The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-03-11
From the n. Y. Msr. Adv. Of TUESDAY.
rtnr. n IN COL ~ I'll

KUN NSoisOb
BY the packet brig Medina, Capt Sunsan,
nd schr Horatio, Capt. Hat, both OF wnich
rived last evening, we have received Gar
hagena papers 20 the 9th ult' and Dogo'a
aper Of the 9th January.
The Constituent Congress of Colombia was
Installed at Rogota, on the 20th of fJanuary,ac'
otding 10 q decree of Dec. Oath. torty-sey'
n deputies were present, exceeding twothIas
be the whole number required Tor quorum
Ihey went from the palace ofthe government,
with the Liberator President at tnen heaa, !"
he cathedral, to attend a solemn mass, and
thence to the hall appointed for their sessions,
where many citizens were PRESENT mere
hfter short speech, thr, r,a.";~n p rsl,,;ons pa
me Interior, administered the oath 10 the dep.
s,ies, who presented themselves two by two.
The deputies then proceeded to vote for their
president, and Ufdaneta received votes,
Sucre %, Borrere 10, Castillo |, Restrepo 3
aud Canabai ]. Sucre was therefore declared
President. Esteves, Bishop of Santa Maria,
was then chosen Vice President, by 30 votes
and Bergos, Secretary. The Liberator then
declared the Congress. legally installed and
gave the officers their seats.
Gen Sucre then made speech, in which
"he praised the frnness with which Bolivar
had yuded the Republic in dangerous crisis,
c0nvoking a Congress which will be able TO
Lea, I'll its dIs,resses, and abdlcating spontan.
eously the unlimited power which the people
had confided in him" His Excellency replied
that "in the Congress were placed the bes,
and most legitimate hopes Of the nation, 10
which they would undoubtedly give constitu
tion full ofpower and liberty, and that lie re
tired with the greater confidence, because he
left at the head of the representatives the
Great Marshal of Ayuchucho.'
THE LIBERATOR TO THE COLON
BIANS.
Colombians! This day cease to COM
mand you. have served you in quality Of
Q soldier and magistrate. in that long
period we have reconquered the country.
liberated three republics, and suppressed
many civil wars; and -Four times have re
stored to the people their omnipotepce, BY
spontaneously assembling four Constituent
Congress. These services were due to
your virtues, talor and patriotism--t glo
ry ofhaving directed them to me. The Con.
s,!tuent Congress which has been this day
installed, finds itself entrusted by Prov
tence with giving to the nation the nsti
tutlons it desires, by following the course
OF circumstances and the nature Of things.
Fearing might be considered as an OBJ
s'acle in pacing the republic on the basis
'ofits happiness, have thrown myself from
the lofty maglstracy, to which your bounty
has raised me. Colo>abans! I have been
the victim of ignominious suspicious, with
cut having had the power to defend the pu.
rity of my principles The same persons
who have asprcd at the supreme command.
have enGeavored to tear me from your
hearts, by a'tribu.ing their own sentiments
to mo, by making me appear the author Of
projects they have conceived; and by rep
resentIng me as aspiring at a crown which
they have offered me more than once, and
.which have rejected with the indignation
OF the proudest republican Never, never.
! swear to you, has my mind been stained
by ambition for abingdon, which my enc
MES have arttully forged to destroy me in
your opinions.
Cndeccive yourselves, Colombiansi my
only wish has been to contribute to your
liberty. and the preservation Of your re
pose; if for this have been blame worthy,
l more than any one else merit your indig
nation. Do not listen, beseech you, to
the vile caIurny. and the base covetous
ness for Which discord is excited on every
side. WI you allow yourself to be blind
ed by the imposture of my detractors?
Yon are not so senseless!
Coouhians Approach the Constituent
Congress. II is the national wisdom, the
legitimate hope of the people, and The last
point of meeting for patriots. On its SOW
ereign DEGREES, depend our lives, the hap
piness ofthe republic, and the glory of Col
Nmbia. lfyou are fatally torn away, and
abandon it, there is no other safety for the
country; and you will sink in the ocean OF
anarchy, leaving, as an lnhertcnce to your
children, crime, blood and death.
Countrymen! Hear my last words, on
terminating my political career--in the
name of Colombia, beg you, beseecb
you to continue united. lest you should be-
come the assassins of the country and
your own executioners. Bogota. Jan. 9
1880. BOLIVAR.
In the Exposition Of facts made to the
Congress by the Council of Minister'S" at
Bolivar's orders, Castillo says, that almost
sl the Colombians have made expressions
within few years past, in relation to the
kind OF government proper TO be establish
ed, and all agree on that which shall best
support liberty. The only difference is in
regard to the Executive power.-"Some,"
he ssys,"desire supreme magistrate for
life, others an hereditary one-the greater
part desire that he may be electire and tenn
pordry-the Liberator alone has no, ex-
pressed an opinion" In his message to
Congress, Bolivar says-"I fear, with some
reason. that my sincerity may be doubted,
when speak TO you of the ma gistrate who
must preside over the republic. But the
Congress ought to be convinced that their
honor is opposed to their thinking Of me
for that appointment, and mine in thinking
Of accepting it"--"Believe me, new
maristraie Is indisnonsible for the repnblic