506 SPANISH AMERICA. 



Venezuela should form one undivided com- 

 monwealth, under the title of the Republic 

 of Colombia. A new city, bearing the name 

 of Bolivar, was ordered to be constructed, 

 and to be the capital of the ne v republic ; 

 and the general Congress of Colombia was 

 directed to assemble at Cucuta on the 1st of 

 January 1821. 



Bolivar again left Angostura on the 24th 

 of December, in order to finish the great 

 work of entirely emancipating Colombia. 

 The army of the east, under the command 

 of Arismendi and Bermudez, marched to 

 Calabozo, to effect a junction with Bolivar 

 and Paez, the latter having been also joined 

 in November by the division of Soublette. 



Early in 1820, a proclamation was ad- 

 dressed by Ferdinand the Vllth to his Spa- 

 nish American subjects; and, soon after its 

 arrival in America, Morillo sent a letter, on 

 the 17th of June, to the Congress assembled 

 at Angostura, proposing a reconciliation. 



