New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-20
From New Granada
Correspondence OF The Tribune.

BARRoNouILLA 18th December 1916.
SIR. enclose you few Bogota papers they
contain nothing worth translating. | must gin
by informing you that nothing IS so deceptive to an
American or European as the public papers Of
these countries or their articles Of political contro-
,ersy. The words are certainly Spanish, bat there
Is 60 much OF the conventional In their meaning tina,
without an intimate knowledge Of the elements of soci
ETY. and of the nature OF the country they convey
neoas ideas different from those OF the writers beside
the crying intellectual vice of these writers Is that in
stead Of working up. in their performances their ooser
vaiions and meditsons, they combine with the aid OF
false analogles their "reminiscences OF European books
that when their productions true 10 nature their
language is conventional and therefore an imposition
upon the reader and when is clear to him 1t 10 an I'm
position the authors practice upon themselves This
originates in the essential differences OF this region from
every other in the world in everything that can modify
man the subject Is too vast for letter and do not
know that considerable talents could make II ntelsioe
in volume The want Of an intimate acquaintance
with the physical geography Of the country would be an
insuperabe bar BY physical geography oil course
climate temperature, quality oil the lands quantity
and distribution Of rains and water &c. &c. The
result OF work OF the kind would be that South Amer
ca Ike Asia s precluded all hopes OF progress and that
the Spanish Government and those in ygor now are viz
tually alike The power was formerly In SPAN, and
therefore permanent il is now in the hands OK the one
hundredh part Of the population who being on the spot
divide into camps aud tight tor H. The masses look
on 90 they did formerly without dreaming they can
take any part in the Government Of their country These
masses where allowed to vote, go to the polls
This apathy fact and its repeat rooted
In the peculianues OF the soil atmosphere &c Some
sought them in the To certain degree the
moral nsensibity OF the Indian may contribute TO them
however, It's ind fence Is exaggerated.
have said enough and roo ,Ie on the subject lsup.
pose that In my future correspondence win you II VIII
be best 10 conhne myself 20 commercial subjects
Public opinion you must always understand by that
one person out of hundred has declared Tor the tree
cultivation OF Tobacco and the next Congress VIII have
grant H. Great hopes are built upon TINS measure
tabNshed In the Msgieena. They are building in your
place, and they will DO some good
As you value your conscience never encourage any IN
fortunate wight emf yrae 70 this part OF the world
BE- will curse you long be lives. The Uulted states
ought to be and are good enough for poor man that is
industrious.
had almost forgotten tina, the expedition Of Flores In
Spain alarms US much which shows how weak we are,
with population OF 100000 and mOrtisrous climate,
for Europeans 70 he frightened for such inconsdera
bic force bat every soldier Of army VI 800 men,
must be first caught and tied up, and small az that army
i. We md il difficult 70 feed and ccthe IL
We on tne rather elated AZ the idea OF
having in Engiand new vent for our Corn which We
can pat on board At 20 cents busnes0uetmes Tess.
The only doubt u whether Il will keep Or not as Z Is
attacked almost Immediately after the crop BY weeyis
We can produce great quantity however our freight
Europe is highs cents bushel-and the bags are
expensive.
Fustic 50. on board the ton Cotton "a the 100
lbs IS cents bounty Hides sol the 100 lbs Sugar tao
high for expectation 30 cts bounty the 100 bs Coaee,
S7i al the 100 lbs on board Doubloons sl-.
remain respectfully. H. u.