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in Puito — and the presence of Bolivar is nessary to maintain
a dubious as according in Luito. There us besides a spirit of hostil—ity
towards the present system of Govt growing up even in the minds
of the firmest patriots, and best wishers to independence.
"Much is breeding
hath yet but life
"which like the
"and not a serpents poison."
The cause of all this is easily unfolded. During all the
changes of the revolution, the mass of people, has seen little
change, but a change of masters. The constitution however fal—lacious
in its general structure still presented some points d'appui
to liberty, but the constitution has been always used misused like a
child's rattle, shown to him on holidays & then laid aside lest
he should break it. Under the denunciation of "Provinces which
"are the seat of war," or are "adjacent to those which are the seat of
"war" or "such as likely to become the seat of war"— the
whole country has been subjected to a military deposition, in the
hands of the executive and his delegates, the local military au—thorities.
All this is the necessary consequence of the central
system, in a country so vast, impassable & depopulated, but the cen—tral
system has been upheld for the sake of this consequence &
has now to fight it out with Federalism. If it succeeds, you will
probably hear of some royal doings which will effectually stifle
the infant liberty in the cradle: Sorry ambition, which aspires only to be
on a level with the beloved Ferdinand & the 2 gouty flesh mountains
George and Louis— I have just seen the very decent manifesto of the
"three gentlemen of Verona"— The war once kindled my burn
till thrones & sceptues are no more— but what colonial state is
still besetting England that she must take Cuba as a bribe? Cuba
desires her independence & will have it, if not by her own strength
by the aid of the United States & the flame are lighted in the Antilles
may perhaps burn all our West India colonies not into ashes, but into
black sovereignties. Methinks the hour of retribution is arriving
for all abuses of power, crowned or uncrowned. Bonaparte said well
that the obvious policy of England was to foster South American Independ—ance,
& we may ald all independence, but this is a road too straightfor
ward for your dupe politicians who fancy that like navigating the
of Loubend St the shortest cut is always the crooked & .
It is probable that this Govt has now complicated itself so far by receiving
ships & money, that it must saddle itself with Zea's contracts, in the teeth of possi
bility. Congress is to settle the point— but congress is now serving the Govt as I have seen
an abstinate hen torment a good wife by refusing to sit after the eggs & must had
been for her.
Write to me into Monssr
Rotgers of Ursiuies & Thomas
who will forward my letters to Ca
raecas, which is scarcely 500 miles
aggregation of filth, pesti—lence,
heat, insidious, bogs of ver
min called a city. Present my
most affectionate remembrances to
my friends in whose recollection
it is my pride & solace that I am
still elevated and believe ever me III
That my epistolary charac
her may not suffer needless de—preciation
know all by the presents
that I have in the course of my
pilgrimage written at sundry
times to Mr Bentham, to Bigham
to Priu to Rolfe & Wrightron,
though it is probable that the
whole of the valuable remnants
are now like the Syliss leaves, scattering on the winds.
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