Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress, Том 2author, John D. Toy, printer, 1819 |
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... entirely independent of the United Provinces ? They said not , but that if there were men at the head of the government who pleased him , he would join it . I inquired whether they could tell me his ultimate aim , if he neither aspired ...
... entirely independent of the United Provinces ? They said not , but that if there were men at the head of the government who pleased him , he would join it . I inquired whether they could tell me his ultimate aim , if he neither aspired ...
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... entirely free from the molestation of a foreign enemy . * They possess an extensive commerce with all the world ; they are in- creasing in population , and are cultivating all the arts of peace . On the other side , the country of which ...
... entirely free from the molestation of a foreign enemy . * They possess an extensive commerce with all the world ; they are in- creasing in population , and are cultivating all the arts of peace . On the other side , the country of which ...
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... entirely incompatible with the safety of the United Provinces . A single glance at the map , will suffice to satisfy any one on this head . They were , therefore , justifiable not only in expelling the Spaniards , but in placing things ...
... entirely incompatible with the safety of the United Provinces . A single glance at the map , will suffice to satisfy any one on this head . They were , therefore , justifiable not only in expelling the Spaniards , but in placing things ...
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... entirely friendly to the present administration , I ventured to ask him what was the nature of the complaints of the provinces against the capital , and whether it was really true that there had * On my return to the United States , I ...
... entirely friendly to the present administration , I ventured to ask him what was the nature of the complaints of the provinces against the capital , and whether it was really true that there had * On my return to the United States , I ...
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... entirely off , and there is no further danger from them ; the people will no longer submit to San Martin , but have a government of their own . " In plain English , my dear friend , general Carrera says , the time to carry our plots ...
... entirely off , and there is no further danger from them ; the people will no longer submit to San Martin , but have a government of their own . " In plain English , my dear friend , general Carrera says , the time to carry our plots ...
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army army of Peru Artigas audiencia authority Banda Oriental Belgrano Brazil Buenos Ayres cabildo called capital Carrera cause character Charcas Chili circumstance citizens civil Cochabamba colonies command commerce compelled congress considerable Cordillera Cordova coun creoles Cusco Cuyo declared despotism districts effect enemies established Europe European Spaniards executive favor feelings force habits hundred important independence Indians inhabitants Jesuits junta La Paz La Plata liberty Liniers ment miles military mines Monte Video mountains nations native nature neighboring O'Higgins officers pampas Paraguay Parana party patriots persons plains Plata political population possession Potosi present prevailed principal produce provinces of Peru Pueyrredon render republic respect revolution river royalists Salta San Martin Santa Fee situation South America Spain Spaniards Spanish success thing thousand tion town trade troops Tucuman United Provinces Upper Peru vernment viceroy viceroyalty vinces
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Страница 342 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
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Страница 117 - Art thou, too, fallen, Iberia ? Do we see The robber and the murderer weak as we ? Thou ! that has wasted earth and dared despise Alike the wrath and mercy of the skies, Thy pomp is in the grave ; thy glory laid Low in the pit thine avarice has made.
Страница 326 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil...
Страница 106 - The plan in my opinion ought to be — a fleet of Great Britain, an army of the United States, a government for the liberated territory agreeable to both the co-operators, about which there will be no difficulty. To arrange the plan a competent authority from Great Britain to some person here, is the best expedient. Your presence here will, in this case, be extremely essential. We are raising an army of about twelve thousand men. General Washington has resumed his station at the head of our armies....
Страница 369 - They have chased our vessels, sacked our sea-coasts, murdered defenceless inhabitants,without sparing clergymen, and those in extreme old age ; by the order of General Pezuela, they burnt the town of Puno, and meeting with no others, they put to the sword old men, women, and children. They have excited atrocious conspiracies among the Spaniards residing in the midst of us, imposing upon us the painful necessity of putting to death the fathers of numerous families. They have compelled our brothers...
Страница 371 - ... pardon. It is in the name of Ferdinand of Bourbon that the heads of patriot officers, prisoners, are fixed up in the highways, that they beat and stoned to death a commandant of light troops, and that, after having killed Colonel...
Страница 106 - But this can now scarcely be the case. The winter, however, may mature the project, and an effectual co-operation by the United States may take place. In this case I shall be happy, in my official station, to be an instrument of so good a work.
Страница 367 - Antesana to be shot, and, observing with complacency, from the balcony of his house, this iniquitous assassination, ferociously cried out to his troops not to shoot the victim in the head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike.
Страница 362 - All public offices and employments belonged exclusively to the Spaniards; and although Americans were equally called to them by the laws, they were appointed only in rare instances, and even then not without satiating the cupidity of the Court by enormous sums of money. Of one hundred and seventy Viceroys that have governed in this country, but four of them have been.