The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-21

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been dinnisbed, and Others entirely sbolshed. ~
1 The orgaulssefen Of corcgrsphical commits.
so. whose useful labors are In The course Of publ
s. The abrosssion Of the quarantine Iaws, ssni-
| tary cordons, passports, &c.
8. The reduction Of the standing army to 900 or
such & the picture Of the New Granadian utopias.
| Let them be examined BY the light Of reason, in
order that II may BE- seen II they contain any thing
opposed to sound sense or contrary to the most ra
tfonal and iDoontrovertble maxims Of the epoch in
Whilst these reforms were in the course Of discus
sion, the enemies Of liberty and progress did not
content themselves by calling them utopias, but
and demagogues those who introduced them.
| They needed not these insults, for they
hoped that as the knowledge Of the acts them
selves became dihnsed, justice would be done to
their 0rignators And such has been the case; for
although some chariatans still repeat, like parrots,
that which they hear said by the systematic enc
mics OF liberty, 1t is also certain that the enlight
ened and impartial opinion Of men capable Of jadg
| ing has done justice and rendered homage to New
Granada for the reforms We have mentioned.
such acts, although they present nothing new,
are nevertheless Of immense impor tanoe and could
not be contaminated In their whole extension With.
out woulding the interests Of those who were &C.
customed to enjoy the fruits OF the labor Of the
masses, and to mon0polise al the resources Of 30
ciety. Consequently these were DESTROYS to avail
sent itself to destroy the actual order Of things and
return to the anterior absoutism which offered them
30 many advantages.
Well, then, in this juncture, soldier, lJose MA
Melo) favorite Of the government who had hith-
erto esteemed him as faithful and loyal man, sub
missve to the laws, and friend to public liberties,
was accused Of having committed IN assasanatlon;s
the tribunal which should have judged him. he pac
ed himself at the head of the troops that had been
entrusted to his command, broke into open rebellion,
~ prised the capital at two o'clock in The morning
~ q a vaof onA fUnpr AoI
bers Of the government. Ungrateful towards those
who had elevated him to the post which he occupied
and traitor to the principles he had aided to
tain, his crimes did not even rest here. His first
object, no doubt, was to save himself from the sen.
| tence that awaited him; after that came the idea
suggested by bis worthless companions, Of pro-
claiming himself Dictator. and as such, committing
every species Of depreciation worthy Of the people
| with whom he had surrounded himself; and in
order to increase his adherents by drawing the
anatical portion Of the popuace into his ranks he
declared that the Roman religion should be the only
this, he has made but few proseytes and those from
| the lowest class OF the people. So few have been
the aoherents he has found in the capital that all
greater part of the inhabitants have fed to the
Countrywide few who have remained have suffered
every species Of ext0rtion. BY these means he has
succeeded in filling the capital with terror and in
tunately, had been named constitutionaly by the
Congress successor of the President and Vice Presi
dent OF the republic in Of their failure escaped
from the capital to distance Of Leagues
proclamation declaring himself to be in the exercise
of the executive power. This circular which spread
rapidly to every corner Of the republic, received
| with the greatest enthusiasm. Every province was
| eager to send troops to Bogota to put down the
conspiracy but Herrera desired to remain tranquil
as Immediately and simultaneously the neighboring
towns had furnished more resources than be needed
to reduce the rebels to submission. In effect, Melo
having sent party Of soldiers to attack Herrera,
| these were vanquished by him in few minutes.
Melo had then recourse to bis last expedent, which
command, Colonel Rojas, with 400 or 500 picked
men but this officer, as well as the rest who
found Themselves with him, although at first they
had been obliged TO bend to circumstances. had
not lost their sense Of duty and far from attacking
Herrera, they placed themselves under his orders
without making the least resistance. IN the mean
time, Melo used every effort to increase the number
Of his accompices and the sphere Of bis ephemeral
| dominion. For this end he dispatched company
Of soldiers to take possession of La Mesa, which
| company Was conquered and made prisoners-two
companies he sent to attack Honda shared the same
fate. He remained then, shut up in Bogota, with
| five hundred soldiers and one hundred criminals
taken from the prisons, and enrolled az worthy
| companions Of himself and followers.
At this juncture Herrera appeared n the north
with 1000 men, and having sent General Franco
| with part of these forces to explore the move
ments Of Melo In Cipaquira In the discharge Of his
duty General Franco was killed, and his detachment
General Herrera, leaving part Of the division un-
der the command Of General Juan Jose Reyes Patria,
retired with the remainder TO the town Of Ambale
| ma. with the object Of combining his operations
with these Of General Jose n. Lopez who, ever the
valiant and faithful servant OF order and liberty had
! raised fine corps of men immediately upon hear
ing Of the events that had taken place in the capt.
tai, and commenced his march for that place; 90
| that before the end of the month Of June, the
forces Of the legitimate government must have oc-
cupied Bogota, and chastsed the heads Of the con-
| OF the thirty five provinces Of which New Ora
NADIA is composed there is not one that would have
yielded obedience to the rebel chief he only govern
ed in the deserted streets Of Bogota- For this
and this event has shown clearly that the legal
| principle has acquired in that country sufficient
strength to overcome in every case the excuses Of
brute force: Even surprising that Melo, in conse-
coed in reducing two or three provinces, the re-
| naming thirtytwo would spontaneously raise all
the force necessary to overwhelm him.
From what ! have said, you will comprehend that
you need fear nothing for your emigration project.
At this date everything must be terminated and il
any reliance can be placed in letter from Santa.
MARTA said to be circulating in this city, it would
Sy By the depred atoms and violence Committed By
Melo ar his agents, had risen upon and hung him
and his principal accomplices. Should this prove
to be the case, as seems not at all unlikely, the le
climate government will not only have resumed
is peaceful and constitutional career, but will, in
fact be strengthened by the triumph of the liberal
principles, by the disappointment of the dupes Of
the conspiracy, and be more capable than ever to
give impulse to those public improvements which
are the great object with which we ought to occupy
ourselves at present in order to give vitality TO In
ousry and 70 the national treasury, which are now
in a lamentabe state Of depression.
will repeat to you thousand times that no fear
need be entertained of any radical change in the
institutions that have lately been given to New
Granada. They have not been the work of one day
| or Of one moment Of enthusiasm-they are the re.
suit of many years of labor, Of experience, and of
perseverance. The fears you entertain on the sub
tive party are entirely without foundation.
Tie honest portion Of the old conservatives
have .epted the reforms In good faith and united
il aIitsrtv or,es Prorrsss.r he wiched norton
of the conservatives so few in number and their
numbers Of SO retrograde character, that they
1 not ranahle of f,a laark hn