Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)
Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)

Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)

Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3) - Containing...
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Author: Stevenson, William Bennet,active 1803-1825
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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)

Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)

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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)

Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3)

$106.06 $53.00
Author: Stevenson, William Bennet,active 1803-1825
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 3 of 3) - Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results

FORMERLY PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CAPTAIN GENERAL OF QUITO, COLONEL, AND GOVERNOR OF ESMERALDAS, CAPTAIN DE FRAGATA, AND LATE SECRETARY TO THE VICE ADMIRAL OF CHILE,HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD COCHRANE, &c. First Revolutionary Symptoms in South America....Morales and Quiroga....Character of Morales....Of Quiroga....Discovery made by Captain Salinas to two Friars....Their Report to the Government....Imprisonment of Morales, Quiroga, Salinas, and Riofrio....Character of Salinas....of Dr. Riofrio....Liberation of the Prisoners....Junta formed at Quito....Advice of to the President, Count Ruis....Manner in which the Revolution was conducted....New Oath....Marquis of Selva Alegre....Character of....Dissensions in the New Government....Count Ruis reinstated....Arrival of Troops from Lima and Santa F....Imprisonment of the Insurgents....Trial of....Character of the Count Ruis....Of the Oidor Don Felipe Fuertes Amar....Of the Fiscal Arrechaga....Of Colonel Arredonda....Proceso sent to Santa F. Shortly after the arrival of his Excellency the Count Ruis de Castilla at Quito, the capital of his government, the collegians of San Fernando presented him with four theatrical representations, at which the whole of the nobility attended as spectators. The pieces chosen were Cato, Andromacha, Zoraida, and the Auraucana, the whole of them tending in their design and argument to inculcate a spirit of freedom, a love of liberty, and principles of republicanism. However, as is often the case with people who[Pg 2] visit public exhibitions with a predetermination to be pleased, this tendency passed unobserved by the president and the other members of the government. Inattentive to what the state of affairs in the mother country might produce in the colonies, the American rulers judged that they themselves were surrounded by the same obedient vassals whom their predecessors had governed, without ever dreaming that the people were awake to what was actually passing in the parent state; for, although the opportunity of deriving information from the press was prevented by the government, yet the Americans who resided in Spain at this period were very actively employed in communicating to their friends in America the true state of affairs, and the natives were generally better informed of what passed in the mother country, than the Spaniards resident in America or even the government itself; because Spanish correspondents being loath to place their property in America in jeopardy, or judging that the colonists had only to obey whatever orders they might receive, either gave indistinct or favourably exaggerated accounts; or else treated the Americans with that contempt which as their superiors they fancied they had a right to exercise. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55778
Author: Stevenson, William Bennet
Release Date: Oct 19, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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