The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-14

ls..IIll ls..IIll appointed for their sessions, MlerezII many citizens were present. There, after a short speech, the President, ae- companiied by the ministers of foreign relations and the interior, administered the oath to the deputies, who presented themselves two by two. The deputies then proceeded to vote for their presi- dent. and Urdaneta received , votes, Sucre 5. Borrere i5, Castillo l, Res trepo ?, and Canabal l. Sucre was therefore declared President. Esteves, Bishop of Santa Maria, was then chosen Vice President, by 30 votes; and Der pos. Secretary. The Liberator then declared the Congress legally installed, and gave the officers their seats.
 Gen. Suere then made q speech, n which @he praised the frnness with which Bolivar had guided the Republic in dangerous crisis, conyokinga Con gress which will be able to heal all its distresses, and abdicating spontaneously the unlimited power which the people had confded in him." His Excelleney replied that Sin Congress were placed the best and most legitimate hopes of the nation, to which they would un- doubtedly give a Constitution full of power and liberty, and: that he retired with the greater confidence because he left at the head of the Representatives the Great Marshal of Ayucucho."
 RESIGNATION OF BOLIVAR.
 The Li6erator to the Cotom6ians:
 Colonlbians!. This day Ieease to conn mand you. ! have'seryed you in quall- ty of a soldier and magistrate. In that long period we have conquered the country, liberated three republics, and suppressed many civil wars; and four times 1 have restored to the people their omnipotenee, by spontaneously assem- bling four Constituent Congresses TT These services were due to your virtues, yalor and patriotisnl--tbe glory of hay jag directed them to me. The Constlt. uent Congress, which has been this day installed, finds itself entrusted by Prov idence with giving to the nation the in. stitutions 1t desires, by following the course of circumstances and the nature of things.
 Fearing l might be considered as af obstacle in placing the republic on the basis ofits happiness, l have thrown my self from the lofty magistracy, to whief l your bounty has raised me. Colombi ans! have been the victim of ignomin ious suspicion, without having had tht power to defend the purity of my prin eipies. The he same persons who have as pired at the supreme command, have en deavored to tear me from your hearts by attributing their own sentiments t me, by making me appear the author 0 projects they have concieYed; and by representing me as aspiring at crowf which they have offered me more thaI once, and which l have rejected witf the indignation of the proudest repubG can. Never, never, swear to you, hai my mind been stained by ambition for { kingdom which my enemies have artful ly forged, to destroy me in your opinion Undeceive yourselves, Colombians my only wish has been, to contribute tt i yourliberty, ,and hepreservation of you repose If for this l have been blamewor thy, more than any one else merit youl indignation. Do not listen, l beseeel you, to the vile calumny, and the bast coyetousness for which discordis excited on every side. Will you allow your selves to be blinded by the imposture 0 my detraetors? You are not so sense less.
 Colombians! Approach the Constitu ent Congress. its the nationalwis the legitimate hope of the people, ane the last point of meeting for patriots Onits tssoyereigndecreesd dependourliyes the happiness of the republic, and the glory of Colombia. If you are fatally torn away, and abandon it, there is nc other safety for the country; and yor will sink in the ocean ofanarchy, leaving as an inheritance to your children, crime blood and death.
 Countrymen! Hear my last words, or terminating my political career-in tho name of Colombia, ] beg you, beseect you, to continue united, lest you should become the assassins of the country, ane your own executioners.
 BOLIVAR. Bogota, Jun. 20, 1880.
 In the "exposition of facts made te the Congress by the Council of Minis ters, at Boliver7s orders, Castillo say. that almost all the Colombians have