Feeble in body and distracted in mind, he condemned bitterly the machinations of his enemies.

"There is no good faith in Colombia," he exclaimed, "neither among men nor among nations.
Treaties are paper; constitutions, books; elections, combats; liberty, anarchy, and life itself a torment." But the hardest blow was yet to fall.

Late in December, 1829, an assembly at Caracas declared Venezuela a separate state.

The great republic was rent in twain, and even what was left soon split apart.
In May, 1830, came the final crash.

The Congress at Bogota drafted a constitution, providing for a separate republic to bear the old Spanish name of "New Granada," accepted definitely the resignation of Bolivar, and granted him a pension.