The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-06-28
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man. ,r5 ,ae tAart,le1 .nfany of croms e,
and Napoleon
We hope be ,nay. aud We believe he " III. de.
eide wisely. l.ut II he should not, il viii be bur
another proof that military men arc not fl Ia
hl Offices Of state. Their very mode of life Ina.
tendency TO iniuse into them arbitrary notion.
of command and naughty contempt of infe.
r'ofs in grade. They can hardly forget with
shat serupuious precision the homage and obe.
dlence of interiors were cxacted, in regular gra.
dHiions from the general down 10 the pr, ate
Indeed, a commanding general is already hing
m miniature. His Camp is his couutry--his
plume minc crosn---his sword a sceptfe. In
moments of abstraction, when dwelling on the
accidents on chances which have raised other
soldiers of fortune to the head of empire, the
mind will revert TO itself, and dream oi similar
possibilities. familiarity with thoughts like
taesc hiie tier cr.tnlnaiiY, ani whatever be
tide, they alc apt 10 cling 10 the individual thfe
life, like the poisoned shirt of Ncssus Let %.
portuut ~ present itself, and there will be danger
that he will attempt 10 realize these dreams -
All history confirms our remarks. lis pages
present bat one splendid exccpton-lhe hume
OF Washington stands alone All other conqne-
rors who have had IT in teir power, have dcgr-
nerated into tyrauts- have cnslavrd the peop,c
who fought Ton tneir ACKNOWLEDGEMENT when they
had Nalnly hoped natthcy were eontendmg Tor
their own freedom. Bolivar has act vet passed
through tue furnace. Clouds aud darkness"
rest upon hs future course ana though We have
confidence IN his hrnncss yet We cannot deny
that the rnmorS which have bceu disseminated.
coupled with his military character, have Some-
what shaken it. We hope this naIlon will mover
be cursed with 4 military ruler. In this remarI,
We look beyond Gen. Jackson, to the future dos-
TIMES OF the Republic, lie may be second
Washington aud somay all be who shall reach
high Offices, By exhibiting philosophy" amidst
| " blood and carnage hereafter; but it is alb
surdly rash and dangerous 10 trust the liberties
Of awhoIe people upon the contingency Of such
a possibility.
| In connection with this subject, we present 10
the reader the following lette, from the American
minister 10 Bolivar, which proves, that Bolivar :
| conduct, whatever il may be- ought to find some
palliatloi IN the Circumstances By which he in
surrounded inap,itude of the people Tor self
government, and the pecunllry difficulties which
stare them in the face:
LLGArIoS or ruE rstTEp STATES.
BospTA l5tn March 10y.
| To his errrHencghe L,berator President, &c
| SW.--As the representative Of my country,
| | have the honor TO address your eXcellCncy.
Your Excel meg will have bccn informed of
| the events in Prru--of that nntlon which your
| Excclcncy alone created. and left in the Gu.
! jovncnt OF peace. when your EXccIrncy was
called to Colombia, 10 reprcs' by your moral
force the rrtltcd passions OF the DISCONTINUED Ia
| Nenezurla
Permit me, sir as the representative of my
country, otthe Rcpub' ic of Washington, TO en-
treat YOU 10 return TO Boeota. the capital OF CT
lombia, and save the country.
| Without vour Ekercncy. all is lost. The
three nations which your Excecncy alone III,
created, COLOMBIA, fern, md Boli,ia) draw
ing them forth from state almost OF chaos, will
soon ,rturn 10 Their primitive dukusss, II your
Ezcollcnc, do moi continue your services IN or
der 10 save them
| have the honor to be, &c.
! BEAUFORT /. WATTS.
| Since writing the above, We have met with
the following paragraph, which illustrates TIE
difficulties with which Bolivar mas 10 contend
better than any thing We can say:
The London Courier says, yesterday NOM
| ing, Mr. Hurardo, the Colombian munster u
| tins country, ISSUED notice that he had lccev.
ed no funds for the payment of thu dividends on
| tac Colombian bonds, which became due yester-
day. lie promises, that, "henIniormatlon shall
| .tlIve from COLOMBIA, lie viii communicate the
anne to those Interested; but he Is wholly silent
! on the subject a to whether he cSpcoi, any mo-
| ney from Colombia, for the purpose above alu-
cd TO-"