Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-30
SOUTH AMERICA.
FROM BUENos AYRrs

FROM BUENOS AYREs
We have been favored (says tb, ~
York Evening Pcst) by mercant,ls ,'eT-
il this city, with the Buenos Avres aaote
G-2e;te OF the 18th August las, nc'N
IN ngst other articles. contains !, ,',.'t
tail of the several acti MS that tool "n,nle
in April. between the patriots com,rp pace
by Manuel Padilln, and the royaJ;s,smed
ru under Tscon; by VIII CHI II 'r ~
that the latter had been Constantly
and obliged to retreat in disorder. ~
behind great namber of woupies wing
mong them severii os the princinal
GERS. General Psdilla attribu es ,ha M
cess OF the patrioys TO the energy and . N'
that pcrv3ded thu people OF every wv"
throughout tie country, more esneo;.Ss
the l-dies-afnopg whom is partcn, ny
mentioned the lady of TIE command"'y
chief, general Padl'a and also Dom, u
anna hzurdy. who, at the head of 70 80
Yates and zoo couniryren, had put to fps,'
the enemy IN several rencontres-in ons
wmch, SIZE III person wrested from an 81 -
sign OF company the colors viii, h en- .n,
been presented tothem for their bra.nse
manifested in the conquest of tho c;.Wery
La Paz, Peru, Arequiba and CuYco 'e IS. VI
coiors were richly embroidered. ana me
flag were figures einblema;ic of the TIE
lor. '"er va
Translated for the New-York Fr...
Post from the Buenos Ayres Official ing
zette OF the 18th August last.
me declaration IF Lideneudeuce or =,
Unised FroUinces Of Rio dc la Par, e
The Representatives of the Un;ted n
vinces OF Rio de Ia Plata, in Congress- o'
semo'ed. at the city Of Tucuman. on ~.
Sth Gay OF the month of July, in the vo" e
one thousand eight hundred and s;x,so.t
the dispatch ct the usual and ordinary h.
Siness being over. they took again into cou
s'uerat'on the motions and speeches msd.
the preceding days, upon the great AMI
important subject of the Indepe ndence of
the People. repres nted by the same CO.. u
gress, and who most earnestly. dec;d.M..
and universally wish and claim srI.or
act OF their emancipation and freed"n
from the despotic power of rhe k;rm "s
SPAN. They, therefore, weighed thi. M ~
mentous matter with the utmost a,,er,;o.
and care, devoting to its resolution ali then
talents with that purity of intention rem;
site IN sanctioning their own fate. thai IS
the people they represent, and their nos"
.er'ty' On the Question being put Whether
was tneir wish that these United Prov;n.
ces should be free and independent from
the KING OF Spain and his metropolis. il was
voted IN the affirmative by an unanimou,
reclamation OF all the said Representatives.
VINO. likewise. each of them, individuallv
ratined and confirmed their RESPECTIVE
spontaneous, unanimous and decided vote
LOT the independence of the country. In
consequence whereof the following resolu-
ton was determined on, to wit
we the People of the United Provinces
Oh oou'h America, in general Congress
assembled invoking the Almighty, who
Prss,aes over the universe, and in the name
and by virtue of the authority of the nao
pie we represent. protesting before heaven
ana the nations, and men all over the
world, the justice that guides our intent
ms. DO SOLEMNLY DECLARES. in IN.
lace OF the universe, that it is the indubi-
tao'e and unanimous Will of these provinces
10 break Oft the violent ties that united
tnem 20 the king of Spain, to re-ns.ate
themselves IN the rights of which thew
nave oeen dispossessed, and to assume the
RANK ana Character of nation free and
independent from king Ferdinand VII. his
successors and metropolis.
ihese same provinces, therefore, being
nenceforth invested by act, and right. with
fuli and absolute powe or to devise for them
serves such forms of government, as Justice
ana the state OF the present circumstances
may requ're-each and every of the said
provinces thus publish, declare and ratify
the same, binding each ono TO the other.
through us, to the fulfilment and supDort Of
this their will, under the pledge, and war;
ranty OF their own lives, fortunes & fame.
Let this resolution be communicated to
the department it doth belong to make the
same public 4; and out Of the respect due to
DINER nations, let manifest be issued, de-
,,aiiing the great and weghty reasons, that
nave moved and constrained us to make
TINS solemn declaration. Done in the Hall
OF Sessions, signed by our hands. sealed
with the seal of the Congress. and coun-
tersgned by the representatives acting Sc
cretaries.
(Signed)
~, francisco .Narino de Latrido, PIT.
(Here follows the signatures If twenty-se-
ven representatives.
Jose Mariana Se,vano. Sec'rv,
Juan Jose Passo, Secretary.
a form OF the Oath to be administered 10
all the inhabitants Of the United Pro-
vinces OF South America
DO you swear by your Lord God. and
the sign of the Gross, to promote and de-
Iend the Liberty of the United Provinces Of
oonth America. sndi;s independence, from
the king of Spain, Ferdinand VII. their sue
,ossors and metropolis, as well as from the