The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
How It Was Proclaimsd.

1t is not intended by the foregoing to impeach or compromise the existence of the new republic. Such an attempt would pc ratuou5, for the new republic Is actual. Tho purpose Is merely 70 snow the incon- gruity or the procedure although no Pan- amaian can be brought to see that there Is anything national incongruous or con- tradictory in the fact that a republic has been created by an ordinance passed by a city council. This inability of the Pam amaians to realize what impresses Amer leans as little short of ludicrous is doubt less duo to the fact that measures have +been taken. though not by legislative steps, to bring the whole territory 10 uc- cept the new form of government Imme- 'iiately after the creation of the republic and the appointment of the junta by the City Council of Panama the junta took steps to this end. Emissaries were sent Into the different provinces to proclaim Femissaries were effective orators-as are nearly all the people of these Southern countries. They toured along both coasts east and west, stopping at the principal these cities, which. until the arrival of the emissaries, were without knowledge of the fact that Panama had seeded from Colombia. David, Chiriqui, Santiago and other cities and towns along and adja- cent to the Pacific Coast Bocas del Toro. Nombre de Dios. Porto Bello, etc, on the Caribbean shores, were visited in this way and reports have been received from all of the emissaries, although some of them have not yet returned to Panama.
 would, upon his arrival, employ the local band of musicians. Taking a stand in the principal plaza, he would draw his crowd by the bands efforts, and when a num- Der sufficient for his purpose had assem- bled. he would read the declaration of in- dependencs Following the reading would come his harangue. the burden of which was that the establishment of the repub- lic meant the construction of the ship ca- nal by the United States across the tsth- mus, and that the construction of this canal meant that the United States would pay to the republic a sum of money suf- hcent to make all of the people rich and prosperous. This was done in every in- stance, and the orators argument being addressed to a people among whom pov- erty In It's most abject form prevails, ilev- CT failed to elicit enthusiastic responses in approval of what had been done The business of the emissary was then to re- town accepted the republic and gloried fin It's creation. This procedure has been fol- lowed in treating with all of the people of the isthmus Iii a more formal manner
 some Of the provinces have communicated with the junta through their governors
 Support has been rendered in this way of men and arms to support the repuhlics s independence. and while it is not pretend ed that anything like all of the people of the republic have been communicated with, the assurances, through the emis- saries and the governors, have been snf- ncient in number to carry the conviction that the people of Panama generally ap- prove the severance of their relations with Colombia. If they lack patriotism of tneir own. they certainly have no love for Co., lombla and are glad to escape her domin- ion, their willingness extending to ready