Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-14
SOUTH AMERICA.

SOUTH AMERICA.
From the Philadelphia aurora.
The following article appears IN the Eng.
lish papers, and in the French-it appeared
first in French ultra Journal.
Madrid May 10.
Favorable accounts have just been receiv-
ed from America. The Universal announ.
ces that two deputies from Bolivar are ex-
pected, who must soon arrive, as tie des-
patch announcing their mission Sc: out but
few days before them. The following par
ticulars, which there is reason to believe
are well founded, are added
BOLIVAR has signi6ed, in confidential
despatch, the basis of the proposed treaty;
according to which.
81. The province Of Caracas shall be en-
tireIy subject TO the mother country, and
make part Of the Spanish territory.
"2. Bolivar shall be nominated captain
general o: tint province, as the only man
able 10 restrain the various parties which d.
vide that country.
50. He shall, in consequence, make his
submission, take the oath to the Spanish
constitution, and have The rank of lieutenant
general.
90. The territory of the republic of Co.
lombia shall be declared indepe ndent; its
independence was recognized by Spain !;
!, and the two powers shall send to each other
diplomatic agents.
SIS. This republic shall, however, be at.
tached to Spain by treaties of commerce. so
that the latter power shall lose none OF the
commercial advantages which it has hitber-
to derived from those provinces.
The date of Madrid is evidently assumed,
for this reason, that no well informed person,
in Madrid, could be ignorant that the two
deputies in question, had been already in
Nj az rid.
A to the confidential despatch referred 20
in the second paragraph, its authenticity is
determined clearly by the curious contra
diction, between the paragraphs No. /, and
No. a; in No. |, the province of Caracas is
to be subject to Spain, and this is proposed
in the confidential despatch Of Bolivar, who
is, thereby, not only presumed to be traitor
10 his country. but ignorant Of its geogra-
ply; for although Caracas is to be Spanish
territory, according to No. |, the territory
OF the republic of Colombia is to be declar-
ed independent; from which it is imputed to
Bolivar, that he is ignorant of the circum-
stance, that his native city is within the
Bonds of the Colombian republic.
The.ignoranc of the author of this arti-
Gle, which makes the Colombian republic
independents; and Caracas in whatever ex-
tent or Limitation taken, Spanish territory is
too manifest and too gross; the cloak cannot
cover itself.
1t is certain that Messrs. Ravenga and
Echiavera, were in the strictest confidence
of president Bolivar, and were selected for
the important mission 10 Madrid, in conse-
quence OF their devotion TO the liberty and
independence of their country, and their
talents and integrity. 1t is also certain, that
although this Madrid letter writer, on the
10th Of May, expected them to arrive, that
in fact they had already arrived and were in
open intercourse on the official business of
their mission in that month.
But although this Madrid letter is self-de.
tected By its own fallacy, and ignorance of
the territory which composed the Colombo
an republic; and evidently intends to dete-
riorate the character of president Bolivar;
there is news from Madrid, as late as the
l4th ofMay, now in Philadelphia, which is
much more important, than if the whole of
the fabricated letter OF the 10Th of May were
true.
A new ambassador from Spain to The u
nitsd States, has been appointed and may
be expected daily, to replace Gen. Wives.
The new minister is Don joaquin d. Andr.
ago, who on recent occasion, when the