The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-05-26
BRAZILIAN MINISTER
PRESENTS LETTERS or RECALL.
Delivers an Eloquent Grafton On America s
Greatness.-Pays Touching Tribute
70 Founders Of Our Republic.

70 Founders of Our Republic.
Washington, D. c., May 10
Senior Salvador de Mendonca, who
has represented Braz in Washing
ton in the capacity Of minister since
1891, yesterday presented his letters
Of recall, epar4tory to being trans
fcrred to Lisbon, Portugal. The
ceremony. which is in many CASES
little more than an idle form, was IN
this case remarkable from the mag
nifcent tribute paid to our great
republic by Senior Mendonca, who,
having occupied the pest Of consul
general Of Brazil at New York for
many years preceding bis accession
t. the ministry, has had mere album
dant opportunity for just criticism
than falls to the lot Of most Of the
diplomatic representatives.
The minister said: Friends do
not part in the solemn hour in which
the nation is called to arms with
diplomatic forms merely. Moreover,
my debt of gratitude to your people
and government for the treatment
which / have received at your hands
during residence Of almost quar-
ter Of a century, is 80 great that l
can not take my leave without ex-
pressing to the first citizen Of this
mighty republic my heartfelt appre-
citation of your benevolence toward a
n student Of your institutions and
an admirer Of the high character Of
your nation. Opening your country
since the colonial times as a land of
refugees, establishing your common
wealth on the solid foundation of
the freedom of conscience; giving to
the world the principles of the
declaration Of independence; affirm
ing by the consolidation of the
union and by the abolition Of slavery
that this continent was thenCeforth
consecrated to liberty, your people
has come to the front rank as a pow
erful factor of modern civilization.
Fearless before the strong, mag
nanimous toward the feeble, deeply
convinced that justice and right are
the corner stones of the state, and
fairness the measure Of international
dealings; industrious, intelligent,
law abiding ana peace loving, your
nation can well be proud of its
achievements and no one has had
better opportunity than to satisfy
himself by careful observation of
men and laws, of your steady ad-
Fancement aud progress.
MANY PHASES OF NATIONAL LIFE
Il have seen your country in it's
days OF Joy and sorrow. l saw, at
the celebration Of the centenary of
your independence, the postmaster
in the art of war open the great fair
of the arts of peace and reveal to the
world the double greatness of the
nation which In ten years had trans
formed swords and guns into imple-
ments of industry. I saw the great
hero laid to rest in the heart of your
great metropolis amid the mourning
of the whole land, and witnessed his
apothesis celebrated by the voice of
the entire union. | saw the chief
magistrate OF the ration fallen by an
assassin's hand and observed the
republic continue frm and serene
under the empire Ct the law. 10 its
Joy or sorrow the nation did not
depart a moment from the confidence
in it's high destiny.
II have visited the different re
giors Of your broad land I know
the active men of the east, the open
hearted inhabitants of the west and
the chivalrous southerner; it has
been my fortune to meet the states
mar, the scientist, the artist, the
manufacturer, the farmer aud the
workman. Their common ideal is
the honor and greatness of their
country. I have trod the modest
paths of the land which lead to
sacred places; Mount Vernon, where
the founder lies: Hollywood, where
Monroe rests; Oak Hill, where Blaine
reposes. I have listened 10 the
voices of the wind passing throurh