Evening star., 1898-06-06
BRAZIL'S NEW MINISTER
Formal Presentation to the President This
Morning.
Words of Friendship From the South
ern Repubiic-ReciprOcity Of
Feeling Expressed.

ly presented to President Mckinley by Sec
retary Day this morning at II O'Clock. The
ceremony took place in the blue parlor of
the White House and was marked by the
exchange of addresses of unusual cordiality.
Minister BraziTs Remarks.
Minister Brazil said:
Mr. President: 1t is with the most pleas
ing feelings that I come to present you the
cabinet letter by which the first magistrate
of the Brazilian nation accredits me as
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary near the government over which
you wisely preside.
My personal friendly feelings for this
great friendly nation, from the contempla-
ton of which my country and the world
have derived so many lessons of progress
and liberty, are Identical with those of the
Brazilian people and government. l shall
endeavor to maintain and to stimulate the
relations of good friendship which repre-
sent to us a precious uninterrupted tradi-
ton. 1t will. therefore. be, on my part, not
only an act of obedience to the instructions
given me. but also the qualification of the
demands OF my own conscience.
This task will happily be easy. The
facts of history and those of nature itself,
in addition to the deliberate will of men,
found us in this situation and will keep
in it.
You were the first to raise the cry Of
free government, and We recall the memory
Of that glorious cry, although it was only
given US a century later to repeat 1t with
success. You opened and we closed the cy-
Gle OF the tremendous work of liberty
which is still being carried out on the most
fertile soil of the American continent. The
work is long and painful; the agitation, the
instability. which, for you, have already
passed away, still rise here and there with
greater or less intensity; but our faith in
the final result is already acquired; the
metal Is heated before it is consolidated in
to the statue which will defy the attacks
of time.
THE destiny which made of our two
countries the greatest territorial powers of
America, giving similar aspirations in
the domain of political perfection, estab-
Hshed. however, very different fields for the
material activity of each: production, the
basis of public wealth, is far from being the
same in the two nations; so that the very
struggle for existence, which not seldom
obliterateS the best feelings and defeats the
best designs, instead of giving us cause for
selfish competition and disturbances of our
good relations, will be. on the contrary, the
certain pledge of the firmest friendship. We
are mutuSlly drawn together by the two
forces which exert the greatest influence
upon human actions-love and interest.
Under these circumstances, Mr.. Presi-
dent have no fears as to the result of the
mission upon the discharge of which
enter today. and the sorrow which l might
possibly feel at the thought that none of
the glory of the success would be due to
me, would be amply compensated by the
great advantages gained for the two ma
tions.
In fElfllment of a special instruction of
the president of the republic, to when L
venture to join my own humble sentiments,
l beg you, Mr.. President, to be assured of
the v-ry fervent prayers which he and the
Brazilian nation offer for your personal
prosperity and that of the American peo-
Pile.
The Presidents Response.
The President replied as follows:
Mr.. Minister: 1t affords me great pleas
IRE to greet you as envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the United
States of Brazil to the United States of
An erica. and to receive from your hands
the letters whereby the president OF the
United States of Brazil accredits you in
that capacity.
THE people of this Union haze always
held sentiments of the highest es;eem for
the Brazilian nation, as is SHOWN by the
friendly relations which have uninterrupt-
edly existed between it and the govern
ment of the United States of America, and
l heartily welcome your cordial offer of
concurrence in maintaining and strengtnen-
ing those relations of good friendship and
promoting the mutual welfare of the two
nations whose aspirations are, in rnany
spects, so similar.
THE high personal regard which your
predecessors have won in their Intercourse
with this government gives me assurance
that you. too. Mr.. Minister. will enjoy The
ernment, and most worthlly represent the
nation whose commission you hold.
Il beg that you will convey to the pres-
dent of the United States of Brazil an ex-
preston of my cordial appreciation of his
message of good will for my personal pros
perity and that of the people of Irese
United States, and assure him that I fully
reciprocate his wishes both in my own
ns me and in that of the American PEOPLE"
The New Minister.
Although only forty-five years of age,
Mr.. Brazil is one of the best known dip
lomats of South America. He graduated in
law at ST. Paulo at the age of twenty-three
years, and has since occupied prominent
position at the bar of his country. He has
always taken "a great interest in politics.
domestic and foreign, and has made a spe-
cialty of the study of international law.
He has always been an ardent republican,
and took a leading part in the establish
ment of the present republican IorIn OF
government in Brazil, in 1890. In 1S3J he
wrote book on constitutional law. which
is now accepted as an authority that
subject. He has since written two other
works on the same subject. On the estab-
lishment of the republic he was elected q
representative to the national legislature
and on the expiration of his term he was
appointed Brazilian minister to the Argen,
tine Republic. After serving in that capaci-
ty for two years, he was appointed minis
ter TO Japan. but, While on lis way to that
country, he was transferred to Lisbon in "A
diplomatic capacity, where he has remain
ed up to the time of his present appoint
ment as minister to the United States
Mr.. Brazil took a prominent part in the
abolition movement in Brazil, advocating
with tongue and pen the liberation of the
Brazilian slaves, and his efforts were
crowned with success. He is q man of
means. and has large landed estates in Rio
Grande du Sui. At the time of the aboli-
tion agitation he showed the sincerity of
his advocacy of the freedom of the slaves
by giving absolute freedom TO all the slaves
employed his own plantations, several
years before the issue of the general proc
lamsttion of emancipation. He is a great
admirer of American people and fnstitu-
tions, and will undoubtedly find himself in
congenial company in this city and coun-
try.