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ferred upon Santa Cruz the title of Supreme Protector of South 
Peru, consisting of the four above mentioned provinces of Arequipa, 
Cusco, Ayacucho, and Puno. At the same time every power was 
given him over the state, as well as to call a legislature to convene 
as soon as he should think proper. This was virtually extending his 
power over the half of Peru next bordering on Bolivia, and was the 
first step towards making him head of both states. The assembly 
likewise passed great encomiums on the Bolivian army, awarding to 
them medals and thanks. On Santa Cruz it conferred the title of 
Invincible Pacificator of Peru, and voted that his equestrian statue 
should be erected on the field of Socabaya, that his portrait should be 
hung up in their hall, and in all the tribunals and public offices of 
the republic. The next act was to pass a resolution to appoint a 
committee to wait upon Santa Cruz, to present him with the declara- 
tion of independence, and to state to him the desire they had to invest 
him with the Supreme Protectorate, awarding to him likewise a 
salary of thirty thousand dollars a year for the expenses of his exalted 
situation. 
On the 19th the Assembly approved of the treaty entered into 
between Orbejoso and Santa Cruz. 
The Assembly of Sicuani was but four days in session ! ! and its 
whole object seems to have been to confer titles and honours on Santa 
Cruz, instead of looking into the affairs of the state. This must 
strike any one as having been a ridiculous boyish farce, and it cannot 
be a matter of surprise that the South Americans should rather be 
retrograding than advancing, when one takes into consideration 
such acts. 
On the 3d August, 1836, the Convention of Huara (which had 
been previously summoned) met. After being organized, it received 
messages from the provisional President, and the Supreme Protector 
by his plenipotentiary, who submitted three projects for an organic 
law, to the Assembly, for the purpose of uniting Peru and Bolivia 
under one head. It proposed to form them into the three fede- 
rative states of Bolivia, North and South Peru, each to have a 
president, and all to be under the Supreme Protector, who was 
named for life. The chief difficulty the Convention had to overcome, 
was whether a successor to the Protector, in case of his death or 
infirmity, should be named, and whether Orbejoso should be the 
party. During the pendency of this question, Orbejoso sent word to 
the Assembly, through the minister, that they might desist from the 
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