The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-06 00:00:00

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effbrts made,
in spite oflgaipiejudices,:by the Republic oaf
Colombia, in favour of the independence and liberty of the l'e•
•
,ruvians. doubt not. but that N p' di' with
you pm a tsethe,
complacent sentiments of the Executive, in seeing realised an
enterprise, which seemed at one time to put to hazard our own
destiny. A pan of the 'Willful ii.my is returning to its coun-
try, and another pan will remain in Peru, at the disposition of
•
that Oovernment, tp stipPort: the deliberitilons or the people;
and
~to protect internal tranquillity, while that fititimay
quire it, and while this Republic needs not its troops. In or-
der to fulfil the treaties which bind us to the United Mexican
states, I have disposed of a part Of our farces in the manner
which will be afterwards explained to you.
" The common cause of America, interested in this arrange.
menu, will thereby be vitally benefitted, and them will be no
,part of the new world in which the Republica Colombia will
a it have assisted in persecuting its old oppressors, and in bring-
ing peace to Its brothers.
." There exists no cause of complaint on the part of the go-
vernment of the Brazils. The Executive' has delayed opening
the negotiations, which are, on account of the question of
boundaries, necessary to be established with that Government,.
until security. will be given that the Minister of the Republic
will be received there in the forms acknowledged by the laWoft
nations. Foreign journals represent the Emperor as in dispute
with the Government of Buenos Ayres, on account of the pos-
session of the Bantle Oriental. The executive has not received
any official information on tile subject.
The treaty of peace, friendship, navigation, and commerce,
which we formed with the United States of America, having
beer' ratified by the President of those States, our' relations
continue on the happiest and most flattering footing. The
convention against the trade in African negroes has not been
ratified, on account of the doubts which arose in the Senate of
the United States, and of which the Secretary for Foreign
Affair* will be able to give you ample detail.
" The treaty of peace and amity with his Britannic Ma-
jesty, which you approved last Session, is in like manner about
to be ratified by the British Government. From that moment,
die political and commercial connections between the Republic
and Great Britain will be permanently established on a basis
beneficial to both nations, and useful to the cause of A merica.
After this treaty had been signed, I received in a suitable form
and manner the Charge d'Affaires of his Britannic Majesty,
who resides in this capital. The commercial agents continue
at our sea-ports on the footing, which, as I described to you
in my former Alessage, allowed them to exercise theirfunc-
thins ; and as the cause which gave rise to thisyroceediog,on
the part of the Government edit subsists, I 7 have seen no reaetini
to alter the rules of my conduct. Our Consults and commerciej4
agents in the United Kingdom of Great' Britairf and Ireland,.
will be immediately dispatched to those ports which. may besit.
suit our mercantile relations.
" The Executive has laboured'with the greatest interest at the
Court of his Most Christian Majesty, in order to obtain an ex-
plicit declaration front that Govermnent,in resold of the Repub.
tic. It was a preliminary necessary to the issue of our wishes
and endeavours, to make to that Government various explana-
tions, and to represent to it the true rule of our conduct, for the
purpose of clearing up several points on which ideas were en.
tertauned by no means advantageous. For this purpose I gave
authority, in the manner best suited to the nature of the case,'
to a confidential agent, who has corresponded to our expecta-
tions ; his communications will be presented in full to you, and
I feel assured, that the Congress will give its approval to the
circumspection with Which the ail tir has been conducted in cir-
cumstances of considerable difficulty, anti will not fail to ap-
plaud the tirnintris -with which we have supported the system
proclaimed by the people of Colombia. I have no reason to
doubt, that the French (Jovernment, supported by the opinion
of the nation, will, at• length, in imitation of the other great
Powers, acknowledge our sovereignty turd then proceed to vita,
.blislt relations of amity which irony biltikleful to both the one
people, and the other.
" The relations with the Apostolic' See, subsist, under an in.
definite character, for reasons not difficult to vete. Very par-
ticular circumstances have induced me to carry on this atikir
with the highest prudence, confident that the course of events
will hereafter praduce a result favourable to the stability of
public order. The laws which the Congress has enacted on
subjects connect:d with public worship and ecclesiastical dis-
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will support with dignity and resolution, the rights of the people
of Colombia.

