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necessary to man, and more august on account of the union of hearts and 
hands. 
«Then let us proceed, confident in the destiny that Heaven has prepared for 
us. Under the empire of new laws and new powers, the very activity of the 
revolution will be converted into the wholesomest engagement to undertake 
every kind of toil that may maintain and multiply the: products and benefits 
of’ society. On the first return of peace, those very ravages that spring 
from the great political convulsion of this continent will be like the lavas of 
of the volcano, which become a principle of fecundity in the very fields 
which they have overwhelmed. So your plains will be covered with all the 
riches of nature ; your multiplied cities will adorn themselves with the splen- 
dour of science and the magnificence of art ; and commerce will freely spread 
its movements over the immense space that nature has assigned to us. 
*‘ Americans! The victorious army of an insolent tyrant can only cast terror 
over the people subject to his triumphs; but the legions I have the honour to 
command, forced to make war against the tyrants they combat, can only promise 
Sriendship and protection to brethren whom victory is about to free from ty- 
ranny. I engage my most sacred honour, that this promise shall be scrupulously 
Suljilled. Ihave declared to you my duties and designs: your conduct will 
tell us if you will fulfil yours, and deserve the illustrious name of true sons 
of your*country. 
‘* European Spaniards! My proclamation is not that of your ruin: I come 
not into this land to destroy it. The object of the war is to preserve and 
facilitate the increase of the fortune of every peaceable and honest man. 
Your good fortune is bound up with the prosperity and independence of 
America; your misfortunes will be the effect of your own obstinacy: you 
know it. Spain now finds herself reduced to the last degree of imbecility 
and corruption: the resources of that kingdom are dilapidated ; the state is 
charged with a monstrous debt; and, what is worse, terror and distrust form 
the basis of public morals, and have forced the nation to become melancholy, 
pusillanimous, stupid, and mute. The freedom of Peru alone can offer to you 
a safe country. To the intimate ties which unite you to the Americans you 
have only to add your wishes and your conduct, in order to form a great | 
family of brothers. Respect for persons, for property, and for the holy 
Roman Catholic religion, are the sentiments of the United Provinces. I 
assure you of them in the most solemn manner. 
“Inhabitants of Peru! The eyes of more than three parts of the world are 
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