The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-20 00:00:00

FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER TO HIS COMPA.

TRIOTS OF NEW GRANADA.

" COMPATRIOTS!-On once more stepping on the
shores of our beloved native land, it is my first duty to
render thanks to that Supreme Being who has protected
my paths and sustained your patriotic efforts, in the re•
establishment of the dominion of the laws.
" From the dungeons of Bocachicas I swore to that Go-
vernment which incarcerated me, that if I might be per-
mitted to leave Columbia, and to reside far distant from
its shores, I should never revisit them without its consent.
The oath I then added of a man who has always known
how to fulfil his promises, even at the risk of sacrificing
his comforts, his interests, his tranquillity, nay, his very
life, is a sufficient guarantee. You have lately had proof
that I have religiously kept my word. I once more re-
turn to the bosom of my country, by the desire of the na-
tional rulers, you, my compatriots, having previously paved
the way for me. I do not return to avenge my personal
grievances, nor to find out who have been my persecutors.
I come to lend to my beloved country all the assistance I

am capable of rendering her, and with the disinterested
patriotism with which I have served her uninterruptedly,
since the 20th ofJuly 1810. Whatever may be the value
of my personal efforts, I will willingly co-operate with
you for the prosperity of New Granada. Prosperity !my
fellow-countrymen, which cannot be obtained except by
obedience to the laws and to the constitutional authorities.
" You are acquainted with my public life, during
the prosperous as well as the adverse epochas of the
country—you are convinced that I am capable of doing
my duty to the country, and of accomplishing my promisee
under all circumstances.
" I have just received a strong proof of the confidence
reposed in me, from your legitimate representatives, by
calling me to preside temporarily over the destinies of New
Granada. In my actual situation, in the present state of
the country, and under the circumstances of having go-
verned, for six years, the central republic of Columbia, my
nomination to the Presidency of this republic confers on
me the highest honour, and imposes on me an immense
debt of gratitude. I hope that your representatives shall
never have cause to repent of having preferred me to oc-
cupy a situation already honoured by the virtues of one of
the patriarchs of the liberty of New Granada, an illustrious

victim of his devotion to the welfare of his country.

" Compatriots of all ranks and opinions, I declare
you once again that whether I remain as a man in power,
or as a private citizen, as a soldier, or as an agriculturist,
liberty under a republican Government shall always be my

idol, the laws the only rule of my conduct, and the hap-
piness of the many, and not of the few, the only object of
my efforts and of my sacrifices. I sacrifice on the altars
of my country all private injuries ; I forgive my enemies,
and from this day I shall devote all my energies to the re•
establishment of internal peace, and of universal concord
under the dominion of the law.

" Let all do the same, as an offering worthy of civiliza-

tion, and of the liberal principles which we have pro-
claimed No more injuries—no more revenge for past

faults and errors. Let us all be on the alert to accom-
plish to the letter our political constitutions. Let us call

the attention of the authorities towards the machinations
which may be put on foot by its enemies. Let us ob-
serve the conduct of those who, by their perverseness, de-
stroyed our institution.. Bat let us not deceive our-
selves any longer. Let us not frustrate the salutary
eff•cts of a code of protecting laws, which a just and im
partial Government must bring into force. Let us be
convinced that persecution never shows any man his errors,
nor does it prevent the recurrence of political reaction ;
on the contrary, moderation, toleration, and justice cor-
rect the hearts of men, and disarm the discontented.—
Compatriots ! firmness and vigilance will sufficiently over-
awe the incorrigible, without having the least bad effect
on the honour of the country or on civilization.
" Compatriots ! I am confident that these ideas will
meet with your entire approbation. We belong to the so•
cial world—we have entered into the career of civilization
--and we are narrowly observed by all enlightened socie•
ties ; consequently, we cannot act as barbarians shut out
from all communication with civilized nations.

" Our first duty is certainly to secure the existence of
our country, and the preservation of our political system,
employing against its enemies those measures which are
dictated by our common security, by reaeon, and by the
laws.

" Compatriots! Every thing which is separated from
this rule is unjust, ignoble, and dishonourable ; and you,
I am convinced, will not desire ►to labour under that dis-
honour which injustice causes, nor the evils which follow
constant persecution.

" What glory can be greater than that of belonging to a
country where the laws, public opinion, and equity are
always respected.
(Signed) "FRANCISCO DE PAULO SANTANDER.
" Santamartha, July 16, 1832."

One of the " ladies" who takes to herself the
merit of the conversion of COOKE, the Leicester murderer,
describes him as "the brightest child of Goo she ever saw."
What wretched humbug and fanaticism is this !

BLANCHARD, the comedian, arrived at Li-
verpool on Saturday last, i❑ the William Byrnes, from
the United States, after a passage of only 19 days.