The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-12

su9sr.s .hs most bar brous and ins,ert tyranny People
deprived OF their rights when Congress Try W1er OF
Ito master declared se tn reform toe consa
tuition OF tho republic violating the sxpress aud positive
Provsf'ns OF that fundamental CODE Tney waro deprived
Of their rights when Congress- without any authority
dared 20 elec' the President and Vice President o she
were deprived Of their right when from the capital Of tns
republic the Power designated the personS who we're
forced TO be elected representatives Of the nation and
when the Governors executed those Oroors which
changed the representative system into . miserable
fa1ce they were deprived Of their rights when
. tyraDnca and murppg power fetsered the public
press by arbitrarily bAnhng and threatening with death
any writer TO whom single plsnt cry OF indignation
was made KNOWN Day after Gay they were desposed by
the scandaous pupder OF the public This Is ths
fret Of the grievances which the government when ortu
Datey for the nation has just been thrown down. must be
charged With.
gnomnious for TO permit ourselves 10 be treat
ed hike slaves who earned their saa5 from masters
The chief aim Of those who a. their pleasure disposed OF
the DESTINY Of the country was to enrich themselves At
the expense of the working people. We beggars OF
yesterday TO day erecting buying couatry houses,
s.e IN ~ and insulting the people wnou ne
within short time al the epse Of tho national treasu
ry suhcent riches TO live with luxury and splendor in
rived in Venezuela artizans without work amassiug
without labor and with the sweat Of the Venez1eans CO.
otsal fortunes by which they were enabled 70 compete
luxury and magnicence with the richest people in the
world.
The republic suffered all this. And for what reasonH
because OF the division Of parties which looked on each
other with contempt and dHtrustdvision OF which by
singular concurrence Of circumstances those who without
any legitimate title governed the country have been able
10 profit The bond of common misfortune wanted 10
order that parties giving up their mutual grievances might
come 70 an and make compact i0r resene
ration ana nDerty.
Those parties once united public opinion which this
time was the true sovereign WAS reused AFTER such q
happy event the triumph OF noeriy was oersan VINO WIN
people, this people hsve the win TO make themselves
obeyed2 Who win dare TO cry "QaOs ssor 70 people
pected With a single breath they Will throw
down the tyrants who may pretend 10 impose
thenselves on the general will with single breath
they can destroy the rmest thrones and overturn inc IN
soent, who 1--we on the sweat OF tner eiIow men Ana
thus happened was enough Tor the people 70 speak IN
order thar the usurpers fell dowp toe a OF ne nauon
was suncent 70 give, ~ oy enchantne pmtn to hoery
IN place where tyranny reigned snprone.
What renders the actual revolution stl more oeauuIui
is that cost SO he 70 the country maters Ho tna
some Thousands OF dollars have been host provided the
blood Of the Venezuelan people was not spilled as IN ether
times The moderation OF our people 49, 10 iaot wonder
ful On the DAY Gencral Nona&s wnnareS IRON
power the capital renamed Without government ior the
PROVISIONAL government composed N naste was scaroey
able TO organise itself ana Ne he necessary OF
puohc security ana oroer yet tHuHanoing al tas
the best order reigued In the CITY Ins conhrms iac
OF which the oontemporsneous history d me country gave
previously ampe proof VIZ that the character OF tne
Venezuelan people s without contradiction the best IN
the world heretofore we saw them insngated 10 evh py
the very men who ought to have resssed any excess
whatever and nevertheless behaving with the utmost
moderation and unparalleled generosity. Therefrom
follows that sometmes they nave coinmtod exceSses
they must be imputed 70 those who endeayored TO cor
rupt them.
Strange people, who resisted the lessons OF imuoraity
which for a hong time bad been given TO them We con-
graulate the people OF Venezuela on IT, and declare that
from this day forward we can say Win prde-ne are
Eenezuelans"
Yes, cicmency Tor uose VINO uanpled under loot our
LAVE, outraged our honor and destroyed our credn:
let us at the proper time satisfy Justice, and let
not permit those who enriched themselves at
the cost OF the sweat OF the people, the orphans
and the widows, 10 ENJOY aored their III so fches'
Let us generously accoro tnem inc right on nviagi
but let them before me Naona gve ecooun'
Of the piundered minons IL would certanly DC the
summit OF inustce 70 et mem euJoy tnen punoor cav
ms the republic under the weight OF sixty mlons OF puo
Phase Oh agony NO. those VINO ehereu poor into power