Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-13
COLOMBIA.


following letter. the translation OF w"'e" you
will please insert in your paper''o give an 'osa
Of the deplorable situation OF Colombia.
"Z1pAau1sA. Dc 20, 1929
My Dsay Friend: have c""nnea my,e" ~
this village Of ZIP quira 20 miles ITO" Dogs
Ia brea' hing the pure arr OF a me .oo"r'
and fyine fr ON my beloved Bogota, where ca
lumny aud flauery, falsrhood and intrigue, nave
erected their throne. No one can 1--we mere
withou, leading an existence always o"a"''u''
and never tranquil We fear every day, every
hour, every minute either prison or exile. Our
commerce is destroyed. our agrit ure pros
trated-public morals ara lost, and we nave
among US such al abundance OF sY'ophah!s
and prosiiuteI hauerers, that resso" u ner
Their capable Of resisting 'he effect Of SAD renee
,ions, nor Of modera!ing the desire OF oa",s",
ing this pervcrse race Of Infamous ana 'ns"ien.
assassins. This is, my dear friend, the crof'
situation 10 which we are reduced oy inc gov
.rnmen, Of our new Tiberius, who IS me soul
Of the feeble council OF aye, and the source OF
all our miseries and mislortunes-whose SER
vices 10 his country can never be compared 10
the great number &C revolu ions, deaths, and ex-
lies, of which he alone i, the author. and who
has lately caused a medal TO be struck. which
will forever record The lamen'able event OF the
night OF the 25th Of September. The Gazelte
of the Government says. Some friends ct the
Eiberator, ins,igated thereto by Doctor E'oy
VairnzueIa, have had medal engraved, 70 per
pe,uate the memory of the happy salvation OF
his ExcelIency General Bolivar, OF the night OF
the IS h S.pie mber, 1928, in which the assas.
sin ponisrds attempted 10 cut short me 'h'ead
OF his days The said medal was published Oh
the % h Of October, his birth day. On tie
face, it has, upon pedestal, The bust Of the
Liherstor, and on the reverse, In the superior
part, an eye, with a radians triangle, and under,
ibis inscription: "L D. P. safUo Ia Uda del Ii
5eriador. Simon Boivar. Ia nochc del Is de Ssten,
bre de is2s-D,ins Providence saved the life
of the Llberator, Simon Bolivar, on the night
of The 25rh Of September, 1888"
The inscrip ion Of such medal, although it
does not deserve our attention, is laughable
and worthy Of being cIuiclssd; but will
make you sumo remarks on the mos, interest
ing point. 1t seems ,ha, Bolivar has not yet
losr the mania for striking medals, as he did
H. Peru, and thinks that he can deceive u.s.
Bolivar has placed his friends IN the iore-
ground Gas people say,) only to hide his own
shameful views, his low and contemplate as
piraions Blu who are Boi,ars friends Hi,
slaves his military men, his friars, his pur-
few fore igners, wi thour country. without family
and without character in short, all hose, who,
raised from dust, wish 10 domineer over their
own c.un rymen, and over the Iuins OF respect
able families. and gooG patriots. However, do
no, believe thai they spontaneously deV'sed
! such medal. BOLIVIA, is the author OF 4, and
this ,yrant has obliged them In do what II was
impossible Tor them to refuse doing, il they did
no, feel inc inrd TO he brheaded or exilee. In.
deed my dear friend, perceive some frasons
| 10 BE- pleased al this event, because now / will
be sufficient TO undecrive some Of our f.llow
citizens, and shew 70 enlIg enrd nations who
! is this harlequin Of the er. AT and valiant Ma
poleon-ihis second Washing on - whose gal
| Ian, Geats have immortsllzcd his name Gen.
Bolivar. in ordering this media, seems 70 ,ay:
let Us perpetuate the memory OF my r'Dcour
and revengr-let future generations know,
that although some pigmies Of my unhappy
country have given me the cognomen of 'he
great" have not had even generosity enough to
forget a private offence, and that produced on
" by myself, by my unmeasured ambition,
and my direct attacks on The laws and tie con-
sti,ution. To emit hat medal, IS equivalent TO
engraving deeply on the minds OF The relations
| and friends Of those who rose agains, him, tn
| RENE m orance # their act; and this is not only
contrary 10 generous anu Pr"ueh' p"hSJ' wv
| l. will nourish in the sensible bnsoms of the
lover, # liberty, the just idea that Gen. Boil
var, acting in de6ance Of Inc laws, destroying
The nation, and tearing the sacred rights and
privileges OF the citizen. was the cause OF that
event, which carried to the grave men who de
served the nations esteem. 10 strike med
al is 10 prrpetuate forever the epoch of irfa-
nous prose rip'ions, unheard OF arbitrary acts,
aud horrible crimes; il is to perpetuate the
cowaid,c. Of Gen. Bolivar, who, instead OF put
ting HIM elf il, a posture Of defence, cowardly
fed away, and concealed his body where The
dr. aud sweeping Of the houses are thrown,
offe ing himself 10 the eyes OF present and fu-
ture ua.ions as a man wi hout valor: II is 10
saw 10 the whole world. that he whom some
have called hero, will be in future called the
opp obrium of Colombia, the shame Of hmerl
ca, and dtscrt dit OF msrkind and still this
hero is going 20 insult The free Nr'h Amrri-
cans, the respected county OF Washington.
and the cradle Of lib-r', He is going 10
send that medal to General Jack>on-ihat evil
dence Of death and destruction. He dares sin
to insult the sons OF freedom. la fact, my friend,
IL, D.t; no loo IS