Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-07-20
REPUBLIC or COLOMBIA.


To His Excellency the Liberator OF Colomoia'
President Of the Republic: -, u,ot
S,a-'rhe government Of the Republic cannot
misunderstood the agatons which still alarm M 'n1
neople. nor witness without pain the great o'neu'
ties by which they are surrounded me col'esPo.'
which the Secretaries of Foreign Relations anu
of War transmit to the Secretary OF your i.Aee.
cv. will; give YOU sufficiently clear idea o. tne s'a'c
ofaarm in which the southern departments NOW a'e'
and which was one of the consequences wn'In ~.
nselea in avoiding, by sending immediately to the
conmandant Bustamene reply couched III "'n'
which might tranquze his whole DIVISION.
The Executive has hoped till the present fime'
.:.h .bsolute confidence, that the meeting OF Con-
ess will facilitate the measures OF uniting the III
s;s;ons Of The Republic but retarded by causes
,,bch neither YOUR hands nor mine were aOe 10 pre-
,ant. the Executive foresees that the suifcrings OF
.he state will be prolonged. The inslduous man
,rement OF her enemies not concealed nor those
nf the disshected to the constitutional SYSTEM who
r;sh TO increase the schism Of the republic by aid
inc d;scord between the national government and
vor Excelleucy; and as Is the alteration OF our con-
st;.ntion depended essentially my not exercising
the government, and on my being DETAINED the enc
mics Of the government endeavor to excite con-
aagration against it. 1t is easy to conjecture no"
far the odium and rivalry of portion OF the state
aponst the Executive, might succeed. In such CIR
cumstances | should commit treason against my du-
~. and nv disnteresed self devotion to the nation
al cause If did not urge your Excellency, with al
the earnestness Of which am capable, to come and
occupy the seat which the people have freely ana
lawfully assigned you. Under the constitutional
authority Of your Excsl!ency, the divisions OF the
body polite will be united, parties will be suppress.
ed, tranquility and security will be restored, and
Colombia will recover all her power and unblem-
ished splendor. The Executive has been the first
20 recognize the right which your Exccllency has
acquired bv the free and constitutional VIII OF the
Republic. 10 occupy the Presidency of the State
and the first to hasten and call your Exccllency t.
it, when he heard of the commotion IN Valencia
The Executive does not depart from this course
and has proofs to show that the people VIII con
stantly follow it. under the influence OF their duties
their engagements, and the profound attachment the
profess for your Excellency.
In the opinion of the government tins lnllrnatlon
sufficient to induce your Exceilency to hasten 10 &C
ccde to nv request. To enlarge OH the necessit,
of it. would offend the well known patriotism
your Excellency, and your former resignation to tn,
public good since he who has been charged VIII
the Executive power has invited your Exceilency a
different times. since the month of November las,
and with strongest reasons to take the charge OF tn
Government Of the Republic, he has been freed irof
responsibility.
found respect, am your Excellency's obedeI
a.rvapt. F. DE P. SANTANDER.
pROCLAMATlON
Sine. Bolivar, Liberator, President Se.
Colombians Your enemies threaten the de-
sruction of Colombia 1t is my duty TO save 1t.
Fourteen years have been at your head, by tn
almost unanimous wish of the people. ~ ever
period of slcry and prosperity, have renounce
the supreme command with the purest sincerity
have desired nothing so much as to d!vest mysc
of pubic power, the instrument oftyranny, which
abhor more than gnominy itself But ought
abandon you in the hour Of danger? Would this b
The conduct Of soldier and a citizen No, Colon
bans am resolved to PROSTATE it all; for anal
chy will not restore liberty, rebellion the cor
sttutlon
As Citizen, Liberator and President, my dut
imposes upon the glorious necessity OF sacrifle
ing myself, for you march therefore to the south
ern confines of the Republic to risk my life and m
glory to deliver you from the pertdious, who, afe
having trampled On their most sacred obligations
have spread the standard of treason, to invade tn
departments which are the most legal and the mo
worthy of your protection.
Colombians! The national will is repressed b
new Preterians, who have undertaken to dlcta
law to the sovereign they ought to obey The
have arrogated TO themselves the supreme right
the nation they have violated the supreme law
the nation; in short, the troops, once Colombian
auxiliaries of Peru have returned to their countI
70 establish and foreign government on I'll
suns of republic, which they are inilictiug
deeper insult than OUT ancient oppressors.
Colonbisns! appeal to your glory and patr,o
ism, assembled around the national standard, wht
has proceeded to triumph from the mouths OF L
Orinoco to the sumnit Of Potosi. Desire it onl
and the nation will preserve her liberty, and W
have the national viii! entirely independent to I
eide upon her destiny. The great 'convention
demanded by the general voice of Coieruha--lt
ehe great requisite of the country. The Congr
win doubtless convekeit; and, in their hands "
place the batoon and the sword which the Repul
has VIVIAN mn fret ~ Cnnstihltinnni President