Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
DOM PEDRO II.
FURTHER HISTORY OF THE LATELY
OPPOSED BRAZILIAN EMPEROR.
Tie Rnied with Wisdom and Liberal
vicws--A Greater Friend of the Negro
Than Abraham Lincoln, Etc.
Written Tor the Dispatcb.)
No g

have said that Brazil had but little his
tory Of ~ forest, ana tina, little difficult TO
obtain, and up to this time tho interior of
Trall Is a terra hco7ntid and has not been
~ we'll explored as the interior OF Africa,
and II which we read ahout 90 much now
elnvs. and what we know Of Brazil il
chiefly that portion of II lying on the
ocean and the large rivers. When |
curved in Rio dc Janeiro in 1879
Dom Pedro II was on the throne. He
US born on the 2d December. 1875, and
was then twenty ought years OF age
wa- married. aud hRd two children. The
present Princess Isabella, Countess DIE
snd hr.rcss apparent 20 the throne. and
Icupol Hua who married tho Duke OF
S.vc-Cohurg. They were married about the
same time and just after I left Brazil IN
IsI Tho father of Dom Pedro IL abdi-
Gated the throne in 1881 at RIO and re-
turned 80 Portugal, which he
bod left for Brazil colony Of
PORTUGAL et the time, and when
tie French army. under Marshal SOult,
entered lhshon, the ship carving Dom
Pedro /. was ia sight on the pagus bound
fcr Brazil He escaped a. fugitive from
ms kingdom and founded the empire of
Brazil from this colony. During part of
the minority of the Emperor Dom Pedro
~. there was a regency. but before he
reached his majority. ~ tho Campo Accla-
macon. IN the heart Of his capital and me-
tive city. Rio de Janeiro. he vas 10y the
voice Of the people proclaimed lmperadOr
80, was then about seventeen or eighteen
wears oi age. Shortly after tho Marquis
81 Lisbon was sent TO Europe 10 select him
princess and a virtuous one for n wife,
and hc did. and selected one Of the house
OF Bourbon, Older than himself by two
years. She was sister Of the then King Of
Naples lBomtal, aud she was as good and
purr ns her brother was mean and cOntcTnp-
She "a = ffflr- ala .V.soa a.
i,hc died q few months AGO. and was burned
thereafter IN Portugal having died. |
really believe. from the ill-treatmeut of her
former subjects. whom she had always
treated with the tendercst consideration
and kindness and charity and 10 Is highly
probable that the loss of his wife and his
throne and the lngrattude of his people.
for whom be has done So much, will hasten
Nl@ end. The Emperor. 0t the age when ]
hD " him, was very handsome; ne was
largo. about six feet and three inches IN
height, and WIS TIE whit"st and finest
looking man iu lis empire. anu II ROYAL
blood is good blood he has the cCrui-
sanere of nearly all the royal houses Of
Europe in his veins and thai Of his daugh-
ters and PgandChll Iron. While / was in
Irazu % -ht years. there was not dis
loyal su oiect III the country, the Emperor
bad The respect II every native and for
ogncr IN the empire, and be had worthlly
Won II los his character aud craftsmanship.
no ITGUFEHEAD.
Hewas no puppet or fgurchcnd, but on
- ,.,,r. ~, III 'c.i-....o Tho ~
t.-ests or5 ,,olfors of bis lir0lo-n lilo
f..siered The orts sriorcee and Literature.
We founded schools md colleges. He
or mated the internal lmpr 'vcments or
'H- country. ne re'1ninehdcd hDcral
avs IN relation 10 unNe ana CON,
'nrrr' ana Advocated ana appfoV'q
OF freedom % speecl and the press. and
Was liberal ln matters OF religion and re-
liEious belief. Tie built hospitals for tn"
SICK aud was kind 90 the poor. He was
economical IN the expenditure of the pub
lic money. Z h" expenses of ms government
were small. the" expenses not amounting
Co. within $1,000 600 az what our country
paws ne northern pensioners and "a great
Nul oi these expenses was I'hid ny US from
tI" heavy export .ril,s imposed on coIe.
which We take from lroL1 lie ruled
under written constitution as liberal and
Us Tree %. IN" written constitution OF BEL
gum or ~" unWlt'eh ere OF 'TCAI
iH- t1n. 1tc never dhIihG MS long reign
violated That c1ueItutpn or ever CON-
united an act Of wrong on one 81 the
humhl"st Of ms people. Ills moral charnc-
Tor was rroproachaple, ana there never
was any scandal about ms court. ana tnti"
Was, barring some tnsel ana snow WhlCh
dlH not cosi much, JYhtf'ohlah SUD-
CITY aDout ~ Whlch YOU 90 not observe az
thr, Nhlie House NJ the present NV. ~
ma less power ana pairo""e tuaIl INV
PRESIDENT OF the United STATES, ana was
July NJ with the progress OF inc ZINES ma
INC ouhShlehed ADVANCE Oh VlNH4%'''Vi''
REAL WHITE MAN
A he wos tho wlitest man in the empire,
70 he was the wisest and ablest states
man and he was VASTLY superior to the
a. Z.
G.v.rned wisely ard woll over these m
grateful Doople who could not wait for the
grd of mat info which had been devoted TO
.le.r GOOD Int have ra.hly expelled him
r~om his throne and native land and en-
tered into au experiment of free self-gov-
arrmeut for which they age wholly un-
-uitcd. wherever Won find the negro there
vii he found trouble. trcachary. and in
gratitude. The lre of ne moro was the
cause Of his downfall and All his woes.
before 1852. and while Aholtionlsts were
being mobhci ~ the streets OF Boston, that
Nllh. learned renewing t"o "%in!lsii,lP VI
rii''- was Wl 'ht. 'inhh'll'"i 70 '''' ~, 49,
.ODi IN number, and he poor lh cNtlNlhHE
else. lie dld tins from the h'hcel cohNlC~
non that n was hlsdu'I. re was me FIe"'-
'-' benclactor aud TREND thc negro eve.
had. Tie dld more for the Suppression or
fAr Infamous pirotich slayo-taae carried
1n iy lauk and fCr'e ttesc 9idNc-hea'ci' |
.e'wCeu Africa and Brazil than the, com
.ngd iieets ~ the United states ana fnS-
imf ever dli or cou'd 90. for II was I'M
possible for them % Watcu lut small poi,
r.o of the immense coasts ot Africa and
lrIz. ali stop this ncfauous irainc' bu,
th.s good ola man by euItivating mora
nilmcut ior us suppression AlhUnE us
people ana haV'nk inc laws N'k.iouS1iN vi
FORGED prevented tte iahdinE co. lIes SAYS,
-h u INNS pui an enc i9h liHlHC VIZ W.
grace 10 the WoFlo aNu Nhich mu l''
ENGLAND W. $50 long engaged IN between
Africa hnd th:s country, 9ldeI anu ".9,siVI
'N gar. northern iiiehus. ! rVpte l'.N w
.Inph',is tha' me- "as tn' sfr"lo1; U'1'o'1 ~,
~, 'l 'He negro race tn"t ,, EYER lxcu c. 40
I4d ~ D. Tor theui th9u NiIooii9i ~, IN, i,,
goa" Alf'' brecn'I olUNr' a"I H., d', ,,.os o',,
900 'Ha 0'tis, MI opHined' re was
.r at eiuanc ipator aud iine, ''oT man a.
sander OBJ hUssia or NoIh1AIn l' Il..,'ii
-' vas more uhsclush anu T"s Vas N0'0.'