Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01

translated, means Those Yankees are
DEVILS
They fear us, for they imagine that, soon
er 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 continent gift. They will
smile at the statement and say, Isl, senor.'
but in their hearts they believe you are
lying. This is of every country of South
America. from little Paraguay to Brazil.
II is especially so of the Chileans and very
much with the Argentines
ON the other hand the South Americans
admire our government. They have mod
eled their constitutions after ours. and near
ly all the politicians have large libraries
of Americana. They know our leading
men and will talk to you of George Wash
ington and Thomas jefferson. There is a
statue of George Washington in Caracas,
put up as one of the heroes of human lib
erty. In the White House of the Argentine
| 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 of the secretary of state of Para
quay, and also fine collection of Ameri-
cana in the large library of Senior Rod
rigues, the able editor of Do Concrete, the
leading paper of Brazil.
How Our Americans Celebrate.
The Fourth Of July is usually celebrated
by our consuls and diplomats abroad by re-
,ceptions and dinners. Last year the con-
sui at Paraguay, a colored statesman from
Tennessee, John l.. Ruffin, was serenaded
by the government band. He held re-
ception at the consulate and the leading
Paraguayan officials paid their respects to
Uncle Sam. Col. Bryan, the minister to
Brazil, gave big dinner that day to the
Americans in Rio, taking n hotel there for
the purpose, and the ministers at Buenos
Ayres, Santiago and Lima also held recep-
lions.
There Is one class of our people in South
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brate 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
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 up the Amazon.
near Santarem, and another at the city of
Campinas, in the coffee-raising state of
Sac Paulo.
The Campinas colony was very large
away back in the sixties, but 1t has now
dwindled down to about hundred fam
lilies. 1t is made up of southerners, who Sc
Tested Brazil as home before slavery was
very sore over the defeat of the south.
They had been slave holders, and when
they came south they supposed, l venture,
that Brazil would always have slaves.
From This Country.
The first who came were from Alabama,
Georgia and Mississippi, but later on there
were some from Texas and other states.
They bought land, and some of them for
time had slaves, and several had these
slaves fred by the emancipation laws Of
Brazil. In fact, n number of them had
their saves taken away from them twice
In this way, once in the United States and
the second time in South America.
/ met number of these southerners dur
ing my stay in South America, but 1 have
vet to talk with one who is not anxious to
get back to the United States. Only a few
are doing we'll The most of them are in
Just about the same condition that they
would have been had they stayed at home.
They all say they expect to go back some
day but the probability is they never will.
They have English schools, and although
they are so few, they stick to their church
denominations.
With this letter 1 close the regular series
describing my South American tour. From
Manaos thousand miles up the Amazon,
l returned to Para, where l got cargo
Para to New York is ever 1900 miles. The
time required Is twelve days, and the fare
was $40
My whole South American tour, from
New York to New York, including the in
terror trips which / n ade, covered little
over $4,000 miles. The expenses were at
times very heavy and at times compare
lively light averaging for the tour between
50 and $40 gold day.
AS whole the travelling is not unpleas-
ant. The ships of the west coast are very
comfortable, and those of the south Allan
tic as far as Rio are not bad. The hotels In
the large cities are fair and much cheaper
than in the United States.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.