Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-06-13
FoRNIGw ITETELEIGEMc1
FROM COLOMBIA.

FROM COLOMBIA
Extract Of ieDer from Gen,lsman n, Jc (,,,,u, 10
q" Hdstthgton, dated 1;5M Man. 1896
Inc enclosed documents will show YOU what has bee,
1-h =. .e authorities OF Caracas and General Paez-
Inc Governor at Porto Cabelo, Ayendano bold;nr hi
Commission under the General Government, has hoa,
paced and Colonel Gala, friend of Gen pacz
I""ahd Col ifibaua, Governor of La Cuvra has b.en
oSeed 10 Maracai, the head quarters of Gen P,ez a.,
command given to Major Torres. General Marine :, man,
araI ot DIVISION. acting under the order of Gen P,ez &c
now III Caracas. Cen Paez remains AT VaIenc;, ,bor
e Pincpa part oil the army is stationed, say 1000
Dr. Pena and Col. Carabano are the poli,icaI advise; r
Gen. Paez. ''s VI
These two possessed of fine ,alou,s and ~
much d'satected towards general Government Soo
murders "eF1 erpetratet Valencia when General paez
surrendered up the command of the A rmv -,
"" Oh SoouOO has been levied the inhabitants of "a
racas and La Guyra support the army An Embar~o
was iai" on all the shipping in La Ciuya for two
mas oeen rased The English merchants residing in Ia
uy'd aho caracas sent memorial to Sir Robert Ker
Puter the BIRTHS. Consul residing in Cara vin th,
ne ~oo'u send I" the nearest naval station for British
oce 10 protect ihem which he has done The arrival f
u; President Bolivar is anxinusy exuected
British irga:e touched La Ciuayra the ia tho ,
tecea mere from Nalencia she had boai the ENGLISH
DaSs"or Tor bogota, aud the special messenger for pa
mama She proceeded to Cartha geua on the 9th insan,
nave no doubt tina" the plas is separate Venezuela
ifam the General Governments nothing but the ,p,.I ;
val OF tt President will prevent IL"
iTnANsLATIoN.1
HEAD QUARTERS, IN VALENCIA,
=, -. May Sd 1896.
iHieHOUGHfS OF ele9Uslq: NV emulsion from ~. 60
Oahh OF tins department, by the goyernon, ev
'orted by my personal enSmio and by men who for Tho
most nave sacrificed nothing the altar country is
an event which has excited interest in snc ss IN.
n honor has been outraged such degree thnt ali ~
iatIed Tor ITS internal and external saieiy
Inc people through the organ Of the illusrious AInp
panty oil aencia, preceded by the egtimate Authors
restored I" me an Office which had yielded up with
Ga mness, IN conformity with that stboraina, ,vi,
1i"iys married. my military bat which have res
h'eo IN compliance with the public wi.h because couJ1
III" siSH the affection manifested by couutrvnc:; nan
sec '"s' H Indifference, exposed internal disorders
and exterior assaults, time when there. nr r,r
reasons for experimenting both.
CHehS. viii concur with the object of this measure
-, az; WIZ" me afieed force under my orders,
puohc tranquility, and the or good effects coutemp,e
"'ot hiS ioce shall not interfere with the proceed
sS OF the people, while exerrmg their soyer-jru,v in
providing for their yell being and securtY "
Strangers, the securities offered &c Won nv rho ,;
ZION ana other laws of the republic in your moral and n.
soma oef'y and in your property, will be regouslv OBJ
JOSE a. PAEZ.
rRANsLATIoN.1
'ac' Of he 'Nun'eiPatiy Corporation of Caracas.
IN The city of Caracas, 5h of May 1896 the 10Th wear
o. inc ndeenemce, the Signor Municipal Political
Chief Domingo Navas Spnoa, the first ii second ~
Pai ~c"aFs FRANCISCO lsnacio Serrano and Jeronimo
Poipa and the Municipals LORENZO Ema.ab.I Antoni,
Cadi!o, Juan Jose Xmenez Fernando costa N,rc u,
mre1 Manual Lopez, Jose Francisco Cespedes lose Din
nicio FIore2 and the Municipal Syndic lose do
fIib@rren being assembled raoriiua, session 90
piamce with the decidedly expressed wish of the
account OF the proceedings which took place in Vali
" Of the suspension Of His Excellency the de-
serving General Jose Antonio Paez occasoued nv the So
nate having admitted the accuse ,ion frred bv me-
per OF Representatives against His Excecncv II ,v,s
deemed GTpedieut convoke iu this cousistoai 49,
'y Tue lhhabantS, but also the authorities in conse-
Huence OF which, invitation was given to the In,e,d,,
" ' tLheh Tue Ministers Of The Superior Court of
%utce the 'ommandant of Arms, and the Dean of the
EccIesIascai Cabldo. The first attended hut NO, ,,
e's' ana III tins stage # the business the Political
~hat o"k place at Valencia he requested an explanation
irom the Sgnor Intenddnt, vino replied to him and ,r
"eH 10 MN copy Of the Municipal Act of that citv
reIh'tang the above mentioned General i'm his rope,s
on account OF the gIevous ills and disasters to which the
Department found itself exposed and which il h., h
10 suffer IN some violent deaths; which act was mas
SEQ by the unanimous the Nuncipnlitv aod tho
on the whole Town and restored him the full
authority which he exercised the general commaudancr
II. we o"""ct OF the war, and in other powers which cir
rendered IT necessary to confer him The
Political Chief added-ist the silence of Caracae ,;,I
regard ~ an event so might be wrongly ntcr
preted aud thatit appeared To him necessary IN T. ~
eSpondence with His Excellency nd the iustrous Nu
cipaiy of Valencia by sending them al official co,,rnn;
Cao nj another also To His Exceleucy aliago AIarino
General Chief commanding Vanguard Of the troonS
n 'e c''y 81 Victoria The Signior nendan Observed
mat no question ought to arise asnuch he himself r
coSnzen MS Excelency General Peez, in the e1ercis.
OF ms functions: To which General Svpdc procn
ra'or replied by Offering an express resojuion ,L, -
case such was the will Municipality and TOWN
81 caracas 'hH an explicit aud categorical declaration
should be mate-tbat the authority Of General Paez was
recognized by item to tic game extent as in valenca
Inc nlendant repcd-hat he could not take part in
proceedings which were not in harmony with the laws
WhC ne believed was the with the resolution lust Of
tered AMI IN consequence Of which, fe regarded eyr ,I
as egai' and he therefore requested bathe might
nc permitted TO secede and retire, which he did
ne NboVe resolution Of the Syndc was submitted D,
discussion; various of expressed their opnos.
SOME ot whom begged leave speak others were in
vi'ed to do 50 by the President And bv acca,tion and
ue heo and spontaneous Of the people and the
i vote OF all and each Of the orthe AIuncivili
~ II was declared That his Excclcucy the wccscrv
Genoral-in Chief Jose Antonio Paer slould he rccorrl
ana was IN fact recognized, Communicate General Of
nc department. in the whole his powers the Nh.
0'P'''y ana town oi Caracas, conCurng IN princi-
pies and 'aotycs proclaimed by the Nnncipal1tv and
Town Of valencia This declaration followed by re-
Peate' 0i"' IN favor Of his Excecncy General Pacz from
an INC NUMEROUS assembly. The Synlic then offered &C.
solution which vas adopted with like unaninity hy the
municipality and people, that committees Of two persons
Snou' De appointed to wait his Excclcucy Grneral
WIN report Of these proceedings and that full pow
CT son0 be granted to them confer relative the