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tlio magnitiulo of its territory, tlic greatness of its re- 

 sources, its military j^tri'iigtli and sucecsses, its onliglit- 

 ened and I'efornrnig cliief ruler, tlie suljstautial liber, 

 ality of its politieal institutions, and the unbroken 

 •domestic ti'anquillity of its inde])endent life, so strik- 

 ingly in contrast with the revolutionary agitations of 

 most of the Spanish-Ainerican Kei)ublies. 



^farcos Antonio (VAraujo belongs to that numer- 

 ous l)ody of jurists and statesmen, the natural growth 

 of parliamentary institutions based on ])opular elec- 

 tion, ^vll0 do honor at the present time to Hra/il. lie 

 filled in early life the chair of iVofessor of Juris])i'u- 

 dencc in the University of rernamhuco. His i'lv^t 

 diplomatic appointment "vvas that of Consul-(»eneral 

 of Brazil in the Ilansc Towns, with residence at Ham- 

 Ijurg. After that he held successively the ollice.^ of 

 Minister or Envoy at Hanover, at Copeidn\L,^'n, at 

 ]5erlin, and finally at Paris. At the time of his ap- 

 pointment as Arbitrator he was Envoy Extraordi- 

 nary and i\Iinister Plenipotentiary of Pii'azil in France, 

 Ly the title of liaron d'ltajuba, and he was made a 

 Viscount during the progress of the Arbitration. 



With exception, therefore, of the judicial studies 

 and occupations of his youth, the Viscount of Itajuba 

 is a diplomatist, having passed nearly forty years of 

 liis life in the discharge of diplomatic functions in 

 difterent countries of Europe. lie possesses all the 

 qualities of his career and station, namely, courteous 

 and attractive manners, intelligence disciplined by long 

 experience of men and aflairs, instinctive appreciation 

 of jirinciples and focts, and the ready expression of 



