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permission to give a toast, which being ac- 

 ceded to, he filled his glass, and exclaim- 

 ing — Should Bolivar^ at any future period, 

 allow himself to be declared Emperor, may 

 his blood flow from his heart in the same 

 manner as the wine now does from my 

 glass," — he poured the wine out of his glass 

 upon the floor. Bolivar immediately sprang 

 from his chair, ran to Senor Paris, and most 

 warmly embracing him, exclaimed, If such 

 feelings as those declared by this honour- 

 able man shall always animate the breasts 

 of the sons of Colombia, her liberty and in- 

 dependence can never be in danger." 



Before the fall of Angostura into the 

 hands of the patriots in 1817, the supreme 

 chief. Bolivar, wrote to his agent in Lon*- 

 don, Don Luis Lopez Mendez, that h« un- 

 derstood, besides a considerable amount in 

 money, there were great stores, particu- 

 larly of Varinas tobacco, in that place, 

 which must fall inevitably into his hands 



