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Franciscan Friar. As soon as the church service was over, the heads of the various departments assembled at the palace, and swore to God and the country, to maintain, and defend, with their opinion, person, and property, the independence of Peru from the government of Spain, and from any other foreign domination. This oath was taken and signed by every respectable inhabitant of Lima, so that, in a few days, the signatures to the declaration of Peruvian independence amounted to nearly four thousand

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, the Moon, the Great Bear, and Orion, there were other constellations; that the fixed stars are different from the planets, and the latter from their satellites. Still less have they any words for soul, spirit, and the like, or at the most very indefinite and insufficient terms. The word tup n or tup na, which is met with as the name for God among several of the tribes that are a little more civilised, and by which the Coroados designate the sugar-cane, and other nations the pisang fruit, is

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, Judith was sent by God to procure their independence by the death of the Babylonian general. Under Antiochus, Epiphanes, Mattathias and his sons raised the standard of independence, and God blessed and aided their efforts till he obtained the entire liberty of his people against the oppression of that impious king and his successors. Not only against the foreign kings who oppressed them did the Israelites resort to the right of insurrection by breaking through the obedience to force; but even

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mation and subsequent guidance. God preserve you many years. Hall of the Sessions in Buenos Ayres, 5th Sept. 1821. (Signed) DIEGO ESTANILAO ZAVALETA, President. PEDRO MEDRANO, Secretary of Votes. To His Excellency the Governor and Captain-General of the Provinces. The Honourable Junta of Representatives of the province of Buenos Ayres, exercising the ordinary and extraordinary sovereignty with which it is invested, has resolved on and decreed, with all the validity and force of law, the

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went up into heaven, and sat himself down on the right hand of his Father; he left on earth his Apostles, who left their successors to teach the true religion, and guide all men to heaven. "Saint Peter was appointed the prince of the Apostles and the vicar of Christ, and after him his successors the Pontiffs of Rome, whom the Christians call Popes, who have the authority of Christ on earth, and who always have and do preach to, and teach all men the word of God. "Whereas the Pope who is now

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in question is no more than an accessory bond, which always pre-supposes the validity and legitimacy of the contract ratified by the same. When in the contract there is no defect that may render it null and illegitimate, it is then that we invoke God by an oath, believing that he will not refuse to witness it, and guarantee the fulfilment of our promises, because the obligation to comply with them is founded on an evident maxim of the natural law instituted by the divine author. God can at no

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powerful tribe resided; Cocapac told these indians the same tale, but requested them to search for the viracochas on the edge of the lake at sunrise; they did so, and found them there, and immediately declared them to be the children of their God, and their supreme governors. Elated with his success, Cocapac was determined to be revenged on the indians of Cusco; for this purpose he privately instructed his grandchildren in what he intended to do, and then informed the tribe that the viracocha

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done in former times, in the conquest of the great islands and countries of Mexico, having overcome them with his powerful arms, and brought them to the true religion of Jesus Christ, which he was ordered by God to oblige them to embrace. "Wherefore the great Emperor Charles V. appointed as his lieutenant and ambassador Don Francisco Pizarro, who is here present, that these the kingdoms of your highness may receive the like benefits; as also to form a perpetual confederation, alliance, and

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him through Felipe, that that book informed him of all that he wanted to know respecting the true God. The Inca folded over the leaves, examined the book, placed it against his ear and listened, then said. it is false, it cannot and does not speak, when he let it fall. At this, Valverde cried out, to arms, Christians! these infidel dogs have insulted the minister of your Redeemer, the word of God is thrown under foot revenge! revenge! The soldiers immediately rushed on their unsuspecting

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Spaniards supposed to be living at Lonco: assured that some of my dear countrymen are residing in the fear of God among the infidels of the country, I send you health in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the true health. M [page 82

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mitted to your Excellency for your information and subsequent guidance. God preserve your Excellency many years. Hall of the Sessions, Buenos Ayres, 21st July, 1823. (Signed) MANUEL DE ARROYO Y PINEDO, President. JOSE SEVERO MALAVIA, Secretary. To the Most Excellent the Governor of the Province. DECREE OF THE GOVERNMENT. LET acknowledgment be made of the receipt of this, and, let it be inserted in the Official Register; and being ratified, let its enactments be acted upon. (Signed) RIVADAVIA

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this delightful climate stand under the shade of the trees, they seemed ill at their ease, and little inclined to converse. I attributed this in part to their never having left their native valley, and from never having heard of a foreigner before; still it was unaccountable, and so very unlike the women of these countries. At dinner, however, the whole business was explained, by the eldest, who put on a very serious face, asking me whether I believed there was a God, and while I reassured her

