The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-06-28
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! The difficulty of ascertaining the exact truth
! in relation to the views hidcslgnseyen ofour own
rulers has always induced us TO view with sus.
| picion the rumors which have occasionally reach.
cd our ears, nnputmg To Bolivar the intention
of oVeTthrowing the Institutions VI ms country,
which owe their very existence To his wisdom
and yalor What foreigner, not intimately at-
Quaintcd with the natre of our governments,
federal and state, would not have predicted
! speedy dissolution of the Union, on pcrusng the
correspondence between Gov Iroup and the
Secretary of War, or even GOV. Giles. famous
! Tarlf Report Who, not aware OF the gross
RIGHTEOUSNESS of the American press, would not
imagine, on CHANGING at the Opposition prints,
that we are governed by men who are dssoluie
in private life and unprincipled politicians
Though this injustice& there ialsehoods are de
tected, eAposedN denied yet it cannot be expect
ed that counter-current will be every where
produced. 1t is beautiful as well as correct
allegory which represents Falsehood outShip.
ping the winds, aud the multitude eagerly lis.
tenng to his tales, whilst Truth follows after,
hobblng on clutches. and almost every where
repalscd, because Of his unseemly gait and his
ancourtv manners There are factions in the
Republic of Colombia as well as in our own
and II is at least possible therefore, that Bolivar
has been misrepresented. When we recollect
with what zeal and ardor, while yet youth, he
embraced the cause OF his country and OF hu-
man Misunderstanding, with equal readiness, ms
splendid patrimony aud his blood-planning
with wisdom aud prosecuting with energy-in-
lrcpidIy persevcrmg even when Hope itself
scarccly hcamed upon his fortunes, until, at last,
consunmating the freedom Of his country by
the bloody victory Of Ayacncho, he resigned hls
office of Dictator, and solicited the privilege of
retiring 10 private llte-when we recollect this,
We must hesitate before we can believe him 10 be
guilty Of the designs attributed TO hun. We have
his actions too, fortified by his repeated pledg-
es He is aware of the suspicious winch have
been created, and he is aware, too. Of the with
erinpdcnnncatons which avail, him while living,
and of the deep contempt aud bitter curses OF
posterity. should he prove recreant to the cause
of liberty He was aware of this. when, indig-
nant at these suspicious, he proudly told his
countrynen that they had conferred on him the
tile of Ltbera,or :" and that that title was
more sublime than the Throne - We ask,
what possible motive is strong enough to induce
Bolivar to enslaye the people whom he 50 large
IL contributed to free. and at the same time EN-
sure to himself eternal L niamy crown scep
tre' Empty baubes at best, but insignificant to
the last degree when compared with the honors
which belong to adeiender of the rights of man
-tothe Founder ofafree Republic, whose nigh
-, o,,ro,,v ;s that its freedom suffered not from
his cupidity or ambition. Such a man was our
i,ustrious Washington. It's for Bolivar to choose
hctueen hespotcss reputation won by that great