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most probably, San Martin wished to produce, for 

 he knew the Spaniards too well to believe they 

 could ever cordially associate with the natives on 

 equal terms, under a free government, independent 

 of Spain. 



" Proclamation addressed to the European 

 Spaniards. 



" I have promised to respect your persons and 

 property : I have fulfilled that promise, and none 

 of you can as yet doubt my word. Nevertheless, 

 I know that you murmur in secret, and that some 

 of you maliciously propagate the idea that my in- 

 tention is to abuse your confidence. My name is 

 too celebrated for me to stain it with a breach of 

 my promises, even where, as a private individual, 

 it might be supposed I should be justified in do- 

 ing so. 



" However, I now finally publish the following 

 articles, to confirm the guarantees which I have 

 formerly given: 



" Ist^ Every Spaniard, who, confiding in the 

 protection of my word, continues peaceably in the 

 exercise of his industry, swearing to the Independ- 



