Note XXV-3 — Chapter XXV · DIVERS PHASES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. 1819-1863.

Dawkins, the British commissioner, according to Restrepo, Hist. Revol. Colombia, acted with commendable frankness. He limited himself to imparting good advice, assuring the Sp. Am. plenipotentiaries that his government would assuredly mediate with Spain; meantime they should avoid all cause of offence to European powers. Col Van Veer, the gentleman from Holland, held no public capacity; his mission was a private one, confined to the expression of his sovereign's warm wishes for the happiness of the American republics. Bidwell's Isth. Pan., 186-90.