The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-24
THE NEG 40 IN BR ALL.
A Country In Which the Color Line is
Not Observed.

Rio Letter IN the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Had Othello lived in this country he
would not have said, "Dislike me not for
my complexion" for no Brabautio would
have refused him a daughter on that
account. In Brazil ons's social status does
not depend upon the color Of the curtis, for
In high life and low the blood of the ABB
original Brazilian, mixed with Spanish and
Portuguese, has been more frequently
stained by that Of the African than notified
with Anglo-Saxon. Here 1.-The shadow ed
livery Of the FURNISHED sun" is no disgrace,
however intensified and one often sees
in a single family as many shades
OF complexion as there numbers In it.
Among the creme de la creme of the aristoc-
racy there are negro and mulAtto families
who have been free and rich from away
back to the Seuegambian bongo OF their an
csstors. You need not be surprised 60 meet
on the fashionable Rua do Ouvidor blonde
beauties Of Brazilian-Germsn or Brazilian
English parentage promenading with ne
groes whose couspicuously displayed dia-
tnonds seem 60 light up the square; or over
dressed senoras, with flAttened noses and
hair of natural orimp, riding in en-
blazoned carriages, Haunting their fin
cry in opera boxes aud rnonopolizing the
choicest at hotel tables One Of the finest
houses in Rio is occupied by a viscount OF
fabulous wenlth, the completion of whose
kinky haired spouse il would be stretch Of
politeness to call cGfe'-Gu-tdGt. The other
day there was q fashionable wedding at the
Imperial Capilla de Gloria. attended, by the
elite Of the capital and the bride was the
lovely young daughter Of Spanish planter,
the groom q buFly negro, black as the ace
Of spades.
AMALGAMATIoN OF coLoRs.
Even in slavery days Brazllians were not
worry particular about the smalgamation of
colors, so that man or woman possessed
freedom and worldly goods, dinbsro money
being the standard, rather than blood. Tho
Brazilian constitution never had anything
TO say about color as basis OF civil rights
hence a negro, though born in bondage, once
free could rise to any social or political posi-
ton by luck. pluck and energy. And now,
having abolished slavery, Brazil has no
difficulties to overcome In settling social
questions growing ont of 1t, such as have
puzzled che United States. because
the general fusion was already far
advanced and race prejudices do not
exist. Some of the most intelligent
men of the country, who were educated in
Paris, or at the Portuguese College Of COIN
bra, are the descendants OF African slaves
In the medical, law. and theological schools
of the country no race distinctions are made,
and some Of the closest students are lately
emancipated slaves. In the quiet rooms OF
the National Library one notices that the
books and tables are almost exclusively ocN
cupied by woolly-headed espirants after
learning; and it must be confessed that, go
far as ambition and successful mental effort
go, il would seem that the greater the ed-
mixture Of negro blood with the Latin the
more satisfactory the result.
Hoods Sarsaparilla absolutely cures all
diseases caused by impure blood, and it
builds up the whole system.