All this clamor about the bad influence of "colored seamen" is kept
up by a set of mendicant officials who harvest upon the fees, and
falls to naught, when, at certain hours of the day during their
imprisonment, they are allowed to associate with "bad niggers,"
committed for criminal offences and sale. If their presence is
"dangerous," it certainly would be more dangerous in its connection
with criminals of the feared class.
Take away the fees--the mercantile community will not murmur, and
the official gentry will neither abuse nor trouble themselves about
enforcing the law to imprison freemen.
THE END.
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Manuel Pereira
by F. C. Adams
******This file should be named mnlpr10.txt or mnlpr10.zip******
Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, mnlpr11.txt
VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, mnlpr10a.txt
This etext was created by Charles Aldarondo (Aldarondo@yahoo.com)
***
More information about this book is at the top of this file.
We are now trying to release all our eBooks one year in advance
of the official release dates, leaving time for better editing.
Please be encouraged to tell us about any error or corrections,
even years after the official publication date.
Please note neither this listing nor its contents are final til
midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement.
Pages:
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353