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Bogota'. 



1st. Applying to my own use sums of 

 money belonging to the treasury department 

 of Diezmos, thirty years since. 



2dly. Being a traitor to my country, by 

 having given myself up voluntarily to the 

 enemy in Pasto, vs^hither I went comman- 

 der-in-chief of the expedition to the South, 

 the year 1814. 



3dly. Not having resided sufficient time 

 in Colombia, according to the constitution ; 

 having been absent for my own pleasure, 

 and not on the business of the republic. 



"I will not commence, senators, to an- 

 swer these charges by imploring (as is com- 

 monly done) your clemency, and that com- 

 passion which every unfortunate man claims ; 

 no, senators, I should disgrace myself, if, 

 after having passed all my life labouring in 

 order to establish the empire of the laws 



