The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-17
COLOMBIA.

OOiVtuUlds WHICH may serve 10 SHOW IH0
state of that country, and the manner in
which the monarchical views of Bolivar are
regarded by some of those who are not on
ly natiUes, but residents of the country. The
writer of this letter was at the time wit
ness of the evils of which he complains
and, like all his countrymen, uncertain how
long it might be before the arbitrary arm of
the government might be laid upon him.
Under such circumstances, the warmth of
his expressions may be easily excused
.NsaO York Daily advertiser.
ZIpAoUIRA, Dec. 20, 1929.
My Dear Friend have confined myself
to this village of Zipaqura, go miles from
Bogota,) breathing the pure air of fine
country, and flying from my beloved Bogo-
Ia, where calumny and fattery, falsehood
and intrigue, have erected their throne. No
one can live there without leading an exist
ence always doubtful, and never tranquil.
We fear every day, every hour, every min
ute, either prison or exile. Our commerce
is destroyed, our agriculture prostrated-
public morals are lost, and we have among
US such all abundance of sycophants and
prostituted fatterers, that reason is neither
capable of resisting the effect of sad refec-
I tions, nor Of moderating the desire of ban
ishing this perverse race of Infamous and
insoent assassins. This is, my dear friend,
the cruel situation to which we are reduced
by the government of our new Tiberius,
who is the soul of the feeble council of
state, and the source of all our miseries and :,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. services to his country
can never be compared with the great num-
Der of revolutions, deaths. and exiles, Of
which he alone is the author, and who has
! lately caused a medal to be struck, which
| will he L.
| the night of the 25th of September. The
Gazette of the Government says-Some
! friends of the Liberator, instigated thereto
by Doctor Eloy Valenzuela, have had
medal engraved, to perpetuate the memory
Of the happy salvation of his Excellency
General Bolivar, on the night of the 25th
September, 1928, in which the assassin
poniarGs attempted to cut short the thread of
his days. The said medal was published
on the 2Sth of October, his birth day. On
the face, 1t has, upon pedestal, the bust of
the Liberator, and on the reverse, in the SUI
perlor part, an eye, with radiant triangle,
and under, this inscription" L. ID. p. SAL
20 la UidG del LibertGdor, Simon BoLiUar, la
nOche del 25 de Septenlbre de 1928-Divine
Providence saved the life of the Liberator
Simon Bolivar, on the night of the 25th of
September, 1923.
The inscription, of such a medal, although
it does not deserve our attention, is laugha-
BILE, and worthy of being criticised but
J will make you some remarks on the most
interesting point 1t seems that Bolivar has
not yet lost the mania for striking medals,
as he did in Peru, and thinks that he can
deceive US. Bolivar has placed his friends
in the foreground, las people say only to
hide his own shameful views, his low and
contemplate aspirations. However, do
not believe that they spontaneously devised
? such medal. Bolivar is the author of it |;
/. e"di chic t,.---t hos obliged them to do what
7, it was impossible for them to refuse doing.
if they did not feel inclined to be beheaded,
or exiled
10 emit that medal, is equivalent to en-
craving deeply on the minds of the relations
and friends OF those who rose against him.
the remembrance oc their act and this is
, not only contrary TO a generous and prudent
policy, but 1t will nourish in the sensible
bosoms of the lovers of liberty, the Just idea
that General Bolivar, acting in defiance of
the laws, destroying the nation, and tearing
the sacred rights and privileges of the citi-
zen, was the cause of that event, which car
RED to the grave men who deserved the ma
tons esteem. To strike medal, is to per-
petuate for ever the epoch of infamous pro-
scrlptlons, unheard of arbitrary acts, and
: horrible crimes: 1t is to perpetuate the
) cowardice of General Bolivar, who, instead
OF putting himself in posture of defence,
cowardly fled away, and concealed his body
wnere the dirt and sweepings of the houses
are thrown, offering himself to the eyes of
, present and future nations, as man with
out honor, and without valor: it is to say to
! the whole world, that he whom some have
hnr l.
opprobrlum OF Colombia, the shame of Amer
lea, and dlscredit of mankind-and still this
hero is going to insult the free North Ameri
leans, the respected country of Washington,
and the cradle of liberty ! I! He is going
to send that medal to General Jackson
that evidence of death and distinctions
He dares still to insult the sons of freedom.
+ In fact, my friend, | believe that Bolivar has
lost his common sense, and he is a-maniac
II l were not Colombian, would willing
lly laugh at Bolivar's pride and folly but as
| am, they make my heart bleed for nv
countrys deplorable situation.
The medal has been received by Gen.
Jackson, who made it the occasion of a spe-
cal message to Congress, in which he eu-
logises Bolivar in terms of the most extrav-
agant and fulsome panegyric Par mobile
fratrttm.-Ed. Spy.
Rio DE JANEIRo, Dec. g. A change of
Ministry took place few days ago much to
the discontinue of the Portuguese party, of
whom the old was composed, and whose
councils have been of great injury to the
country. plot by them was in agitation,
to declare the Emperor absolute; but the
Marquis Barbacena and some others, inter-
ierlng and demonstrating with the Emperor
upon the improperly, as well as danger, in
attempting any thing of the kind, an imme-
date stop was put to il. All the ministers
were dismissed, except Calmon. of the