Los ideólogos: Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzmán

J p BL V1 ARD y UZMÁ ' ' / , ·:~ .. ~ . I·~'- ..,.,,_,. l.A ~ /' ' ,.,. ,:'t nA: ,, ' •2. 1 . *, '• qf. th~. tr~n~ction, nn{even. to ord~qhe- proscc utinn oí t\t o ~(t}\e ,persons :'Y~O ' <tpp eared · to h~n· e bccu ·prin'-í pally in– "{qlv-ed in it, .it. came o.uf ';Jpon · t~e· triáJ, to th.e conví c ti on of $~ juryí ~who ther eupo tl ac<}'uiued th (' parti~s, that r11e go-v,_,e!'Dl!!e.~t had }n~en pr!vy ~o all • th ~ proceccl iugs of ,.\i1- randa, ánd, by never so -much a:;· whi.spcriug thei r di. a ppro~ l?atio.n, appcaied of nccessity, both to him and to hi s Hgcnts, w f~vour, tbough . they d.eemetl i~ ímpolític at the 'ti111.e to c;Q,untemfnce, ti is Ul'tdertakíng. ' .. . .. . . 1 ·, The partícnlars o ( the ex.Jlc<li tl-ou to C<trncc.'as, it is nccc.;– sary '.for u~ .entirely ,to pass O\'c..n·. ~ lt foiled, fecble a. m .:re the meaos cn\ployt~d ín it.; d1icA1· from thé lntt 1 ll ig ence whi h h.1\d.heer1: trea.cherolísly c~nvcyed to thc Spariiard:;,? a.nd by tlic · · .miscónduct of die American ' shipwastcrs, üyc r ' ' 1 : h9 m tltc ' General had .not :Htffident éon trnul. Bm it httd tbis in it oJ benefit; that the· careful protcCLÍon of per:0011: .aí1d pr<_>perty 7_ ~hich Miranda ruaintairted, , removed over)' . ~bado \• of p,wju-.." v, qic~ whícb lhe in<lnstry of'the Spani:;1i agents h:id · bc~r! ~i blc , µ>'raise re$pe0,ting the puríty of ·his Íttlcmtiu_n!> ~ uud lta.d nót th,~ Britísh, po1}uuandc);s, w110 'secondcd his vicw6, ·peen iu.– duéert to w!ibdraw'tbeir su ppor't, nn<l to urge 1,hc clcrdktíon of t~e enterprize, by the fal se.intdlígcncc \\·ltich r ·~\ch er~ thé . \Vest lndies of drn · co1rclusion of pcn«o b:/ Lqrd La11dcr-:· ,(fale;--at any.ratc; lmcl o.o r govenun "'nt lcnt a vcry sm a ll as– sistan ~e,-nota douln can be..entert<Jinecl that th c p1·nviuccof Caraccas w-0uld huvc then dcdared i t~ índcpcudcnce.,t (S~c ·Appcn.dix, F.) , . _. - · ·>;. ~ ..¡ ~ ,(l. ~ ::-< ' 'The'ptincipal Úcb, togetltcr wíth the procl~ mation~ of Oe11er'cll 1\Ii– tAndn~ dO.C'\llpents oi importancci n fortniu¡; 'ajúdgmcnt of the whtJle bcar~ ings of th~ Affo.ir> nia.y uc found in a ¡)amphlct, which ·we rccown)end á"S , • co.rtlaining some corfoct iufQnn~tíon;· twt to he foú~Ht ~ny wh<·re.clsc, en~ titled, , ~ ,\~ditipnal Rl''1sons for ourrio1111cdia~ely cma1...ld pati11g Spanbh :Atnc::rica~ , lly William 13\trh: ; · t :fh;tt this wa~ tl}é opiniun ·of th~ be~t in_form c-d.am?ng the Spaniar<ls . tl>.tmselvc~, appears frorp the f ollom .n¿ extr<lct ot an in~c rccptcd fotter ír9m Dqn n ¡onhiio Fm~co. dir ~ct.or of thc Kinq's ReYCll\lC$ at C~rncca , t~ (lfo g<~vetnot of Cumnna-' Un d ~s. hgmuic.Q,' .s~ys Dcpo¡¡s ( 'ft,ynn-c il l'(f 'fil erre F'~'rmr, t:n. p. 2!}:3) • un des bommcs Je l'füj>~gne qo1 t o1moit lQ 'mkfu~ lct?S :interests- d~ sa nati<:>n.' . . . · , , '"' ·~ , . · • u ,ó;iro.ccoj, iGtl~ bf .r111gi1 l,. i ao6. • . · . *")!ir.anda,, desp~eible intlee<l, Jf left to his ·P. ívatc rcsourcc • alon~ ... "1tt, ~ ít appt:.'\rs· tq tt1~, gi,•e t1S níorc · to <lo tl1áñ wbat " e thot!&l1t, i f sup-· ~ .potred, a~ b..~ a~trs to be. by.the English; ~ltl\nugh the as~1 M1cc thcy .- ll~'·e \tntil tl($W gt\:'cU liím he. r"'<luccd tó lhe no~ di~appro\'Ínó ónly of ht!i tnw~~iie. . - - · ' • ... .,¡, s~e. e.tfectoo his landing al. CorQ 1•«Ílhout any res'i~tan~c. becatt e the . ·. p.tflson of'~hat interesüng ¡>0uH waa mlutcd i~ 200 f~il er~ of, the mili>~ -...~ " ..... o- + • .. • S: ... '!• ~ ,,, •t ,¡,_f X >....., 95 1 \