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ruvian war ; the next, his despotic expulsion of 

 the old Spaniards in Lima ; and lastly, his deser- 

 tion of the Independent cause at a season of great 

 danger and perplexity. 



With respect to the first of these charges, 

 enough, perhaps, has already been said, both in 

 describing the effects, and in explaining the prin- 

 ciples of his cautious and protracted system of re- 

 volutionizing, rather than of conquering the coun- 

 try. 



The banishment and ruin of the Spaniards is 

 justified by San Martina's friends on the ground 

 of the obstinate conduct of those individuals 

 themselves, who, it is asserted, resisted every at- 

 tempt to engage them to co-operate cordially with 

 the Patriots, and who persisted at all times in in- 

 triguing for the restoration of the old authority. 

 It is urged also by his adherents, that in Colom- 

 bia and Mexico a similar degree of severity to- 

 wards the Spaniards has been found indispensable 

 to the safety of the new governments. In Chili, 

 also, and in Buenos Ayres, the same policy has 

 been considered necessary ; but as their Revolu- 

 tions were more gradually brought about, the ex- 



