The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-19
New Granada

We in possession for several days past of copy Of
address of the citizens of New Granada to General
Lopez, the occasion of his retiring from the pres
pepcy of that republic The address is entitled sin
cere ecitation the citizen General jose aro Lopez
and urports 10 have had an immense number of sigma
tures. It reviews in ironically complimentary manner
the principal acts Of his administration and in tone Of
Spanish byIerboe sums up in this =
You Citizen General obedient to the instincts Of your
creative genius about to retire from power after
having like another Lycurgus presented to the adira
ton OF the age republic SUI geners which, like that of
Sparta had parallel in the ancient republics in
those of the middle in the modern of rep
reentative form Would that. initiating the heroic
3st Of March, he last day Of the administration all
Granadans, and had exacted from them oath to OBJ
serve your ordinances until that you should again be
President and then, precpi'atipg yourself from the
Tequer instead OF remaining to die OF hunger The
other, had thus by romantic death given duration
and stability to your grand work Without this precau.
tiop which Iycurgus 30 prudently took we fear much,
Citizen General that the very nature of things may come
to demolish an edifce so beautiful
We have aso teen in possession for days Of the
nsugu,a message of the President Jose Maria oban
do delivered at Bogota the first of April The follow
ing the proessed programme of his Administrations
The scrupuous execution of the laws and constitution
and the profession of all and each Of the democratic prin
cples of reormthe conservation OF internal peace-the
ost respectful at nt'on to the opinion OF maiores e
ultimately expressedthe most rigorous impartalty in
the distribution of justice and in the election for public
ofcesthe absolute oblivion OF past disputes, and the
reciprocal pardon of all inju the extension Ct the
right Of sufrage-the establishment of national peu
tenary and the consequent abolition of the death penal
ty-the most res respect OF propertythe tax pro-
poroDd 10 the fortune of the contributor and the most
scrupulous economy in the national expenses-the pro-
lection of every enterprise OF rational benefit to the
country, giving preference to roads and canalsthe
ducon Of the standing army to its smallest possible COM
pement-the reform of military ordinances esthe volun
enlistment system and the abolition OF the present
system Of conscr tionthe organization of the National
Guard democratic footing-the reform of the laws
Of education-the diffusion OF elementary instruction.
the reorganization of the national cogesthe formation
Of civil criminal commercial and mining codes-solici-
tuee for to place temporal power in harmony
with ecclesiastical and to the difficulties OF the
present situation In the event of Congress decreeng
the supremacy of the civil power and defending it from
sll usurpatonthe cultivation of pacific and friendly
relations with foreign governmental and the stricest
justice to their subjects natives The message con-
cludes with the following senence shall feel happy
Granadaps if shall only succeed in preserving to you
reconcliDg inaed passions, in revivug the charity
and morality OF the gospel and In hearing the graft
tying exclamation, at the close Of my administrator
"f he has not done great things his government has
been really of practical liberty of genuine equality
and OF christian fraternity"o
We have also received a pamphlet from Costa tca,
discussing the points Of somewhat interesting litigation
which has been going there for some time between
two English subjects Mr. John NJ Young, on behalf OF
an English Commercial house-Dewar and Angus-and
Mr. Edward A. JOY representative Of the house Of Mon
toys Gaenx and Co. II appears that the latter firm had
sold TO Mr. JOY credit goods tos large amount but
that subsequently adbesor Ley reached his possession