]
[298] [A proclamation of Bolivar's, dated June 8, 1822, runs thus:
"Columbians, now all your delightful country is free.
[298] [A proclamation of Bolivar's, dated June 8, 1822, runs thus:
"Columbians, now all your delightful country is free.
Byron
It appears on the reverse of a medal by F.
Dupre, dated
1786. (See _Works_ of Benjamin Franklin, edited by Jared Sparks, 1840,
viii. 537-539; _Life and Times, etc. _, by James Parton, 1864, i.
285-291. )]
[296] {555}["To be the first man--_not_ the Dictator, not the Sylla, but
the Washington, or the Aristides, the leader in talent and truth--is
next to the Divinity. "--Journal, November 24, 1813, _Letters_, 1898, ii.
340. ]
[297] [Simon Bolivar (_El Libertador_), 1783-1830, was at the height of
his power and fame at the beginning of 1823. In 1821 he had united New
Grenada to Venezuela under the name of the Republic of Columbia, and on
the 1st of September he made a solemn entry into Lima. He was greeted
with acclaim, but in accepting the honours which his fellow-citizens
showered upon him, he warned them against the dangers of tyranny.
"Beware," he said, "of a Napoleon or an Iturbide. " Byron, at one time,
had a mind to settle in "Bolivar's country" (letter to Ellice, June 12,
1821, _Letters_, 1901, vi. 89); and he christened his yacht _The
Bolivar_.
]
[298] [A proclamation of Bolivar's, dated June 8, 1822, runs thus:
"Columbians, now all your delightful country is free. . . . From the banks
of the Orinoco to the Andes of Peru, the . . . army marching in triumph
has covered with its protecting arms the entire extent of
Columbia. "--"Jamaica Papers," _Morning Chronicle_, September 28, 1822. ]
[299] {556}[The capitulation of Athens was signed June 21, 1822. "Three
days after the Greeks had sworn to observe the capitulation, they
commenced murdering their helpless prisoners. . . . The streets of Athens
were stained with the blood of four hundred men, women, and
children. "--_History of Greece_, by George Finlay, 1877, vi.
1786. (See _Works_ of Benjamin Franklin, edited by Jared Sparks, 1840,
viii. 537-539; _Life and Times, etc. _, by James Parton, 1864, i.
285-291. )]
[296] {555}["To be the first man--_not_ the Dictator, not the Sylla, but
the Washington, or the Aristides, the leader in talent and truth--is
next to the Divinity. "--Journal, November 24, 1813, _Letters_, 1898, ii.
340. ]
[297] [Simon Bolivar (_El Libertador_), 1783-1830, was at the height of
his power and fame at the beginning of 1823. In 1821 he had united New
Grenada to Venezuela under the name of the Republic of Columbia, and on
the 1st of September he made a solemn entry into Lima. He was greeted
with acclaim, but in accepting the honours which his fellow-citizens
showered upon him, he warned them against the dangers of tyranny.
"Beware," he said, "of a Napoleon or an Iturbide. " Byron, at one time,
had a mind to settle in "Bolivar's country" (letter to Ellice, June 12,
1821, _Letters_, 1901, vi. 89); and he christened his yacht _The
Bolivar_.
]
[298] [A proclamation of Bolivar's, dated June 8, 1822, runs thus:
"Columbians, now all your delightful country is free. . . . From the banks
of the Orinoco to the Andes of Peru, the . . . army marching in triumph
has covered with its protecting arms the entire extent of
Columbia. "--"Jamaica Papers," _Morning Chronicle_, September 28, 1822. ]
[299] {556}[The capitulation of Athens was signed June 21, 1822. "Three
days after the Greeks had sworn to observe the capitulation, they
commenced murdering their helpless prisoners. . . . The streets of Athens
were stained with the blood of four hundred men, women, and
children. "--_History of Greece_, by George Finlay, 1877, vi.
