Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11

charge, if he SO desires, in one Of the several
inns which the government has erected for that
express purpose, and he will be transported on
the railways, gratis, wherever he wants to go,
| thoroughly before deciding where to locate.
Indeed, they don't do things of this sort
by halves in Chill, and the unknown
emigrant, without dollar in his pocket or an
ancestor ct his back, is infinitely better off than
! many an impecunious aristocrat! A large
| number OF energetic and industrious German
peasants have taken advantage of this unex-
ampied iberality, and in time their presence
In the country may considerably alter its
| statistics. In those sections where they settle
| the mental and moral characteristics Of the
| coming generation will undergo as great a
change as their complexion. In course Of q
| Few decades even thrift and industry may be-
come honorable. A Gillian not born Of the
lower classes would starve to death before he
would degrade himself by manual labor; and
nobody works if he can possibly avoid it. There
Is demand for skilled artisans Of every sort,
and masons, carpenters, &C., find employment
at good wages, soon as arrived.
THE TYPICAL GILLIAN POLITICIAN.
As rule, the typical Gillian politician Is q
man of dignity and wealth-never Q rascally
wire puller nor corner grocery guzzler. He
enacts only such laws as he believes will be for the
welfare OF bis beloved country. and expects to
see them obeyed. Those swindlers who daily
perpetrate frauds upon the United States gov
eminent would here be branded as trait
ors and driven from the country, If they were
not sent to the "Hill Of Death" or place of
public executions. For many years the Gillian
government has been Differed by the best and
purest men in the nation; and so proud are
they OF their rapid advancement and SO Jealous
OF the national integrity that all matters of
Jurisprudence and civil service are watched
with faithful and sacred interest. The same
spirit of loyalty to Chill, If not always to the
tnmnnrarllv alp mis- ifa q
fairs, as in Balmacedas case, is manifested
throughout all classes of society. The dark
skinned peon, whose rags hutter in the wind and
who Is too ignorant to tell the time Of day,
sneerlngly OF his beloved country. They may
'revoiute' now and then, but by some process
OF reasoning make themselves believe it is
through pure patriotism.
GREAT CHANGES WITHIN TIE LAST DECADE.
There have been great changes in Chill
within the last decade or two. The passage of
the famous cemetery bill. which occurred Q
few years ago. is one Of the many significant
| examples. Previous to that time the Romisk
clergy had held control Of all the public ceme-
teries, and collected death tax Of SO upon
every corpse, but utterly refused to permit any
Protestant dead to be buried in consecrated
ground. After q bill which compelled the
| authorities to inter the dead Of any religious
faith in the public cemeteries had passed both
houses OF congress and was awaiting the execu-
| tive signature to become q law the president
| was visited by delegation, 800 strong, Of the
wealthiest and most influential ladies in the
country, who implored him to veto the bill.
and churchmen of highest stand
ing, and it Is said that the
jewels they wore on that occasion were worth
more than million dollars. The president re-
ceived them with the greatest courtesy and
listened to all they had to say, but the OBJ
n A,,1xy csc onl
law. So much importance was attached to this
political interference with church affairs that
for time nothing else was talked of, and the
good bishop OF Conception, the most influential
jesuit In South America and man of power
full physique, fell dead from the shock when he
was told that the new law had gone into effect
Then the wealthy Catholics commenced whole
| sale removal of their dead from the desecrated
cemeteries to the churches, and even to the
courts OF their houses, but were stopped short
by the prompt enactment Of another law,
which made it q crime to disturb those already
buried.
RAPID ADVANCEMENT IN CIvILIZTIoJ.
In order to illustrate the rapid advancement
which Chill has made in the scale of civiliza-
ton, let mo cite one Or two things which oc-
Cured here less than a century ago. The
condition of darkness that existed prior to the
countrys emancipation from Spanish rule
almost surpasses belief. There was no trace of
the commerce, culture, free thought and educa-
ton that prevail today. but the population
which numbered less than three-quarters of a
million, was as densely ignorant and supersti-
tious as even Spanish monarch could desire
The same spirit of intolerance that had charac-
terized Spain since the days Of Carlos V-the
spirit that sent an army of butchers to hang,
drown, burn and fay alive half million people
whose only crime was a desire to worship the
gods OF their fathers-prevailed in her Ameri-
can colonies All the ports were closed against