Categoría: Discursos
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Discurso de Angostura
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en DiscursosSIMÓN BOLÍVAR Señor. ¡dichoso el ciudadano que bajo el escudo de las armas de su mando ha convocado la Soberanía Nacional para que ejerza su voluntad absoluta! Yo, pues, me cuento entre los seres más favorecidos de la Divina Providencia, ya que he tenido el honor de reunir a los representantes del pueblo de Venezuela…
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On the Seminole War
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en DiscursosIF MY recollection does not deceive me, Bonaparte had passed the Rhine and the Alps, had conquered Italy, the Netherlands, Holland, Hanover, Lubec, and Hamburg, and extended his empire as far as Altona, on the side of Denmark. A few days’ march would have carried him through Holstein, over the two Belts, through Funen, and…
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State of the Union Address
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en DiscursosFellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The auspicious circumstances under which you will commence the duties of the present session will lighten the burdens inseparable from the high trust committed to you. The fruits of the earth have been unusually abundant, commerce has flourished, the revenue has exceeded the most favorable anticipation, and…
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First Annual Message
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en DiscursosFellow citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country. The abundant fruits of the earth have filled it with plenty. An extensive and profitable commerce has greatly augmented our…
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First Inaugural Address
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en DiscursosI SHOULD be destitute of feeling if I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow-citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am about to assume. As the expression of their good opinion of my conduct in the public service, I derive…
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Speech on the Tariff Bill
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en DiscursosTHE debate heretofore on this subject has been on the degree of protection which ought to be afforded to our cotton and woollen manufactures: all professing to be friendly to those infant establishments, and to be willing to extend to them adequate encouragement. The present motion assumes a new aspect. It is introduced professedly on…
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Treaty of Ghent
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en DiscursosI lay before Congress copies of the treaty of peace and amity between the United States and His Britannic Majesty, which was signed by the commissioners of both parties at Ghent on the 24th of December, 1814, and the ratifications of which have been duly exchanged. While performing this act I congratulate you and our…
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Gobierno de la Unión en Bogotá
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en DiscursosSIMÓN BOLÍVAR POR DOS VECES el desplomo de la República de Venezuela, mi patria, me ha obligado a buscar un auxilio en la Nueva Granada, que por dos veces he contribuido a salvar. Cuando en la primera guerra civil, en medio del tumulto de la anarquía y del espanto de una cruel invasión, que por…
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Derogación del régimen constitucional
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en DiscursosDesde que la Divina Providencia, por medio de la renuncia espontánea y solemne de mi Augusto Padre me puso en el Trono de mis Mayores, del cual me tenía ya jurado sucesor del Reino por sus Procuradores juntos en Cortes, según fuero y costumbre de la Nación española usados de largo tiempo; y desde aquel…
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Discours au Roi
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en DiscursosSIRE, Le retour de Votre Majesté rend à la France son gouvernement naturel et toutes les garanties nécessaires à son repos et au repos de l’Europe. Tous les cÅ“urs sentent que ce bienfait ne pouvait être dû qu’à vous-même ; aussi tous les cÅ“urs se précipitent sur votre passage. Il est des joies qu’on ne…