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the man of Bogota . He is also more enlightened . But he is more corrupt , vicious , false , cunning , jealous , and inclined to vengeance , than the Grauadian . The latter having given his word will keep it . The Caraguin will give his word promptly , and will add protestations , and even oaths ; and after he has deceived you , he will laugh at your credulity . The Caraguin will sacrifice every thing for pomp and show , and especially for a brilliant retinue . The Granadian
is more modest , more prudent in his expenses , and has far more order in the interior of his establishment . The Caraguin , when observed , will give handfuls of gold to a beggar . The other will give secretly , but not profusely , and will enter into the feelings and sufferings of
the object of his charity ; while the Caragoiu gives , and thinks of him no more . In almost all the convents of Bogota , there was a house for the poor maintained by the charity of private persons . There was besides , a large hospital for men , and another for women .
< he Creoles generally are jealous of all foreigners , and dislike to be commanded by any but their own countrynun . They will obey a foreigner , in their necessity , but as soon as they cease to feel their need of his services , they obey him no longer , and use every exertion to turn him out . Duty and
gratitude have little or no weight with them . In Venezuela , where no foreigner has ever been admitted to the chief , command , there have been repeated instances of their being displaced , hi New Granada , various foreigners have been entrusted with distinguished commands :
and have generally been perfectly well received and treated , and still are so . The Caraguin , as he hates all foreigners , despises the Granadian , and submits with great reluctance to be commanded by him , taking every opportunity in his absence to render him suspected or contemptible .
" The uncultivated and ignorant Llaneros will encourage no stranger , extending their aversiou to Europeans , Caraguins , Granadiaus—to every one not born in the plains of their country . " The antipathy aud hatred existing between the inhabitants of Venezuela and New Grauada , is strongly expressed , though no good reason can be given for it . It is well known to have existed for
centuries , and continues in full force to this day . It has produced consequences dreadful to the cause of Independence , as I shall shew in the course of this memoir . The vain and proud Caraguin has
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never ceased to despise and ridicule the more ignorant Granadian , who , while he feels his own inferiority , secretly and bitterly hates the other on account of it . The native of . Caraccas is distinguished by his gesticulations , his continual talk , his boasting and biting wit . He has a sovereign contempt for all who are not born in his own province . It has been said by well informed persons , that the Carairuin has all the vices of the native
Spaniard , without any of his virtues . "I . 59—61 . In the war of Independence there has been a frightful mass of crime and suffering , and doubtless much also of individual disinterestedness , heroism , and martyrdom . Such contests are always distinguished by the worst atrocities , aud the noblest virtues of which human
nature is capable . The records of the French Revolution especially present , in the midst of the most revolting scenes , examples of magnanimity and self-sacrifice , not to be paralleled in romance . There is little of this kind in the work before us . One iustance of female determination is worth extracting , although we could have wished to feel more sympathy with the object for which this strength of resolution was evinced :
" The wife of General Arismendy had a rich uncle , who had been many years settled at Trinidad , and had often pressed her to come and visit his family . At the end of 1815 , she suggested to her husband the plan of going herself to Trinidad to pay the long-desired visit , and also for a more important purpose , which
was to solicit from her uncle , by way of loan , a large sum of mpuey for the purpose of aiding the war : her husband refused his consent to her going , and pointed out the dangers to which she would be exposed in that time of war and trouble , particularly from the numerous cruising vessels of the enemy , which then covered , the seas in almost
every direction from Margarita . She persisted , however , in her purpose , and at length obtained his consent , and a proper commission from him for obtaining the loan . She was young , handsome , and well educated : she embarked in a small schooner , without even a
servant , and when she went on board , was unknown to any one in the vessel . After sailing some days with a fair wind , the schooner was chased and overtaken by a Spanish privateer , and though she sailed under Dutch colours , was sent into Porto Cabello . ** As soon as she arrived in that city , she was recognized by a number of per-
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Critical Notices . —Miscellaneous . 57
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1830, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2580/page/57/
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