Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-10-07

! iresldent OF the Panama Congress and noan,horo -
NJ; oUuhs!tutiohai congress for the city of Lima
MS distinguished citizen and true ren1bloa L
peen Tor some time resident amono -o~ 80 nus
speak IL TO the honour of Bostonians be h. w
1ened the KIND attentions and DISTINGUISHED notoa
.iat ms nigh character for intelligence and devo
H1h 70 lhe cause OF rational liberty so well merit
Inc following letter pourtrays we Go,r ~ -
the character of Bolivar and however il No..
appoint the fond hopes of those, who have 5e};ohs
Gu 10 anticipate in Bolivar, the Washnntnge nr
South America, Senior Vidaurre has disch5 rood u =
Iuty TO the world in unmasking as he believes -
~ ana exposing to pubck scorn the traitor
latlon has been made with care bnt still r,,ch &c
the force and eloquence Of the original is lost
| Boston Patriot
Boston, Sept Is, 1928
MY DEAR FRIEND AND FELLow-CouNrev
1t is neither frivolous nor blan,a,ble
curiosity to wish to acquaint ones self
with the character, inclinations religion
ana even physiognomy Of General whose
name is continually repeated in the nub-
llck newspapers OF America and EuroDe,
II is useful and interesting to know him
Ierhaps mankind would have suffered less
II many OF the sconrges whose pleasure it
was to torment them, had been carefully
observed by those very persons who la
boured most in their elevation. Alas,
that Agrippina did not foresee that the
son tor whom she prepared the throne
would give orders for her assassination !
Alas that the English should have tbo't
they had in Charles II. Prince grateful
for the power which was restored to him !!
Alas that the Spaniards never thought
that a King whom they redeemed from
captivity by their valour and brave efforts.
would be an oppressor. There are men.
who ought to be described with the same
exactness as the rocks and shoals in the
seas, the volcanoes in the mountains. the
venomous insects in some unhealthy coun-
tries.
Those who believe that Bolivar is
common genius, or that his talents are
limited, are much. deceived l answer
your letter with pleasure. This is an in
vestigation useful both to the new and old
world. But shall be believed? No one
witnessed more nearly the reign of Justi-
Man and Theodore, than Procopius, but
Procopius is eXtravagant either in praise
or censure. The ink of his pen is gradu-
ated either by the favour Or neglect which
he receives from the Court. Nothing can
obllge me to dissembe or pervert facts.
No one promoted me in the Peruvian Re-
publlck, but the same parsonage whom |
now describe. never could be put down
while remained on his side. From the
country which defended and liberated
expect nothing. am excited neither by
hatred nor hope consequently I must be
just.
The physiognomy Of a man generally
discovers his passions. Tiberius made
profound study of assimilation. Angus
tus knew it before appointing him his sue
cessor. Bolivar is of ordinary stature,
very lean, complexion between red and
olive, very black coarse hair, thin in front,
broad arched eyebrows and very bushy,
an eye Of fire and somewhat sunken,
sharp nose, acquline face, body lean,
hollow, and without air Or grace, sharp,
discordant voice, continual motion of
the body and chiefly of the hands. 1t is
not the portrait of Attila, neither is it ex-
actly that of Theodore. A strong memo
ny, sublime poetical genius, a vast I'M
Outstanding, great ideas, general knowl-
edge, taste for military exercises, dislike
to the table, hatred of the constitutional
laws, passion for despotism, a misconceiv-
ed thirst for glory, contempt of money, a
very strong propensity to deceit, frustrated
on many occasions by his ardour and I'M
prudence, variable in friendship, austere
in conversation, a satirical devourer of
those persons who approach him most and
whom he appears most to distinguish, las
civious without love, jealous from pride,
Indifferent to all religion. | do not speak
of his valour, because | have no proofs of
it. In the only two great battles of Peru,
f which were those Of Juin and Ayacucho,
he had no part In the first he abandon
E ed the field during the second he was at
the distance of one hundred and fifty
f leagues.
His principal defects consist in the ex-
cessive love of fattery, and those per-
sons who approve and support his opinions
obtain the highest esteem. He would
!, wish that men should possess morality, but
that this should yield on occasion to his in
terests. His policy consisted in attracting
all those persons who were distinguished
for virtue. talents, and valour, but that they
should offer no resistance to him. He is
not sanguinary by character, but by politi-
cal necessity. He will never shed drop
of blood for pleasure, but he would mum
, date nations with it, ifthat would conduce
! to his elevation and grandeur. He has
only one passion and one feeling which
= sways him, other passions and feelings are
: very subordinate. He wishes to be the