Bolívar, Simón:

$15,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

A.S.E. EL PRESIDENT DE LA HONORABLE CAMARA DEL SENADO. EXCMO. SEÑOR. EN NINGUNA CIRCUNSTANCIA ERA TAN NECESARIA Á LA REPÚBLICA LA AUGUSTA AUTORIDAD DEL CONGRESO, COMO EN ESTA ÉPOCA EN QUE LOS ... In this remarkable and rare broadsheet, Simón Bolívar tenders his resignation as president of Gran Colombia to the Congress in Caracas, Venezuela. By 1827 internal conflicts and political pressures were threatening the stability of the Republic Bolívar had created, Gran Colombia (present-day Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and parts of Peru). In an attempt to pacify dissenters and preserve the fragile federation, Bolívar addressed the Congress, offering to step aside and assuring the people that he had no plans to declare himself absolute ruler.In this address Bolívar points to the fact that Gran Colombia is in an advantageous position, recognized by the United States and with Great Britain threatening war with Spain. Despite a rosy outlook, he notes that suspicions that El Libertador will exert himself as a tyrannical dictator continue to plague the political environment. Thus - in the tradition of George Washington - he is resigning from office. He writes (in translation): "In vain do I invoke the example of Washington to defend myself...." Though he is not innocent of ambition, Bolívar wishes to "remove my fellow citizens from the claws of this fury, and free them from uneasiness." Declaring his renunciation to be irrevocable, he writes: "My sword and my heart will neverthel

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