The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-22 00:00:00

SOUTLI 'I,SIEII,ICA.

In the La Plata 3fessenger, of the 3d of Ja-
nuary, appears a formal declaration of war by
the Executive Government of Buenos Ayres
against the Emperor of BRAZIL, together with
the address to the citizens of the Republic, on
the conduct of the Emperor and the necessity of
resisting his aggressions. The following is a copy
of these dOCUSIIPIIIS
BUENOS AYRES, JAN. 2.

" The war which the . Emperor or Brazil. has commenced
against the republic of the united Provinces being evidently
unjust, and having for its object to maintain by violence a
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es as legitimate
means of success, seduction and anarchy among the inhabitants
of the bordering provinces, to separate them from the nation to
which they belong, and that he does not disdain to feign and
to assume their express will, contrary
.to the most evident de-
monstrations, in order to deduce a legitimate title :
" Considering that a Government which adopts Ruch- princi-
ples of conduct, and which attacks its neighbours in contempt
of the laws which nations have established to secure their exist-
eller, must be repelled by all the means which the right of war
has miule legitimate :
" Considering that, notwithstanding the desire of the Govern-
ment of the united provinces, expressed in the decree of Oct. 6,
1021, to terminate maritime privateering, this measure has be-
come necessary in the present juncture, and that it is one of the
most efficacious Means of bringing the Emperer of Brazil to
reason, and inducing him to adopt the principles of moderation
and justice, without which there can neither be peace nor se-
curity among nations :
"The Government charged with the national executive has
granted and decrees—
" 1. Privateering ix authorised against the ships and property
of the Emperor of Brazil and his subjects.
" 2. Persons who desire to fit out privateers may obtain
letters of marque according to the regulations of May, 1817,
and under the guarantees and responsibility therein established.
" 3. The present resolution will be solemnly published and
posted up in all public places.
" 4. The Ministers of War and Marine are charged with
the execution of ON decree, which will be inserted in the
national register. •
(Signed) " .11. TAN GREGORIO DE-11.JAS HERA&
" ARCOS BALCARCE."

PROCLAM.tTION•

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED PROVINCES OF

I.A PLATA.
" Fellow-Citizens—The Emperor of Brazil has given to
dui world the crowning proof of his injustice and immoral
policy, msonsistent with • the peace and the security of his
neighbours. After having usurped in the basest and most in-
famous manner diet history record*, a principal prrt of our ter-
ritory ; after having loaded our innocent compatriots with the
weight of a tyranny the more cruel as the instruments of it were
worthless and despicable ; and after the brave Orientalist had
exposed the impostures on which he pretended to found his
usurpation, he not only resists the voice of reason, but answers
the claims of moderation with the cry of war ; be insults and
evades anew our territory ; And with.the fury of a tyrant, with.
out law or coniroul, he assembles as many of his, vessels as he
can to pour Vengeance, desolation, and death on our,territory.
" Citizens—% Let us all answer to the cry of war and yen-
the Emperor, in the
geanee. The hour is come. From 'this moment we have no-
ratios n for pusillanimity,
no-
thing to answer to the world for'the disasters of the war. They
will fail ouphe head of him who provokes them.
Brazilians follow our " Citizens, from this day we are all, without exception,
soldiers. Let tyrants again learn the tremendous force of. a
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the vanguard of the
exam-
ple, and let the allied republic always see the banner of the
If there is any one among
%VonritoeftilLib'reortvyi:.ices of La Plata streaming in
us dead to this sen-
timent, let execration fall upon him, and let him be con.
founded. Ye brave men; who have given independence to your
country, unsheath your swords. A King born on the' other
side of the ocean insults our repose and threatens the glory and
honour of our children. To arms, fellow-citizens, to arms !
" JUAN GREGORIO D 1; LAS !MBAS."