Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-04-07
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paid but little attention to the nonsense that mas
been written about him, by those geniuses, who,
from the Circumstance of their being attached to
the press, very gravely take upon themselves
the privilege Of prejudg'ng every mans actions
and Of traduc.ng the honorable motives, which
actuate the conduct of the illustrious, and the
patriotic.
II is rule with these very modest genuses,
never 10 Sontr ldct what they have once assert
ed; and if they are corrected of intentional or un-
intentional error, SO obstinate are they, that, like
the mule, of whose disposition they largely par
take, instead OF frankly and promptly confess
ing their errors, they persist in them, with re-
newed obstinacy, and labour with redoubed
ardour, TO make the world believe, that their
wilful and NAL gnant f,lsehoods are true and it
Is maxim with them, that a" fib' well stuck to,
answers all the purposes of truth.
In this town, there is published newspaper,
said to be devoted to the causes of agriculture
and manufa ctures, the conductor Of which, for
several months, in compliance with the dictates
of his own fancy, has been labourlng with an ar
dor, which would have been honorable in better
cause, to convince the people of the United
States, that Simon Bolivar, the South American
Liberator, and the Washington of the age, Is
about to trample upon republicanism and estab-
lshing a monarchy, among the people whom he
has recently freed-asccnd a throne, and thus
prepare for the South Americans, mancles and
chains, and rule them with the iron rod Of an un-
principled despot.
That there are the least grounds, to base such
an opinion on is not true, whilst the contrary,
there are ten thousand evidences ofthe patriotism
and sincerity of Bolivar, we'll as of his entire
devotion to the cause Of liberty.
From our youth upwards, we have not been
uninindfu Of the transactions Of South American
Cheftans, and although have never placed
much confidence in such individuals as Miranda
and Sir Gregor McGregor, we have had good and
sufficient reasons to lend us to applaud, and ad-
mire the character, and deeds of Simon Bolivar.
From the commencement of his military life,
he has devoted himself to the great cause Of his
CO 4nry, and has msde every sacrifice, to promote
her interest, and TO diyest her of that bondage,
which for centuries bound her to the car of des-
potanI, and cut her Of from an honorable asso-
citation with sister nations, and placed her among
the lowest, and most ab,ect, of the accursed and
degraded
Such has been the conduct Of Bolivar, and
though "A few, of the many Of the American press
es would if they could, call up the angry passions
OF the world, and aim them at his life, is not be-
licved, that they will succeed in bringing him into
disreputc, or in fastening upon him the suspicious
eye Of the world.
The las: arrivals from South America have
brought document of vast importance to the
world-it is the abdicaton Of Bolivar; his
signaton of office, and expressed desire for that
retirement which our Washington, the political
godfather of Bolivar, so ardently thirsted for,
when he similarly situated to his presait
lustrous prototype.
This document, from which shall short
lv, make some incidental extracts, has caused a
little excitement among his enemies and they,
who have anxiously hoped that he would in the
end, come out a confirmed and determined despot,
have seized upon it with unusual avdty; and al
though it breathcs nothing that is not clearly
compatible with all the principles Of republican
ism, they have endeavoured to make the world
believe, that it is a document, pregnant with po-
litical heresy, and omnous of the ultimate pros
tration of the liberties Of the South American
people.
These miserable and futile attempts, are scarce
ly worth ones notice, and we would not advert
to them, we're it not that we are disposed to re-
pei the silly and laughablo sing song Of race of
newspaper scribblers, who, having nothing to
lose themselves, would gladly pull the illustri-
Gus, down to their own level
For ourselves, we have read the document in
question over and over again, and we will say,
that if any man, who reads it, can, whilst he
looks on with liberal eve, discover aught in it,
that is ominous Of the reputed dcspotc designs Of
Bolivar, we will confess, that he possesses far
more penetration than we do, and can I" look
through a mill stone,' and some distance beyond
ii.
In this document, Bolivar resigns the Dictator
ship, not NTH design of uniting Peru, Colon
bia, and Bolivia, under the Bolivian code, as his
traducers have said, but from wish to retire, al
the season of approaching old age, from the tolls
and unpeasantries of political life. He has al