" The Republic enjoys internal tranquillity; the Constitution
is respected, the laws are observed, and the Colombians possess
freely the right of demanding their fulfilment. The Constitu-
tional elections, for the renewal of the -National Representatives,
have been effected without any disturbances, and with that free-
doin which a sovereign people ought to use. The public press
has discharged a part of its duties in the examination of those
important subjects, which the Republic, in the exercise of its
rights, had to decide upon, and although it was impossible, and
even inefficacious, to place bounds to the insidious language of
the passions, we have seen, with satisfaction, that it was never
able to cause a relaxation in the springs of the moral force of
our Government. The political administration of the depart-
ments and provinces, as well as or justice, has received a great
amelioration by the laws of the 11th of March, and of the 11th
and 13th of 'May, which are now in execution. There are,
without doubt, imperfections to correct, vacancies to tilt up, and
doubts to remove, in this imminent branch of the felicity of our
fellow citizens ; and, although I am aware that some years must
elapse, that civilization must he forwarded, and that instruction
must be diffused, in order to be able to form a complete code of
laws, capable of protecting liberty, of maintaining order, and
of raising the nation to an elevated grade, of prosperity and
glory, I ant induced to promise to myself, that front your en-
lightened lobules and front the reports which I have'requested
from the tribunals of justice, asystem will be introduced in it-
self more perfect, as well as. more conformable to our institu-
tions. Examine, therefore, with careful Attention, if it be proper
to establish, at this period, and to"all cases, the excellent
guarantee of Juries; or, if it ought solely to be extended, in ad-
dition to commercial affaire and to abuses of the press, to which
it is now confined, to criminal cases, or at least to those crimes,
which are either most injurious to society, or are committed
with most frequency. Education requires an uniform plan,
and sufficient funds, in order to be extended 'throughout all
the Republic; and, that hereafter, no parish be without a
lameasterian school, anti no province without a College for
students. Notwithetanding that the views or the Executive'have
been opposed by these difficulties; we can still flatter ourselves,
that admirable improvements have beets made on this imp or-
' on
tent topic. The c +lonization and.cultivation of the national
lands, which Creee placed at the disposal of the Govern..
g
ment, are about to be effected
within a very short time; sub.
ject to the regulations and' agreements entered into with the
undertakers, of which the nation has been already informed by
official publications. The Government has distributed the
three millions of acres,
according to the law 4r the 11th June,
1823, in all the provinces of the Republic, so that the benefit
may be general, and. particularly in those provinces,
wt►ose cli-
mate and small population required the more especial care of
the Government. {the COlotnbiens have formed associations,
not only for. this object, but also for others of general Interest,.
and by this means they begin to dedicate Voinselvett to the
spirit an:enterprise,
which is every where the-spring of national
and individual riches. 'Several writers have blamed the defi-
• ciencies contained in our law of emigration, .and it becomes
your duty to examine the grounds of that law, in order to come
your librtte,. and
to a reeolution, worthy of our age, and compatible with the in-
ist.tiristito,i)rtfihoctinesi,eowdfluilioeyhlonnilbayia.b'e lusreerstearst'oe Tyorouthein Secretary of the In-
of presenting to you the detailsia
\cnuutecr teeidreuti.mitl:
will give you a complete idea of the internal state of the Re-
public. It now attune remains for me to entreat you to declare
the perpetual abolition of those shocking
stances, which disfigure the face of our institutions, if they
had been useful in procuring the restoration of the Re.
public, in those days of distress, when a Powerful and vigi-
lant enemy occupied 'alternately same part of it, now, when
alp
established the general opinion, they can only be an object
the country is free, anal when instruction has rectified and
Of terror to the people,aced form a pretext for the exceSe of
tower.
" The 51iniater of Finance will preeentio you a general ac_
count of the Income and expenditure of the nation, and an e..
timate of the expencee of the present year, with all the other
accounts which the Government can submit to you,on a'eubject
so complicated as that of Finance. The Executive ends itself'
placed in the midst of innumerable difficulties, to, defray the