.
In lS5O'he felt himself secule in be-
ginning the peaceful work OF emanci-
patipg the slaves, and on September 4
of that year he decreed that the barter
and sale of human beings should cease.
II was not until 1871, however, that he
directed Parliament to pass laws for
the emauipation Of slaves as they
reached certain yeas Of seIvitude, and
ii is only now that every soul in Brazil
is free.
Dom Pedro speaks Portuguese, Span
ish, French, English, German and
Italian tluen,ly, and has travelled most
observantly all over the world In
1862 he made his first trip through
Europe, and on his return he threw
the river Amazon aud its tributaries
open TO the commerce of the world. In
1871 he revisited Europe, and in 1876,
the Centennial year, he came to the
United States and saw the counlry--itS
people, its industries, its municipal,
State and National institulions-more
thoroughly and more intelligently
perhaps than any other distinguished
visitor we have ever had. He travelled
like private citizen, for he detested
mere show and adulation. After ieav-
ing the United States he made almost
| Il tour Of the globe.
Last year he went to Europe for his
health, which was broken by n compIi
cation of diseases, including partial
paralysis. For time he gradually
grew worse, but now his humane but
glorious career docs not seem to be
! near its close.
During the absence of the emperor
his only daughter, Isabella Christina
Leopoldina Augusta, is Regent of
Brazil. She was born Oct. l5, 1864, and
is the wife of Prince Louis PHILIPPE
dorleans, Count d'Eu. She has two
sons, Pedro, born Oct. Is, 1875, and
LUZ Felipe, born Jan. &c, 1878.
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