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good Meulen in favour of mortals, and defend their interests against the enormous power of the wicked Weneuba. The Araucanians have no places of worship, no idols, no religious rites. They believe that as their God and his genii need not the worship of men, they do not require it; that they are not desirous of imposing a tribute or exacting a service, except for the good or interest of their servants; and that they thus resemble the Toquis and Ulmenes, who can call upon them to fight for their

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should increase the sanctity of the Church by elevating it above the reach of the law, barred its doors against the civil magistracy, and made it the refuge of outlaws; thus mistaking pity for piety, Christian forgiveness for religious protection: hence the temple was opened to the murderer, his hands still reeking with the blood of his fellow citizen, and closed against the minister of justice, whose duty it was to avenge the crime; as if God had established his church for the protection of vices in

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in a building dedicated to God, than to the now obsolete order for extinguishing fires, of which not one in a hundred knows the origin. Respecting the feasts of the church, that of Corpus Christi is very splendid. The procession leaves the cathedral attended by all the civil and military authorities holding large wax tapers, the different orders of friars, the dean and chapter, and the archbishop, under a splendid canopy, supported by twelve priests in their robes of ceremony, his grace bearing

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tribes of indians then resided, and informed them that their God, the sun, had sent them two of his children to make them happy, and to govern them; he requested them to go to a certain mountain on the following morning at sunrise, and search for them; he moreover told them that the viracochas, children of the sun, had hair like the rays of the sun, and that their faces were of the colour of the sun. In the morning the indians went to the mountain, condor urco, and found the young man and woman

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God will permit, as he formerly did when Pharaoh and his host perished in the Red Sea, that you and all your indians perish by the edge of our swords." Felipe, the interpreter of this discourse, was a native of the Pun , where the Quichua language generally spoken in Peru was not understood; and what little he knew of it he had learnt of some Peruvians, who at different times had visited his native island. The Spanish that he spoke he had acquired during the time he had lived among the soldiers

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rising would take place, and instead of gold, they would bring their arms and put all the Spaniards to death; that Atahualpa had deceived them, and was a traitor, and as such ought to be punished. Pizarro opposed this for some time, till an accident occurred which touched his pride, and made Atahualpa personally odious to him. Some of the Spanish officers had written the word God on the h nd of the Inca, and when he shewed it to any one, the person would point upwards; at length he shewed it

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: God preserve your lordship many years. Hall of the junta in Quito, August 10th, 1809: Manuel Morales secretary of the interior. After reading this unexpected epistle, his Excellency entered the antechamber, and walked [page] 1

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of Venezuela and of all Spanish America be still in a worse plight, and after being declared free by the government of Spain after three hundred years of captivity, exactions, hardships, and injustice, shall they not be allowed to do what the God of Israel, whom they equally adore, formerly permitted [page] 11

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tranquillity in my soul in my last moments, have destroyed my peace! He then asked the adjutant if he might be allowed to smoke a segar, which being granted, he turned round and said, will any one for the love of God give me a segar? A soldier handed him one; he sat down on the stool, and [page] 12

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possessed; such as could only receive an additional lustre from his peculiarly agreeable suavity of refined manners, and from that diffidence in his behaviour, as if he considered that he had not arrived at the portai of wisdom, when all who surrounded him saw that he was one of the inmates of the temple. Would to God that that sword, the companion of his travels over the greater part of the globe, in search of information, in the day of danger, and in the hour of death, be employed by his

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excellency the constant and everlasting gratitude of the people. God preserve your excellency many years. Hall of the corporation of Lima, June 7th, 1821. (Signed) The Count of San Isidro, and all the members of the body corporate. To this note the Viceroy gave the following answer: Most Excellent Sir,- Unquestionably war is the exercise of the right of force, and the most terrible of all the plagues that destroy the human species: it does not pardon even the victorious, and the most fortunate

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people, and by the justice of her cause, which GOD defend! The cavalcade then paraded the principal streets of the city, and returned to the palace where Lord Cochrane was waiting in the baleouy, whence medals commemorative of the [page] 34

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of Jesus Christ? Because, for these cases, GOD has constituted bishops as the pastors and guards of that flock which Jesus Christ purchased at the price of his blood, who are to shout, to whistle, and rcstrain the ill conduct: he tells us, that we are not to be cowards in the presence of the greatest potentatcs of the earth, and that, if [page] 36