Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-04
@ORMIaN.
(from the baltimore Republican,
COLOMBIA


| By those in Colombia, whom we know IL bo .,,.h,
honest and disinerested we are taught 10 en,.r,; 10
hghes' opinions and hopes of Boivars cbarac,.r 81
smosa os lie. us not PREJUDICE him unfavorably; the
oke OF invasion has scarcely cleared OIL and the torch
OF civil discord already lighted Should ne fall in s
eoI, 10 exngush it, yet the fruit Of his toll and hi,
acnces shall be gathered by ages to come; bonyb n
may be his fate 10 have il said as il has besn Ia -
o,hers, whose minds and principles have been lar in
suvance OF those, by whom they surrounded and
LOT whom they struggled
1.-The sun OF glory scarce ever shine. bnt ~, ~.
,omo OF great man, and he who plants the laurel, rare
W reposes under its shadow"
Extract Of dbfter from gentleman in Colombia. IN
merchant Qf Baltimore dated
as, . " BoGoTA, Feb. rs. 1890
" Ere this, yon know that General Paez has nIscsa
himself at the head Of the soldiers in yenezn.Is al
that we are menaced with civil war Tn. con.,;,.,
ent Congress- in Session in this CITY, and clothed
WIN 'he power OF giving form of government to Co.
omois' nave deputed General Sucre their President
ana the Bishop of Santa Martha Vice President N
venezuela, with the most conciliatory PROPOSALS and
lew weeks will test the sincerity OF General PAez and
MS coaaJutors Two years since, Paez favored A mo-
narchy and wrote letters his snds here advocaiine
n, H@senuy' General Urdaneta, who was invepIei
mo me scheme of monarchy, by certain for;srSsr
then resident in this city, addressed p,o
pohcy OF crownng General Bolivar; Paez seized nnon
~ GseNt' Procal'ns separation, and places himself
a' ms mead oil affairs in Venezuea-GeneraI RoIiv..
was, al The period that these events transnred l.; D.,
or ruayaqul; and soon as he understood The
steps taken by Urdaneta and Others PROMPTLY deoounc
go 'heir conduct. See his recent ProcIama,ion ana
Msssage: lie Proclaims himself now as ever a s,ood
las. friend OF tree government and has continued N
upon ION eIess the adoption Of Republican Gov
ern"eht nope that Paez may accent of the p,ono.
sas OF the Commissioners, and thus avert bloody md
rear, protrartes civil have seen mpcb o f,en
h. since ms arrival; and, in my humble Judgment
no one OF the hrst men Of the age-away. disin.r,
eeu aud single in his purposes-honorabe and lofty In
his views" w 'o'y ~
we have seen letters from Bogoa of dates from tbs
nuue OF february TO the 9TH of March, Intelligence
oil the failure of the mission to yenezueIa fo The mr.
pose oil waiting upon Paez, and proposin Iber,I sar
OIL government, founded on the ederayc prncnlc-.
reunion oil the provinces and oblivion OF the past
mad not then been received. The acceptonce NJ ha.
proposals OH the part of Paez could alone in the onno
Vi 'e writer save the country from the horrors of civil
war. should they be rejected, the whole force at tho
disposal OF Bolivar, would be devoted 10 his Jest,c;
AS tne late adyices from the South American continent
enuoh Ihat me mission had been unsuccessful and
". .e deputies had set out on their to Bogota
wemay expect TO hear of a movement on the mart ~ ,h
Colombian government TO subdue the reyolters In ;s
contest Bolivar will have the ADVANTAGE of be;n bacLaJ
ny popular opinion the enthusiasm with which the great
mass Oh the Colomblans regard his person and exhibits
subssting undimnished. P
me letters to which refer are from a source Of nm
douo'ea credit and inpartiay. They represent Paez
me msgator OF the revolt at Venezuela as selfish mn.
prncpled, and surrounded and influenced bv had ,,.n
ne sihuau'ns at hrst, and finally the bold assertions
"a asP'Ted 10 "a crown, ore said TO have been
manufactured at Caracas, for the purpose of coune
nancng the proceedings of those who not being aIe "a
rule the entire republic, resolved TO establish an
independent government of their own in one of lie pro
yinces. As 10 Bolivar the writer a0irms ,bot t II.
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late VIII beial the country, he is the abes the most IL
Dera ana the most disinterescd man, i'm anv way con-
heced win the government of Colombia: and exnres.
es MS nrn persuaslon that If he were removed from
ne conuuc oil public affairs, the country would be di.
vlded into four five petty despot SINS I'm b onn;o
nothing but the all-controlling popuaritv nj this
with the great body of the inhabitants of Colombia kssn.
under set of wretchcs natives and foreigners nfnp
W more degraded than those accustomed only To our sss
Oi society can believe possible for human nature N ba
rendered '' Wv
The character Of Paez, described in the above mar
agrapb, agrees with the accounts we have received
from persons who have been acquainted with him in his
country. The people Of Venezuela are prenarinr sr
themselves an unhappy destiny, if they mean 10 live
under the rule OF ciief little attentive 10 person.I
rights so lnPerous in his Disposition so capricous and
desperate ia ms determinations He is the same p.o,
whoiel ms occupation OF HoptrO or herdsman ON IN.
Pans OF Iarhus, at the beginning Of the South Arnc
lcah reVouuon,to follow with lew daring associates
predatory warfare, in which he did not even snare r.
cVVun'rynen, committing robberies on the patrios
az wei as me friends OF old Spain, whenevee ne hal
Ior money 10 pay his troops or 10 Crafty his mas
SION LOT gaming He is the same Paez who a., az q.
NE souieIs barracks TO show his 10y al the teymnson
OF an arUstice and tho renewal of hos,;e to 60.
Paez who entered the houses of the people If X,,,D
ra IN conyivai frolic and pluhdered their vino esl,
and obliged the citizens to ioin IN drnnken nroces;o
in which he celebrated the burial and ros,rrce,or ~
one Of his bottle companions with the rites obsecd T.,
Catholic counties on Easter Sunday ou;ck inteIler2
anu fearless intrepdity only fit him with HE cors,t
OF personal rights and public opinion for cxerr.I5n
over the Nenezuelans tyranny the p,ose unsrn,~t,
hie and more difficult TO shake off, rf'''7-
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