Los ideólogos: Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzmán

594 .. ~SAR PA H o V'LEZ 1\'l)en M r; fitt ·· was again .nt tJ1e-;bead of admtIJÍstrat1on. ·,The mea~n re was. now prosecu t e~l ·witli zeal; Lord ;.\lt:h ilie \~rn~f · Sir }forne Popham wcre · cmploycd iñ arnrngfog wich , Ue~ ral ~j irnn <,lá tbe whole tlc-t~íl of procc_dcr<' ~; when' the ex.éc\ ¡tiq,n wus agaín s u~ pcn<l •d hy-.tlw nff<~irs of Enropc, and ~ by ,t he hope:; nnd exertíon5 of tla! tl1 ird co~l i riou.~ . The prospcct tl1us appca ríng s.hut upo11 th~m in Europe, thc .South Anierí cnn cxi lf:s fr om tl e pro ·inc.-es <>f Cara<:ca~ a~1q Santa Fé: re. idiug in ~he Utii1C-d Srn"'<·s· uf America, and in tl.1e isltnid of Trinidad , p ress d G eneral ).l ir; uda,. frnd a t fast pre vai led npon hi n~ , to 'ci uí c h1 · rt: ·id ncc iu tb 1s cm.m t ry, . •rnd makc <m eff1.)rt .in the-ir G('trnif broug~ the m ·diurn vf ~ ..Amcrica _~d one.' · . Th~rngh ih c palit.(·s uf Br ~.:i. prt> e ted to , him; at the morn ent, no pró;;pcct on h r art of a<..· ~ve 3.~s is - - an,c-e, they :\ppea n:u; at lt>ast, to promi-,e t e set:urít _·,· H~ t no ~oély' of Fn·:nch or of Sp~ni h t roop:;; shou!d res.,. · thc Atlantic, to confir.m. thc dominion r1f the enemi<" of Brit:tin. ~ ro th.ese circllmstan ces, he was induct:d to thiul~ l a no grec. t ,,force,_;:_thut nothi11g more, in short, than y·ha rni&h bt! n:– qüisit-c fo imposc re: ?Cct upon the ,·rnnll umLPr of roops in ,', .. the Spu.uí.:>h garrison~ , nnd to affor<l some < pp arnncc of · ' s<'óurity to thc ,people, "a -, in t1 e known condi ion of thc ~public m iud, req u!rcd to cfft•ct the re" o ur "uu·· aud a che ~ame· time, th e? dispute snbsi ti11g ~ tw ell l e e n1ttd ::3 ¡\{ ·s - of Ame.rica ;\ud Spain, re: ·pee: i 1g Lotti iana 1 afforded i~n a \; hope iu thnt c¡ unrtcr of all the a s:i ' tnn e whidt tbe occa:ion "' : detpaudcd. \Vith a foil uncl.er rnu<li lg on tbc part of le gove:rnmcnt here, nn<l eyen, as it wuu!d . e<:Ut, \\"üh rr u i.: e ,. of snpport, he procec:ded to Amerien · b 1 on hi~ arri ·al J there found, to h i m rtificution; that a ·ori1 pr m·-e on the ~ s.u bjeot of Luui iana . ha d alrendy t ken p\. ce nn<l t hat the 11 1>ul>lic níd of govcrnnH:nt wns oot to b e btained. lh: xu:; ·,.:re<'ehc<l; !wwev<'r, with confütl ity and di.·tiu ·uon by 1 o "' prt:sfdcnt and sccretílry; a n.d fro tn vnrion. qtrnrters re<;!ei\'t' i encourngt!mcnt to suppo. , tlrnt, y privat • exer ion$ :rnd l:<,-sob.1·ces, ·such m ·rm · mio·b t b o-ot to rrcth r ns with th•• Kelp 'of good fortunc, mi O'ht b ttd('·c¡u:H~ to the ntcrp +t~. 'l~hoogh the governnwnt o f thc rui d ~ a C.\ fr m de ob- , 'V!ous_, mot iH! of ex.culputing th em~ lv in the ey~ o'f :France, thol.lght pro per <tt'tNward:; to di -claiUl all kn "lt•dbe