Star. — 1830-01-14 (London, England)

THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.  Sta—lf the letter dated La Guayra, November 16th, and published on the 9th instant, hadap_Pedin le" respectable journals than the Times and the STAR, I would disdain to notice its contents. The morality of the author, and the credit which the letter deserves, may be fairly estimated by the following sentences:— " Bora vsa's countrymen cannot put to death publicly the saviour of the country, unless they would brave the unlimited execrations of the world ; but private means, I doubt, not will be found, ere long, to cut him off." It is difficult to determine what is greater, the vehement wish for murder shown by these horrible words, or the impudence of stamping them in a letter evidently written for the public. After an impartial examination of its contents, no reader of common sense will fail to discover the true meaning and wishes of the author. " Let Venezuela be separated from New Grenada; down with Bum v A R,WIIOIII I detest, because he has refused to attend to my personal interests ; down with him, although the inevitable consequence of his fall be a most ruinous and bloody civil! war; although the very name ofi Columbia disappear; although her inhabitants be reduced to wretchedness, atatl her creditors lose all hopes of being paid. I will suppose the letter of the LIBERATOR 10 O'LEARY to be authentic, although I am far from believing it so ; I will also suppose that it has been faithfully translated into English, which I doubt even more. With what kind of new logic has your La Guayra correspondent deducted from it that General BOLIVAR aspires to the crown? To renounce the supreme command, civil and military, to wish with so great earnestness for the election of another President—are these the means to ascend to the throne ? Let history answer; let common sense answer. I see nothing in O'LEARY's letter, supposing that it be not a forged one, but a new testimony of the aversion which the LIBERATOR has so often shown for the toils of the Cabinet; of his martial inclinations and taste for a life in the field; of his emmibility, perhaps carried too far, to the blows of calumny ; and lastly, of his passionate love for glory. In short, BOLIVAR has only repeated in his supposed letter what', he has repeatedly said before, viz. that he longs to get rid of the cares and toils of the administration ; and that since his services are considered necessary for the internal and external security of the Republic, be will continue rendering them as Chief of the army, or, what amounts to the same, as Generalissimo. What reasons, then, can a certain oming Paper allege for the scorn with which he has thought proper to comment upon the LIBERATOR'S letter ?—none but his marked hatred towards the New American States, and towards the heroic chief who has given existence to three of them. According to the Ilphrases of your contemporary, Bo LI vAn is a madman. Genius is always judged so by obscure mediocrity. Yes, a madman, a sublime madman, who has sacrificed his existence, who has a thousand times exposed and daily exposes his life to the greatest dangers for the good of humanity ; sublime madman, who undertook to deliver and to regenerate a world without any other resources than those of his magnanimous heart; who, without consulting prudence, descended to the arena to wrestle with the ferocious lions of Castille, and with the monsters of ignorance, fanaticism, and ingratitude !! The reasons which the La Guayra correspondent brings forth to prove the convenience of declaring Venezuela an independent State, are these :-Ist. The means which it possesses for existing by itself. 2nd. The pretended injuries arising from its union with New Grenada. 3rd. The bad administration of General