Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-08-25
BOLIVAR.

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Boston Daily Advertiser. II is stated to be
from gentleman whose intelligence and
Judgment entitle it to the fullest confidence.
II viii, perhaps, serve to give some OF our
readers more satisfactory view OF the charac-
ter Of the Liberator of South America, than
they have had an opportunity Of obtaining
from any other source.
After some predatory remarks upon the cha
racter of San Mdrfin, in terms Of reproach,
which we cannot allow to be correct, the wri-
ter continues
When the reins of government had
fallen into the hands Of the imbecile
Tore Tagle, and his intriguing, UNI
principled advisers, the country soon.
fell of course by their weakness and
treachery into the power ci the Spani-
ards, who, tutored by misfortune and
led by some able men, were practising
that line of conduct which tended to
give them not only the power, but in
considerable degree, the confidence Of
the people, deceived and Disguised by
those who had come to protect them.
After Peru was thus again thrown al
most wholly into the hands of the Spa
niards, the arrival of Bolivar began
gradually to revive the hopes Of the pa
triot party. His republic OF Colombia
poured out her whole strength at his
disposal, and though his united force
was greatly inferior in numbers to that
of the Spaniards, this inferiority was
compensated for by the superior bra
very and enthusiasm of the troops
This Is one of the qualities of most of
the Colombians have seen-they have
all the enthusiasm, the fondness OF
praise, the virtue and the vanity OF a
youthful, warlike and successful peo-
pie. In the combined army of Colom-
bia and Peru are mary foreign officers
of great bravery. The confidence and
admiration for their leader is extreme.
tits impossible to flatter them too high
ly, and they in turn are not sparing Of
their compliments.
Gen. Bolivar, or as he is always call
ed, the Liberator, is -, about feet z,
and slender in his person, and, as the
"hero Of the Equator" which the Anne
ricans call him, might be supposed to
be rather dark in his complexion
His countenance, always OF serious
cast, yet, Notwithstanding the mus
tachio on his upper lip, not ferocious
as many represent him-his eyes dark
hazle, are ex pressiye and penetrating.
In early life he travelled through Eu-
rope for his pleasure-he reads Eng
lish, but does not speak more than a
few words. French he speaks fluently,
though not correctly. Apologizing
one day for my imperfect knowledge
Of, French and Spanish, he said, so,
no matter-never regret it-your own
fine idiom is the only one worth speak
ing-all that is liberal-sll that is no.
BILE is to be found in that. 1t is the
language Of liberty" He talks a great
deal and with apparent frankness, and
without generalization. He seems fond
of social life, and never balks party
by going away prematurely. On two
occasions have been with him in large
parties-one at ball & supper, where
ne staid from 8 in the evening till in
the morning, talked the whole time, at
supper gave toasts and made speeches
and after supper danced waltze with
a handsome girl. At a breakfast on
Washington's birth day-the. day he
selected for his visit to the frigate Unit
ed States.-which lasted from IL to 5,
he gave several toasts and speeches,
in one Of which he exalted the United
States as infinitely surprising every
nation Of ancient and modern times, in
knowing how to unite the most entire
liberty, with the most perfect order,
intelligence, liberality, sc. SC.
His ambition appears to be OF lof-
ty and fine description. He wishes TO
90 down as the asserter and founder OF
South American independence; and sa-
tisfed with an ample private fortune,
disdains all accession Of wealth. He
refused with some contempt the vote of
the Peruvian Congress granting him a
million of dollars; having made it his
pride from the beginning that he would
not carry away even a grain OF sand
from Peru. His fayorite projects are
canal across the isthmus, and the es-
Enlistment Of a Congress al Pan anna,
TO consist Of grand federative coun-
Gil, to decide on all disputes between
the different states, TO have an army
which they shall call out when either Of
the states or any foreign power COM
mits an aggression. The idea howev-
er seems visionary, but it is his favorite
scheme. After settling the affairs of
these countries, and establishing their
peace and independence, it is his wish
TO travel the United States and Eng
land. for both which countries he has
ahigh admiration. His enmity against
the Spaniards, nourished in the bloody
war Of Venezuela, is irreconcileable.-
All his connexions were murdered by
them. exceDt an uncle whomhe has in