The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-21
CoIored sNIan and Brother" in
Brazil.

.EdFS AND PLANTATION HANDS.
..netial Correspondence of the journal.
tla DE JANEIRo, June 9Th. Had Othel-
4, we'd in this country he would not have
.Ii ''mislke me not for my complexion, -
rr no Barbantio would have refused him
laughter on that account. In Brazil
,Ie social status does not depend upon
.f Dior of the cuts, for in high life
md lew, the blood Of the aboriginal Bra
han. mixed with Spanish and Portu-
a,e has been more frequently stained by
.al Of the African than notified with
lq-,,- Saxon. Here 1.-THE Swallowed liv-
.., ,t he FURNISHED sun is no disgrace,
,sto en- intensified, and one often sees in
,ugle family as many shades of com
lNiau as there are numbers in it.
t- the creme de Ia creme of the arts
3r there are Negro and Mulatto fam
.- who have been free and rich. from
~ back to the Senegambian hun9o of
. ancestors, You need not be sur
.-.. ro meet. on the fashionable Rua de
ny. blonde beauties of Brazilian
l4lu OF Brazilian English parentage,
aroade with Negroes whose conspic-
.-- displayed diamonds seem to light
t square; OF oNel-dreSscd ScnolaS,
tiajtened noses and hair of natural
p iding III emblazoned carriages
gjiug their tinery in opera boxes and
apoiizing the choisest at hotel tables
., i the finest houses in Rio is oc-
nri Ivy a viscount OF fabulous
...r4 the complexion OF whose knbv-
loG spouse it would be Il stretch OF po-
.t~~ to call cafe au-lait. The other
43 here was Il fashionable wedding at
imperial Capilla dt Gloria, attended
.Yc elite of the Capital; and the bride
s, the lovely young daughter of Il Span
panrer, the groom burly Negro as
ep * t> The ace of spades.
Neu in slavery days Brazlians were
il selY particular about the amalgama-
# coloIs, so long as a man or woman
.>,e>>ed freedom and worldly goods, din
money being the standard, rather
la hood. The brazilian constitution
HeI had anything to say about color as
a>jS Of civil rights; hence a Negro,
-b born in bondage, once free could
any social OF political position by
pluck and energy. And now, hav-
n oo-i9hed slavery, Brazil has no dit
II s.jeS 10 overcome in settling the social
s-.onS growing ont of it, such as have
r' the nitetl States because here
-'ueral fusion was already far ad-
and race preiudices do not exist
a,e ri the most intelligent men of the
rrV, who were educated in Paris, or
i'ortugese college of Coimlra are
,~cendants OF African slaves. In the
a.pI- law and Theological schools OF the
10 race distinctions are made. and
the closest students are lately
4r ated slaves. In the quiet rooms
National Library, one notices that
'1s and tables are almost exclusive
tped by ly-headed aspirants
earning. and it must be confessed
~r far us ambition and successful
--tl efforts 60, it would seem that the
tcl HE admiNture OF negro blood with
AHA, the more satisfactory the rc-
tory Of the Mulatto, Andre Re
the best civil engineer Brazil has
5nown-ilustrates the entire absence
ace prejudice i'll this part Of the world.
rl0fession OF engineering ranks
Neg The highest in Brazil and willie
toung man Reboucas had filled nu-
n positions OF trust abroad and re
Nhlli5y at home, and was on terms of
aaey with all the dignitaries of the
n Empire, in whose houses he was an
4 "4ed guest 1t happened one time that
4 VIZ, present at a ball, where among the
SIS were several members of the I'M
family and party of tourists from
mte'l States. Among the latter was
ng lady from Baltimore, and the Mu-
was at once charmed by her blue
md golden hair. Seeking an intro
pA he asked her to dance-and was
lily embarrassed by a conspicuous
Mignat refusal. This little exhibi-
f race preiudice-so common in
America, but hagdly comprehended
HeJ countries-w observed by Count
husband of the Princess Imperial
ave and noble gentleman, descend
4 an a line of French kings and he
oe whispered something in the cai of
Vile. She smiled graciously, and i'm
7ioY thereafter was seen waltzino
rlie dark skinned engineer The
'bri went around and the proudest
N' nj the court We'd with one another
ping donors on tile blushing Othel-
while the fair haired American look
with scorn and amazement In Bra
winch has never pretended much in
NdA If republicanism Reboucas might
Nehade with royalty and be hand-in-
with nabObs and statesmen; but
.a went to the Land of the Free. -
lag tavorite boast is equal rights
'lri bOsh, he was refused admittance
'iN, eJected from sleeping cars, and
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