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Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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From St. Thomas, August 4: Gen. Morillo sent a truce flag from Caracas to Colombia's Sovereign Congress proposing commissioners for armistice talks until Spain's Cortes assembles. Congress replied they would accept only proposals affirming Colombia's sovereignty and independence.
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(Per the Georgian, Captain Chamberlain, arr. at Norfolk.)
ST. THOMAS, AUGUST 4.
The news from Angostura is as late as the 18th of July. Gen. Morillo had sent a flag of truce from Caraccas, with a communication to the Sovereign Congress of Colombia, to which he gives the title of "Most Serene Highness," to know whether that body would receive commissioners to treat upon a suspension of arms &c. until the Cortes should assemble to deliberate on the affairs of the Provinces.
The answer, or rather Decree of the Congress, sent to Morillo, was, in substance, as follows:
That they would with pleasure receive, all the propositions which the Spanish government might communicate, provided, they should have for their basis the Sovereignty Independence-of Columbia, and that they would not admit of any that should deviate from this principle, so often proclaimed by the government and the people of the Republic.
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Colombia
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18th Of July
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the congress decreed they would receive propositions based on the sovereignty independence of columbia and would not admit any that deviate from this principle.
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Gen. Morillo sent a flag of truce from Caraccas with a communication to the Sovereign Congress of Colombia, titled 'Most Serene Highness,' inquiring if they would receive commissioners to treat upon a suspension of arms until the Cortes assembles. The Congress responded with a decree stating they would receive propositions from the Spanish government provided they are based on the Sovereignty Independence of Columbia.