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“ not only an important part of Chile, which ought to be united to 
“the rest of the nation; but the enemy having possession of it, it 
“ furnishes a serious and continual subject of alarm, and renders the 
“ war of Valdivia interminable. The continual expense demanded 
“ by the land and sea forces to cover that point to which the enemy 
“ calls continual attention, is well worth the effort, once for all, of 
“ destroying that last refuge of tyranny in Chile. By a new popular 
“ sacrifice, an expedition against Valdivia had been concerted ; which, 
“ by the preparations for it, and the bravery of our troops, ought to 
“ have ended the continental war. Our political movements have 
*‘ rendered this enterprise abortive. Great part of the garrison re- 
“turned to Valparaiso ; and although the junta, in concert with 
“ General Freire, had sent back the necessary force to Valdivia, 
“ Chiloe continues under the Spanish yoke, and is a point whence 
“ tyranny in its last act of desperation, and with the important assist- 
“ ance it has received, may renew the scenes of 1813, organising 
* “ and directing on the continent armies which may subdue us. A 
“ general government might revive the expedition to Chiloe, and blot 
“ out the disgrace from the country of still suffering a foreign enemy 
* to remain within its limits. 
“ Our external relations subsisting on the same footing as in July 
“last, although they give us no fresh motives of affliction, remind 
“us that our misfortunes must bring with them the dishonour of 
“ Chile, and the loss of the credit acquired so dearly during twelve 
“ years. In Europe there was no want of confidence in the fate of 
“ America. The union and the consistency of our governments 
“ were justly looked upon as the best security for our independence ; 
“and Spain, in order to keep back the European powers from the 
“solemn recognition of our independence, used no other means 
“ than those of representing us as plunged in anarchy. In America 
“ the reverses of .Peru will be remediable from the moment we are 
“united; and the junta, after having gained time here to renew our 
“ relations with Columbia and the trans-andine states, has exhorted 
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