Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-13
BRAZIL,
THE PARADISE OF THE NEGRO.

BRAZIL,
THE PARADISE OF THE NEGRO.
The Land to which the North American
Coiored Man should Take
Himself.
lIor the Dispsich.l
No 3.
Before concluding these articles wish
mere 20 express NY thanks to the Dspdich
LOT It's llberality in permitting me TO use so
much Of its space IN advocating the rottn'-
fd'y deportation Of the negro or his emi-
grafton to Brazil or Mexico on the ground
that II is not only practicable but would
be beneficial 10 both the white and negro
races. The Dispdtch daily in its editorials
throws buckets OF cold water on my
scheme aud SAYS il Is utopian-a mere
dream aud perfectly impractica0le. III l
mad been told fifty years ago that IN not
| very long time person would cross the
Atlantic Ocean IN six DAYS | whOuld not
have believed il. IF / had been told at
that time before long. and in this
day. would read the Queens speech TO
Parliament at my dinner while the English
man read II IN London at hls supper on the
same day. | would not have believed II. il
had been told Gt that time the United
States Government in less than hfly years
would build a railroad from New York to
san Francisco. while engaged IN a furious
war which amazed the world and shook
this continent. 50 that nj this time you can
travel from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific in
safety and luxury III five days. and at the
same time by it, proclamation OF emanci-
patton would free all the negroes IN the
! I lor 1,a1i u nd
/ would have thought the person telling OF
the person who believed 1t was Il subject
for the lunatic asylum.
+ WHAT FEW YEARS MAY BRING FORTH.
| Ibelleve that you have many readers OF
! the DlspG'ch. past middle age, who vii live
I 70 ride on n railroad from the Union depot,
IN this city. TO the Plasa. in Rio de ia
Tneiro. and there may be many Of them
/ alive who. going around the world, Will
J distance Nellie BLY, farther than she does
/ Nerne's Phiieas Fogg and make the trip
m Behring's strait or the contemplated
/ Siberian railroad in fifty days or less. The
voluntary exodus of the negro from the
South certainly would not be SO wonder
/ ful as his enumeration. for he would be
! induced so 70 do just "a millions OF Euro
peans are, by the innate desire we all have
T to hitter olr condition. IL Is this desire that
builds up great Commonwealth.
/ Again. there j. unrest and dlsquietudc,
/ an Irrepressible conflict going on. o. shown,
all through the country. The negro has
/ political equality he seeks political power;
10 en- never have it. He wants social
/ equality; he can never get IL.
THE LAWS FOR TIFF DARBY.
Now. have attempted to show that the
negro. If ne will 60 10 Brazil, the land of
sunshine and flowers, Of the cocoa and the
palm. tine paradise Of Portuguese, Indians,
/ and negroes, he will better his condition
and he VIII get without asking political
and social equality, and | hope be- will
start very soon and not wait FOR my rail
road u be built. He can go 10y water over
not dangerous seas and 20 chcaply; aud
BE- Will. II willing TO 90, have no difficulty
IN finding transportation any more than
The white foreigners have aad the Chinese
he'd i'm makiugA dumpng-grOund OF the
United States for all the refuse OF their
. countries. and If distance and the seas
should he an insupernhle objection. then
there is Mexico. with ITS mixture OF negro.
Spamard and Indian, adjoining us and he
can walk 20 That. ! say to the negro:
You have paid your money and you
can take your choice, bat | would advise
yo1 % 20 to Brazil. There you WOuld be-
come a prominent factor IN the govern
mcnt and tue future Of the country. You
aro all born politicians, with lotty asplra-
lions. which YOU now know can never be
. gratlhod IN this country, for we and the
Yankees wOl't let You. In Brizii You Will
find no prejudice 10 your race the Yankees
cannot live there Is too hot for them And
another reason they won't live there Is he
. cause your race prft0BlnGtS. and you would
rl!e them. If Won are industrious and smart
vou can make lots of money. wear dia-
mond-. 20 10 the Casino and the opera IN
/ Mor'h- Paris dresses, ana have every thlny
el.e that luxurious CITY Ike RIO can pro-
duce.
a Political PaRiDfsR FOR sAMBo.
J. you are a hustler or ward politician
instead Of getting the Offices for some
"poor white trash you viii get them for
yourself n industrious yOu VIII raise
sugar and coffee. and We. the white people
. IN :he South. having gotten rid 81 yOu. VIII
maze and send You more Hour, lumhcr,
manufactures, &c. DC. rot forgetting
,our favcrite dish Of hog and homlny-'
If Won are lazy, aud as most of you ara and
don't want 20 work, II Is tue best country
in the world 20 live IN. and you VIII have
plenty Of company among the natives.
YOr will not -equIre much clothing any
season OF theyear. Bread grows on the trees.
and Won can nave banana, and oranges ant
other fruit Of all kinds Of tropical growth
fortheprcklnca and water millions All the
y-ar round and PLENTY OF COOns amt pos
sums and other varments. IT u u glorious
country for YOU. Nature designed II tor
Won. It j. Your natural habitat. In TINS
I cold country. Of ours you are Hoi-HOWI
human ero,,c.. and YOU should be before you
rot quickly trausplanted b. tins tropical
soil, where hope you VIII prosper ana !
know from my experience ana observation,
and having lived all OF a long life among
your race. ought years OF which was IN Bra
I'll. that YOU will do better IN that country
than this. say It without fear of denial
that the best friends that You have are the
Gentlemen OF the southern states, particu-
lary those over forty five years OF age, and
your worst enemies the Whlte Dlac kEu4rI-'
koes of the North. How long will that
friendship last? f. il not growing weaker
and weaker every day. Was there not
much friendship nay, much affection
between the races before the war Is there
any now If there il 10 viii disappear III
This generation. In the second and third
generations Of the descendants Oi the TWO
races there viii be haze.
The NEGROES MUST TAME THEMSELVES OFF.
Separation is the only remedy. and this
can only be effected by colonization. ms
subject Of colonization is az old "a the cen
hlrv indeed Mir. Jefferson advocated
emancipation conditioned "a deportation
before thecentury commenced. II was the
Jaw OF NllEillA III riANEiF AAil''' NAlf'N
rmancipated slave should remain III tho
State without leave of court.
Prior 10 1880 some Of tine most prominent
men Of Virginia were in favor Of pIO-
/ spective emancipation. Mr.. Madison, John
Iavlor. of Caroline. Mr. Clay. and Our
great Chief-Justico Marshall were active
and Jealous colOnizationis1s, and they
failed because they selected the wrong
country and believed, or acted ON the as
hot h.. Il
se!i-goyernment. The history of the re-
public of Liberia has demonstrated. not
wltustandin. the aid it has had from the
United States aud England, that there, ~
we'll as everywhere else, he i lncapal le or
Governing himself or anybody else. 50 he
would prove IN the Congo Free State. In
Mexico and Brazil he will find Govern
ment already established permanently to
rule him.
NuGRATIoS ALWAYS EAST TO WEST.
From the time Of the birth OF
L. NtA