BOLIVAR, SIMON. Letter signed ("Bolivar") with 6-line autograph postscript, to General Mariano Montilla, Barranquilla, 18 November 1830. Two and 1/2 pages, 4to, two short fold breaks, browned, ink fairly pale , in Spanish. "WITH TROOPS ALONE ONE ACHIEVES NOTHING, AND THEN WHEN THEY FAIL EVERYTHING IS LOST" A month before his death, watching his achievements crumble as the liberated continent degenerated into factional warfare, Bolivar continues to contribute his level-headed comments and advice: "Yesterday I received news of the commotion in Cienaga and today I received a letter from the Bishop with yesterday's date, informing me that he has imposed peace through his apostolical word. That saintly rascal deserves 1000 thanks for such an important service. I had always expected it of him, but now I respect him more than ever. He is worth a garrison; nonetheless, if the two divisions of these two provinces are not cut off from the root, the Magdalena [River area] will be ruined, and with it the entire region. With troops alone one achieves nothing, and then when they fail everything is lost. I am proposing to the Bishop that when I go there I will listen to the sentiments of the inhabitants and will impose their wishes on the government in order to cease the disaccord between the two regions. The convention of Ocaña [convened in February 1828 to draft a new federal constitution] wanted to make one department of this region...Finally, I don't know what you think of this matter, but I am of the belief that a bad compromise is better than a good verdict. "On another matter: I sent you documents stating that the government had procured the greatest advantages to the country in every domain. Now I am sending you others that say more or less the same thing, so that you may free these people from error [by informing them] that [the city of] Socorro conducted itself very well, that we triumphed in Cúcuta as well as in Casanare, and that the troops of Obando abandoned it in order to come to the support of the government after the entire Cauca [Valley] had pronounced themselves for union and national integrity. [Postscript, in Bolivar's hand:] I think you should act with moderation toward the people of Cienaga and contribute by all possible means to the pacification of the Hacha. [Second postcript, in the secretary's hand:] It is unnecessary to tell you that all of Bogotá and Cartagena wanted to see the Bishop's letter and the notice from Cienaga, and the courrier carried off the notice to show it to everyone." Published in Bolivar, Obras completas (Havana, 1947), II, 2321.
BOLIVAR, SIMON. Letter signed ("Bolivar") with 6-line autograph postscript, to General Mariano Montilla, Barranquilla, 18 November 1830. Two and 1/2 pages, 4to, two short fold breaks, browned, ink fairly pale , in Spanish. "WITH TROOPS ALONE ONE ACHIEVES NOTHING, AND THEN WHEN THEY FAIL EVERYTHING IS LOST" A month before his death, watching his achievements crumble as the liberated continent degenerated into factional warfare, Bolivar continues to contribute his level-headed comments and advice: "Yesterday I received news of the commotion in Cienaga and today I received a letter from the Bishop with yesterday's date, informing me that he has imposed peace through his apostolical word. That saintly rascal deserves 1000 thanks for such an important service. I had always expected it of him, but now I respect him more than ever. He is worth a garrison; nonetheless, if the two divisions of these two provinces are not cut off from the root, the Magdalena [River area] will be ruined, and with it the entire region. With troops alone one achieves nothing, and then when they fail everything is lost. I am proposing to the Bishop that when I go there I will listen to the sentiments of the inhabitants and will impose their wishes on the government in order to cease the disaccord between the two regions. The convention of Ocaña [convened in February 1828 to draft a new federal constitution] wanted to make one department of this region...Finally, I don't know what you think of this matter, but I am of the belief that a bad compromise is better than a good verdict. "On another matter: I sent you documents stating that the government had procured the greatest advantages to the country in every domain. Now I am sending you others that say more or less the same thing, so that you may free these people from error [by informing them] that [the city of] Socorro conducted itself very well, that we triumphed in Cúcuta as well as in Casanare, and that the troops of Obando abandoned it in order to come to the support of the government after the entire Cauca [Valley] had pronounced themselves for union and national integrity. [Postscript, in Bolivar's hand:] I think you should act with moderation toward the people of Cienaga and contribute by all possible means to the pacification of the Hacha. [Second postcript, in the secretary's hand:] It is unnecessary to tell you that all of Bogotá and Cartagena wanted to see the Bishop's letter and the notice from Cienaga, and the courrier carried off the notice to show it to everyone." Published in Bolivar, Obras completas (Havana, 1947), II, 2321.
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