Note 8 — LETTERS ON THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS STATE OF SOUTH AMERICA. (continued 5)

At page 32, it is stated that religious liberty was publicly acknowledged in Peru, under San Martin. This acknowledgement, in Peru, of this sound principle of policy and of justice, certainly preceded the one here referred to in San Juan. But the circumstances were different. In Peru it was the single act of General San Martin, as Protector, or Dictator of Peru, and the people of the country had no share in it, whereas in San Juan, the declaration of Religious Liberty was a legislative act.