The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-02

macs, of Brazil. and Alfaro, of Ecuador,
mas been assaulted several times by those
who hoped to kill him.
The man who is now president of Peru
got there through revolution, and the
president of Uruguay holds to his position
largely through the Calling guns on his
roof. The night before great holiday is
always an unrestful one to South Amer
lean president. He knows that when day
breaks the streets will be filed with ex-
citable people, and he does not know what
the conspirators of the opposing party
have planned for the occasion.
WHAT THEY THINK OF US.
Since my return from South America I
have been frequently asked how the
South Americans regard the people of the
United States. My answer Is that they
both admire and fear us. The war with
Spain was a great eye-opener to them
They rather thought that the Spaniards
were stronger than we. After the battle
at Manila they changed their expressions
| of contempt to these words
Los Yankees son diablos" which, being
translated, means: Those Yankees are
devils"
They fear us, for they imagine that,
sooner or later, We expect to take the
whole of South America and make it
subject to our country. You may tell
them that we would not have the cont.
nent as gift. They will smile at the
statement and say, 81, senor!' but in
their hearts they believe you are lying
Ihis is so of every country of South
America, from little Paraguay to Brazil
L is especially so of the Chieans and
very mach so with the Argentires
On the other hand the South Ameri-
cars admire our government. They
have modelled their constitutions after
ours, and nearly all the politicians have
large libraries Of Americana. They know
cur leading men and will talk to you
OF George Washington and Thomas JEFF
ferSon. There is a statue of George
Washington in Caracas, put up as one of
the heroes of human liberty In the
White house Of the Argentine I found a
library which contained several thousand
books relating TO the United States.
saw hundreds of books relating to our
country and government in the library
and also a fine collection of Americana
in the large library of Senior Rodrigues,
the able editor of Do Concrete, the lead
ing paper of Brazil.
HOW AMERICANS CELEBRATE.
The Fourth of July is usually ce!e-
brated by our consuls and diplomats
abroad by receptions and dinners. Last
year the consul at Paraguay, a colored
statesman from Tennessee, John L. Ruff
fin was serenaded by the government
band. He held u reception at the con-
sulate and the leading Paraguayan of
ficiaIs paid their respects to Uncle Sam
Col. Bryan, the minister to Brazil, gave
a big dinner that day to the Americans
in Rio, taking q hotel there for the pur-
pose and the ministers at Buenos Ayres
Santiago and Lima also held recep-
tons.
UNITED STATES COLONISTS.
There is one class Of our people in
South America who hardly know whether
to celebrate the Fourth or not They
would like to. but they do not think it
consistent with their conduct in fleeing
from the arms Of Uncle Sam at the close
OF the Civil war. I refer to the several
colonies who left, the United States for
South America because the north was
victorious over the South. There are two
such colonies in Brazil, one about 500
miles or more w the Amazon, near San
tarem, and another at the city of Cam
pinas, in the coffee-raising state of Sac
Paulo
The Campinas colony was very large
away back in the sixties, but it has now
dwindlad down to about hundred fam
lilies. 1t is made up of southerners, who
selected Brazil as a home before slavery
was abolished III the United States They
were very sore over the defeat of the
south. they had been slave holders, and
when they came south they supposed, 1
venture, that Brazil would always have
slaves.
The first who came were from Alabama
Georgia@and Mississippi but later on
there were sonle from Texas and other
states. They bought land, and some of
them for ti1ne had slaves, and several
had these slaves freed by the emancipa-
ton laws OF Brazil. In fact, a number
Of them had their slaves taken away
from them twice in this way, once in