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zarro began to forge, with his blood-stained hands, 

 in 1520. 



" The government established in Chili, since 

 its restoration, having conceived this great design, 

 deems it right that it should be carried into exe- 

 cution by the same person, * who, having twice 

 promised to save his country, has twice succeed- 

 ed. 



" An expedition, equipped at the expence of 

 great sacrifices, is, at length, ready to proceed, 

 and the army of Chili, united to that of the An- 

 des, is now called upon to redeem the land in 

 which slavery has longest existed, and from 

 whence the latest efforts have been made to op- 

 press the whole Continent. Happy be this day 

 on which the record of the movements and the 

 actions of the expedition commences. 



" The object of this enterprise is to decide, 

 whether or not the time is arrived, when the in- 

 fluence of South America upon the rest of the 

 world shall be commensurate with its extent, its 

 riches, and its situation.'''* 



* San Martin, in 1817, at Chacabuco, and in 1818 a| 

 Maypo, completely defeated the Spaniards. 



