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the spirit of the revolution, and perhaps not without cause, as 
most of the patriots are young, dashing native Chilians, and the 
adverse party are invariably crusty, old, formal Castilians. The 
patriots have not yet openly declared themselves independent, 
nor has any declaration of war taken place between them and the 
Peruvians; yet they have done what nearly amounts to the same 
thing ; they have formed for themselves a constitution, one arti¬ 
cle of which punishes with death any person, residing in Chili, 
who shall entertain any intelligence with, of execute any order 
from any power, not resident within the state. 
After the governor’s party had broken up, Mr. Poinsett and 
don Lewis took their leave of me to proceed to St. Jago, and 
from thence they were to proceed with the president to Concep¬ 
tion, with a view of fortifying and making the place more secure 
against foreign invasion. 
Before my departure, I wrote a letter to commodore Bain- 
bridge, and enclosed it to the minister at Rio Janeiro, and sent 
them to Mr. Poinsett, to be forwarded. 
I shall now take my leave of Valparaiso, and continue mv 
cruize. 
