Homenaje a la verdad

Abstract

The image contains news about a group of foreigners residing in Bogotá, oblivious to local political issues, denying a publication that describes what happened at a banquet offered by the Director of Colegio del Espíritu Santo to his students on his birthday. The signatories, who attended the banquet, affirm that order and decency reigned during the event. There were no insulting speeches towards any political party or specific people. The President of the Republic, the Secretary of the Treasury, Dr. Zaldua, teacher Demetrio Paredes, among others, were present, and the speeches were enthusiastically applauded. They deny the claim that any student responded rudely to the Principal. After the banquet, the president left applauded, and some young conservatives expressed their discontent due to some phrases in Mr. Santiago Pérez's speech. News published by the newspaper, Neo Granadino No. 115, August 23-1850.