Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-11
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vENEzuEtiAN PROCLAMATION.

Slmun Bolivar, CnIei Supreme III liz r..
public OF Ven-zueIs. captain General 81,
lis armies and those III New C;.u,3,
&C. &c.
To The People Of Vene,ue!a.
The Congress OF Venezuela must fix the
late ii the so many years opposed and
wandering republic Our wounds vii;
heal Under the shelter of legitimate r..
pre- scnt4tion. 1t is moi by vain o,,en,,.
ton, nor t" make my own apology. ,hs,I
address you have served you, and ON.
you an account OF my conduct.
When natures COMMISSIONS buried H..
people OF Venezuela under the hes,i.s,
detection, General Monteverde brought :,
nothing our newborn republic. Fesrip,-
rather tyranny than death. then bad.
farewell 10 the shores Of Venezuela, ami
went in search of the war that RACED =.
gainst the tyrants OF New Grenada, as ,Lc
only relielto the pangs of my heart. Hea.
ven listenedi'o my VOWS and lamentations
and the government of Carlhagena en-.
trusted TO my care 400 soldiers, which in
few days liberated Magdalena, and the
greater part Of the province vi Santa Mar.
ia. Afterwards q. "ched 10 Cucnco, and
tlere victory declared for our arms. W.
nezucla saw me appear upon lis territory
crowned with the fAvors OF fortune.
The congress OF New Grenada granted
ne leave 10 redeem my native county.
bad soon the good fortune to reinstate the
authorities constituted in the first epoch IL
the republic in the provinces Of Truxillo,
Merida, Barinas. Tie capital Of Carac.
Gas received in is bosom tie brave Gre.
nadians. Puerto CabeIlo prutec ted By its
walls, attracted soon my attention by is
resistance, aud hardly gave me tlae to
take measures TO save from disorders the
popu,ous country, we!lad wIcsled from IL.
tvran;s OF Spain.
Saomon' 5 expedition gave new hopes %
the Royais,s-and though defeated at Bar
bul0 and Las OrnchcraS, infused such con
hdence TO our enrrnies. that the plain and
the western part Of Venezuela rcvolied al
most in sudden, the battles of Mosquitcrc
and Araure, the western part and the plain,
| fastened then from the field of battle 10
the capital made remuneration of he
power, and the od January, 1914,
gave accounts to the people OF the events
of the campaign, and of my civil and MI
ltary administration. The people, all al
once, answered with an unanimous voice OF
appreciation, bestowing even the dictate
rial power which already exercised
New reveIscs called tor me in the field,
and after bloody conflict, | came from
the field Of Carabeto, to assemble the re-
representatives. ofthe people, that they might
constitute the government Of the repzb!ic.
The disaster of Lapuerto buried in con-
fusion our afflicted country, and nothing
then could stop the thunder bolts brown
against it by the wrath OF Heaven.
marched 10 New Grenada-gave ac-
counts TO the congress OF the success Of my
they rewarded my services,
though fruitlcss, intrusting 10 me new
army Of Grenadians and Venezuelan.
proved the grave oftbat army,
that was TO restore life 10 Venezuela.
forsook every thing for the safety OF
The mother country-l voluntarily chose
to Danish myself, that | might be usefult 10
New Grenada and Venezuela. Prov-
leuce had already resolved upon the ruin
Of those wretched regions, and delivered
hem 10 Morillo with his exlerminatoEy
bands.
sought after an asylum in foreign isl.
and came 10 Tamaico alone. helpless
md almost hopeless. Though Venezuela
md New Grcneda were lost yet durst
hink Of expelling their tyrants. The Isl
md OF Hayti received me with hospitality;
he magnanimous president Potion, lent
ne his protection; and under his auspices
formed an expedition of three lundred
men, comparable to the companions OF lie
midas. Almost all of them have fallen;
ret the exterminatory army has fallen also;
hree hundred patriots marched to destroy
en- thousand European tyrants, and have
ucceeded.
When | arrived at Margarita, general
ssembly elected me supreme chief of the
Iation | had mind to convoke the Con-
ross. |, in effect, eonvoked it few
months afterwards: the events of war did