Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-07-10
HE GAZETTE
AND ADVERTISER.
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BY SAMUEL SNOWDEN,
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iron TIE Boston DailY Aarertissr.


No civil war either 10 ancient or mo.
dsrn times has been carried on IN mao.
.,ler 80 treacherous, and cruel, as this A
merioan war on the part OF the SPaai-
ards. They drove the Insurgents to
similar proceedings. Rhree countries
wsre the principal theatres os these
great events. Veneznela and New Gre.
NADIA, Buanos Ayers with Chill. and
Mexico. Here on an iMmense field,
armies, seldom more thansone thous.
and men strong, fought either for or q
gainst the freedoM oil . continent with
60 unexanpled sninosity.
l.. TIE repa5Iic Of Teaesuel0, for
merly tho captain generaiship Of Car
racas. a fraitful tropical country, which
although it did not produce gold and
silver, yet aboundsd in the best staple
coaamoditiss of the West Indies, par
iicularly tobacco of the finest kind CO.
Goa, coffee, cotton and indigo ofsuperi.
or quality. These countries we're peo-
pied by $50, 900 Spaniarde and Creoles,
$50 900 coloured people, 100000 Ne
groes, and about 90 900 faithful Indians,
(indios fideles.) The Indios barbGros
were computed at -&bout l2S. 900. The
free commerce with the British at Frl.
nidad, with the Dutch at Curracoa. aud
with the North Americans, had intro.
,duced among these different classes OF
people ideas of lndependsDee. Hum
boldt had remarked the enthusiasm of
the people for the founders of Ameri-
can freedom. for Washington & Frank.
lin. New Grenada had in part joined
In the insurrection, aud united with We.
nezueia had carried ON the war with
Spain, though each of the countries
were under The gSvernneut OF -ssPa.
rate Congress, which afterwards De"
came united into single political body.
In Venezuela the capital city, Caracas.
first gave to Spanish America the glo-
rious example which ",irty.eight years
before (e6,h Dec. 1879 Boston had set
TO British North America. Miranda
established there tho eu6 of the year
lSlO) the flag of freedom, and the Con.
grsss of Venezuela Jolly 5, 1917 de-
clared itself independent In the name
of the seyea united states: Caracas,
Cumana, Varinas. Barcelona, Merida.
Truxillo and Margsrita. 1t adopted
the North American constitution, and
Christoval de Mendoza was appointed
President of the Congress, invested
with the same powers as the President
of the United States of America. Nil
randa did not vote for this feders,ive
eonstitution. Meantime he establish
ed Patriotic Club, and in the year
l6ll he received the command of the
army in place Of the Marquis Eon Ton.
Aug. %. ISL, he conquered Valencis,
which was chosen for the seat Of the
Congress of the United States of New
Grenads. But In consequence Of the
cities of Caracas, Laguyra, and 9TH
ers, having been visited by an Earth
quake, (26Sh March, 1879, the anDiver-
sary OF the revslutioD) by which 10000
meu, among whom were many soldiers,
persisted. and many warlike stores were
destroyed. the Congress of Caracas
transferred its sittipgs to Valencia, and
decreed( pfil 90, l6!S)to Gen Miran-
da an uulimited dictatorisl power. But
the priests, wis we're dlsconteD.ed with
the democratical principles Of the con.
stitution, condemned it as being dis
pleasing to heasen. Paper money lost
itscreoit. The Royaiists under Mon
tsserde pressed forward; many soldiers
went over 70 them, and the castle of Pu-
erto CabellO was given up TO them by
&reachery. For these reasons, Miran-
da with the follconseht oil the Council
Of Venez usla resolved on a capitula.
tion, Aug. Goth, 1912, by which he
gave up Guayra, Caracas, BarceloDs,
and Cumans, to the Spanish General
DloDtsverde, who ON the other hand
held out general amnesty, permitted
every one to leave the country, and
promised that the same constitution
which the Cortes had given to che Spa.
pish nation should be introduced into
Caracas. But these articles were not
regarded bv Monteverde, and Miranda
was sent prisoner to Spain. Such
treachsry lighted anew the civil war
In Cumaua the discontinued were u
nited under brave young man, d N,
Marine. They took possession of the
city of Maaurin. and repealed the at
sacks of tho SpsDisrds ODder Monte.
verde himseIf. April, 1918. At the
s.me time d. Simon Bolivar freed We.
nezuela and Caracas: he uasde his co.
trace into the last ia 1sd place Aug
a 1914 Rnti In July. 1914, the Spani