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SPANISH OPPRESSION. 



out the spirit or courage to break from a yoke 

 to which they had so long submitted, and for 

 the memory of which they retain now a just 

 and bitter detestation. It will require years to 

 sooth the feelings of horror with which they 

 feared and hated their old masters ; and, in 

 truth, they suffered from their cruel oppressors 

 misery enough to annihilate every other senti- 

 ment but that of revenge, which the revolu- 

 tions, so frequently interrupting the march of 

 civilization, and weakening the governments, 

 may enable them at some time to wreak upon 

 the present creole inhabitants of Peru. 



The cruel and infamous conduct of those in 

 authority over the unfortunate Indians, how- 

 ever much it was deplored by the kings of 

 Spain, and the Spanish nation, was at no time 

 until the independence either repressed or 

 interrupted. The several laws and edicts 



