The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-29 00:00:00

RIVER PLATE.

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT ORIBE TO
• THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS OF THE

ORIENTAL REPUBLIC.

This message being very long, we can only give a
few extracts from it. The occasion of its delivery was
the re-assembling of the Legal Chambers for the first
time since their dispersion in 1838, which was caused in
the way thus stated:—
" Turn your eyes, Honourable Gentlemen, back to the
fatal occurrences of 1838, in which the French agents and
forces in the River Plate combined their efforts with the
crimes and insubordination of the rebels in arms against the
legal Government since 1836, and you will begin to appre-
ciate the noble acts of the Government of the Argentine Con-
federation in favour of the sacred rights of this republic. Ob-
tefve how a system of European intervention in our affairs,
and attacks upon our rights, began thus early to display it-
self, There was no pretence of defended the prerogatives of
French subjeci;_--no complaint of their having been attacked.
Nol all that was thought was, under the most frivolous
pretexts, to violate the dearest ins, of the natives of
the American continent •
I:es, Geri tltmebi the Government will never be tim—
proclaiming it. To tile scandalous 3itterveriticn of the
French agents, Baradere and Roger, assisted by Admiral Le
Blanc, were owing the violent overthrow of the constitutional
Government—the usurpation of it by the rebels—the dilapi-
dation of the public revenue--the war—and all the other
evils which ensued, and which It will take years to efface.
"Compelled, by this infamous intervention' to resign my
constitutional authority before Its legal term had expired—
a resignation which yott, tinder the same compulsion, ad-
mitted with sorrow, I emigrated, with the Ministers, and
some of the deputies and principal employes, to the capital of
Buenos Ayres, leaving a written protest, which was pre-
sented to the General Assembly, against the violence by
which I was expelled from a post conferred upon me by the
free voice of the nation, and this protest was repeated at
greater length after my arrival at Buenos Ayres.
" Then was it that midst these misfortunes were dispensed
to me, by General Rosas, the Governor of Buenos Ayres, and
by all classes of the Argentine Federals, an extent of hospi•
tality, kindness, protection, and assistance, that knew no
bounds. Though surrounded with difficulties, engaged in an
oppressive war, cramped for resources, that illustrious man
found time to stretch out his hand towards his unfortunate
guests, and after gigantic efforts had nearly succeeded in ac-
complishing his promise of an effectual support, when he
was impeded by this unjustifiable European intervention,
which has alwaya been consistent in favouring the cause of
rebellion, and opposing the progress and prosperity of the
nation."
We pass over a great deal of intermediate matter, and
come to the following remarks on the present state of affairs
in the Oriental Republic :
" The Government, as was natural, refused decidedly to
obey the dictation of the English and French Ministers, and
resolved to sustain, at all risks, the independence of the na-
tion against any foreign power. The blockade of the poi tof
Buceo has taken place in consequence, and will, no doubt,
be followed by that of the other ports of the Republic ; but,
Honourable Senators and Representatives, the ssovernment
repeats to you that it is resolved to defend the rights and inde-
pendence of the country to the last extreme, not to yield one
atom of what belongs Co its dignity, to tain itself

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