The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-30

OF her own ports constituting their most
arduous sea duty. The service In tenn
pestuous antarctic seas. among the terrors
OF Patagonia, that makes hardy seamen
and plucky fighters OF the Chiiians and
Argentines. is unknown In the Brazilian
navy. During the naval eeremonies Of the
Columbian celebration In New York the
Brazilians suffered by contrast with all
corners. and notably with their ArEentIns
neighbors.
To Rio all this turbulence revolution.
they are annoying. She has been N mo f
free from foreign and domestic aggression
shaR any Other city IN mserss
attempt at colonization there as long ago
as l55s. under the auspices OF the Hugnenot
aaniral ; Tongn n,h, DS' bsb,nd biu, bni h,a
name attached TO an island in the harbor-
When Portugal passed under the oomin-
ion OF Spain. from ISIS TO l6i0. the coast
generally suffered from the aggressions Of
English rovers. Along In lIlO Rio again
suffered from an attack OF the French,
In revenge for this treatment, the French
Admiral Duguay Trouin sailed into the
harbor with a large fleet and a force or
5000 men and captured the city, which he
compelled 10 Day ransom OF $1,000 cru
sados-a Portuguese coin worth about 20
cents and five hundred barrels OF sugar.
Since then the horrid front OF grim
vsaged war has not affrighted the pleas
ure-loving Fluminense.
THEIR WAR LAUGHED AT.
spot has gone far to poke fun at
the present revolution, claiming that the
results are entirely out OF proportion 90
the amount of ammunition expended. He
Is OF opinion that dead Brazilian soldier
is abort as expensive a convert from
heathenism in Asia. Occasionally a civil
ian gets killed, but IL Is generally some dis
gysTeq parrot his weo eIlSgs TO sSsse she
Ship deliberately gets I'm the way OF
projectile: If the seat OF operations could
be moved north. above Governors Island.
the revolution might go for the next
ten years without seriously disturbing any
bodoy. Its location in and around Nictheroy,
across the harbor from the capital, Is
simply annoying the longshoremen loading
vessels and disturbing the slImbers OF the
tired sailors OF the merchant craft.
The departure OF Mello places the COM
mand OF the rebel fleet In the hands OF
Saldanha da Cana, an easy-going elderly
gentleman, whose chief distinction Is that
he is a lineal descendant OF that Vasco da
Cana immortalized I'm the "Lusiad" by
Camoens. There is nothing I'm his career
TO indicate that he will display any more
skill, enterprise or celebrity I'm the revolu-
ton than did the commander OF the Aquid-
aban.
Republicanism as we understand IL does
not exist In Brazil. There is an educated
class that fully appreciates the meaning
OF IT and believes in IT; but simply OPP
position to monarchy cannot be called re-
publicanism. The AmaZonian and northern
less republican in sentiment, while the
slave belt States, from Pernambuco to
Santos, were imperial until the suppress
sion or slavery. The great bulk or the peo-
pie are negro. Indian and mixtures OF
these and the white race, and they are
ger in a free republic. Trade is largely IN
foreign hands, for the ruling classes OF
Brazil do not take kindly TO trade and
lying along the margin and under the in
fiuence OF the Spanish-American republics,
the population is purer Spanish and Portu-
l,anca element Ia
been added to materially by large colonies
or industrious Italians and Germans. These
cattle-raising and kindred occupations, and
are a population OF holder and stouter
fibre than the people OF tropical Brazil
and on. of sympathy with them. They
form a restless and pugnacfous population.
who chafe under brazilian dominion. feel
Ing that their destinies lie naturally with
| their Spanish kin These are the people
back OF the revolution in Rio Grande do
| Sui and the adjacent country and IL is no
| exaggeration TO say that when the trouble
| in Rio is settled the government will have
| a Formidable revolution in the southwest
| on Its hands with small chance OF sue
cess against it, In time these States will
wrest their independence from the unwield-
| ly Brazilian republic and throw in their
fortunes with the Banda Oriental, build
ing up a strong barrier between Brazil
and Argentine, and killing for good the
| ambition or Brazil 10 divide once more
| the Platte with her big Spanish neighbor
These aspirations of the revolutionary
| States have the active aid and sympathy
quay, which will never again permit Bra
| I'll TO lord il on the Rio Plata.
The rumorS OF revolutionary movements
In Para hardly worth attention, for
the Ammonium provinces have long been
| republican and antislavery I'm sympathies
| Para is built along the right bank OF that
| mouth Of the Amazon called the Para riv-
| er, and has no defences worthy OF mention.
| Below the city, in the river, is a little fort,
| seemingly no larger than the turret OF a
| monitor, that q modern gunboat would
knock into cooked hat in five minutes.
| Above the city is a large earthwork, OF no
| particular value against a civilized foe.
come to the city with canoes laden with
| the products Of river and forest. Maran-
| ham, down the coast. Rio Grande do
/ Norte, and Pernambuco are equally weak
| places might readily be reduced by the
| rebel fleet, they could not be held without
the aid of the people OF those cities and
| States
| The revolution of Mello is largely a per-
| sonal affair, and represents only the dis
| gruntled militarism Of the navy. He has
no following in the country. The revolu,
| tionists i'm Rio Grande will accept his aid
| TO accomplish their plan or disintegrating
| the republic, but when that is secured they
will promptly throw him overheard.
| Brazil cannot attain to greatness as a
| republic except along the lines laid down
| by Dom Pedro for the empire. The head
| and name of the government in Brazil
| have changed. but the conditions are the
| same Peace education and the introduc-
| ton Of new elements into the population
| by immigration are what the country
| needs, and If to these she can add security
| from European intermeddling Brazil may
| i'm time reach a robust national manhood.
| But with a weak and inefficient army ano
| navy, where discipline IS poor and class
| spirit rampant Differed by ambitious and
| unscrupulous men, Brazil must eNpect 70
| travel the via dolorosa OF unpatr1olc MN.
| tarism and revolution that have marked
the history OF other South American TO