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example which ought to be followed in the in* 

 traduction of minor improvements in Brazil 9 

 but they do not seek high enough for the sources 

 of the prosperity of North America ; the states- 

 men of that country receive every one who 

 pleases to establish himself under their protec- 

 tion, and the laws of the republic tolerate all 

 religions ; these are the great fountains from 

 which the increase of her power has been drawn. 

 Aji impartial distribution of justice, and a mild- 

 ness of government have acted in unison with 

 he views of her rulers. Brazil however is 

 otally unfit for a republican form of govern- 

 nent; her people have been guided in a far 

 afferent track from that of the inhabitants of 

 tie United States. The first settlers in North 

 America left their native shores, because their 

 iceas were too democratic for the mother-coun- 

 tiv, and because their religious opinions did 

 net coincide with those of their countrymen - 9 

 therefore the minds of the descendants of parents 

 lik> these were prepared for the declaration of 

 republican principles. But the colonists of 

 Brazil were regularly invited to settle under the 

 direction of officers who had been appointed by 

 the government of Portugal, and who were in- 

 trusted with despotic power ; they were Roman 

 Catholics too. Consequently the habits of their 

 descendants lead them to quiet acquiescence in 

 the mandates of those who govern them ; to 

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