Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-10
GENERAL MIRANDA
Fran q Jamaica paper gf September

aklUn All a.
70, he immediately issued considerable NV
bers, printed in The Spanish language ~
large type, of the following
Don Francisco de Miranda, commando.
chief of The Columbian army, to ii, Il"
habitants Of Columbian America:
Brave C5untf.yaien y Friends,
OBEriENT to your wishes, and toh.
repeated requests and calls of the couohy
to whose service we have cheerfully cons.
Grated The greater part OF cur lives, '.
have disembarksd in this p~rorince Of ca.
racas. The opportunity and the time an.
pears to US highly favorable for the com,,.
ton OF our designs; and all persons CON.
pssing*this army are your lrisIds or cou,.
trymeu: ali esuIved 10 sacrifice iheirlj,es.
if Unnecessary, fof youi liberty and i%adsp.od.
*nce, under the auspices and t-strtm Of
the British navy! With ,hess suYiGariie,,
we can safely say. ana, the day wlD m.
when our America, recovering her so,e.
reign independence. her sons wiN y. able
freely to shew ,he universe lhsir exalted
spirit. The oppressive un!eriing gossruI
menf which, las obscu.sdour finer qsalitiesl
and blackeued wilh csinmnies our d. ference
and character, mapaged also TO aiinIaIa
hsr abominsbie sytem ST administrator for
three successive centuries, bul vas nevel|
able 20 eradicate from car hearts those mo-
raj and civil sirtues which a holy Religion
and a regular csfe of laws incorporated
with our customs, and led to an honest ADD
natural course of action
Let lis be WORTHY Of those admirsbl
qualities, that the mean, odious agenui
the court of @iadrid heirg expelled, VI
aaJ be able quietly TO establish the c~ivilo
der necessary 60 the c~omplasisn of 50 boil
norable au undertaking. The recovery Of
our rish,s al c!iizen3, and of or national
glory IS Columbian o. mericans. will be a.
mopgst he !Ieas, benefits We shall derive
that sojn.s and necessary de'erm'Na'
lion.
The innaaeni Indians, and other me-
VII consider Us all as brother citizens, az
tbs: %precedency belongs only to merit aa'
ia which belief they will primarily
obtain, most certainly, military and e''1
re- comnr,ces, the rewa,d of merit alone
# ths Du.ch aod Portuguese were aUs
il, former tunes, TO throw off The YOKE "
Spanish oppression if the Swiss, and a.
oar ne,ghbors, have equaLy'n S'
TO establish their liberty sad mae
with the general applause Q, w
and 20 The benefit of thslr iO0'U'
sap,s, when each OF them separately sea'''
" contained two or three millions OF pei
ple-why then SHALL wc, who are
sixteer m~iIllous, no, be abIe easily to eAnJ
Gaze ourselves? Possessing besides Om
and above these considerations 'ne "y
fertile, i~aexhaussib!e, and rich con''ne"h 10,
The known world! The fact is, tna'
pends solely upon our WI willard o.
ibe will, progressing!o our ndepenuI -,
UNION will assure tous permanent aiur
pe.ual happiness; the Divine rfo'.G al
ordains it, to alleviate the m'set'e'
unhappy csuntrymeu;au ADD tor the p'
and benefit Of the human species III
These people, who are humorous l.dI
aud who wish to inform tori ;' n
selves of the ground work, OF 'nr
and equity which those proceeding, .h5 n
quire-jaiusd to the historical au'i, uE
prove the inconceivabls ioglaslsuuS
heard of cruclsies, and a'roc'oa' p porrJA
items Of the Spanish government , '.a.
the innocen, and unhappy iohaO' ssoo.I
the New World, almost from 'as 1'b;dsE
Of its discovery, will read the seI5r
address OF Don Jasn Vlseardo, u,rvnI
der of Jesus. directed to hi, c0pJe1 prc
and they will fod 10 it irrsiFa as our ee,o!L
and solid arguments in favor Of When
dictated by a holy man, at a ' ,s;s wolff
was about taking his leave OF TN. aniyaA
appear before the Creator OF