Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... No. XXIV. Mr. Christie to Lord J. Russell. ADMISSION BY LEADING BRAZILIAN STATESMEN IN 1860 THAT THK ENGLISH GOVERNMENT HAD JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS FORMER PROCEED-INGS, WHICH CAUSED THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE. Rio de Janeiro, August 27th, 1860. My Lord, --In some late discussions in the Senate on a project of law concerning nationality of children of foreigners bom iu Brazil, the opponents of which have accused the government of being influenced in promoting it by pressure from the French government, some allusions have been made to the measures taken by the Brazilian government in 1851 for the suppression of the slave-trade under pressure of the vigorous proceedings of British cruisers in Brazilian waters; and it is gratifying to see that Brazilian statesmen now avow in public, without contradiction, that England had previously just cause of complaint of the non-fulfilment of Treaty obligations. The Viscount Uruguay (Senhor Paulino de Souza, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1851), supported the Nationality Bill, and observed, in reply to the taunts of fear of the French government, that when in 1851 the Brazilian government demanded of the Legislature the framing of measures to suppress the slave-trade, they were reproached for acting under the pressure of a foreign government, and his answer was, that he asked for the means of fulfilling a national engagement contracted more than twenty years before. "And the consequence has been," added the speaker, "that instead of despising us, foreign nations have given us esteem and honour." Senhor Vasconcellos, a speaker against the Nationality Bill, took up Viscount Uruguay's reference to England and slave-trade, with the remark that no comparison was to be made between the present...
