Smyrna times., 1889-12-18
A Great Republic and its
Future.

II greatness be estimated by terri
torlal extent, Brazil is in the front
rank OF the nations of the world. The
only nations which exceed it in tbi,
respect are the British Empire. Russia
China and the United States. The
new Republic has a coast line of 1000
mlies, and its breadth from Pernam.
ouco to the chain of the Andes is 25OO
miles. Jutting far out into the Allan
TIC Ocean, Pernambuco is within less
than four days by steam to the coast
OF Atrlca-a fact of no small signi6-
cance IN its relation to future CONNER
clal development.
In the vast geographical limits of
the young Republic the total popula-
tion does not exceed 100000. OF
thlsspOpulation the whites amount to
ABOUT 100000, Of whom not more
than l25,000 are of pure Portuguese
Diood. Not less than 100000 are full
oiooded Africans, and the rest are of
almost every possible mixture of race
and color.
Brazil is almost destitute of rail
roads and telegraphs. No important
lines of railroad penetrate the inte.
rlor oil the Republic, and the means of
communication between the distant
states and the central government are
extremely slow and precarious. A
revolution might occur in one of the
Andean States and it would be weeks
before the government at Rio Janeiro
would lind it out General education
has been so much neglected that if es-
tImated that so per cent. of the poDu-
iatlon OF Brazil cannot read and write.
, By reason of her natural advantages.
brazil promises in the near future to
attract large share of European en-
igration. Recently Germans. Italians
ana Spanards have been pouring into
the country in increasing numbers
aud are enlarging the production of
sugar, coffee, cotton, rubber and other
vaIuaole va articles OF commerce. Should
thIS movement continue under the in
hnences ola stable government. and
w!In the attractions of cheap and fer.
tie lands, 1t would go far to solve the
problem OF European emigration which
causes SO much distress to a certain
school OF statesmen in our own land.
dltherto the negroes, of all races of
men, have been least stirred bv the
impulse Of emigration. They are i'm
Dued more than any other people with
that quality of patriotism which con.
sIsts in clingiug tenaciously to their
native soil. But the inducements Of
tered by Brazil may arouse a strong
migratory movement Of the colored
people from the United States to that
conntry. There no prejudices of race
or lnierlority of condition would inter.
iere with their social and political
progress. They would be equal if NOT
superior in number to the whites. and |
would have full share in the govern
ment OF the Republic. The cultivation
oi sugar, tobacco, coffee, cotton and
other semi-tropical products in a eli
mate to which their physical tempera-
ment IS peculiarly adapted would /
enable them to earn a livelihood. and /
even to grow rich, without much pbvs. /
cal or mental effort. BY attraction
rom the United States and Africa a
great negro Republic, affordinr
ample scope for the ambition and en-
,erprise Of the best of the race. might
lrise in South America: and thus
mother problem, which gives SO much
embarrassment to the politicians of this
country would be happily solved
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