The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-07

States, has come 10 an understanding viii H.
I'll and Paraguay, aud has derlared ~ ipteo1ipu
" sAaamon : Congress a ~ psovESc1 ~ ~
Plats. 70 proclaim general psare, oblivion u
past offences, and union amongvt eli he A.
tine populations 1t h believed that, II he ".
monatrates satisfactorily his sitcerity, he can
count upon the support Of most Of the provinces.
which are heartily sick Of the extravagaat prs.
tensions OF the governor Of Buenos Ayres. -
with view to carry out In security the inten-
ton ne has formed, and 10 be prepared against
the contingency Of an armed opposition. Gen.
ernl Ursu'sa has ordered that every Citizen OF
Entire Rios above the age Of fifteen. shall h.
enrolled forthwith, and be taught BY experienced
officers the use of arms. In return for this a.
monstration, Urquiza is publicly denounced NJ
Buenos Ayres as "traitor 10 the sacred Anna.
rican cause. and to the glorious confederation y
Admiral Grenfell, in command Of the Rivnr
Plate squadron, now reinforced with soms az
the best ships in the Brazilian navy, was to at
sail for the South on the 26th ult The feet II
composed of the following vessels -Consti.
tucao frigate Undo, Bertioga, and Balkan cor.
vettes; Berenice bark, with the war steamer
Alfonso, Petro Legrando, Recife. ane Golinho.
1t is not, however, intended, in the first IN.
stance, to blockade the port Of Buenos Ayres.
and it is probable that actual hostities will not
take place until some preliminary formalitiss
have been fulfilled and then that they will COM
mence by military operations on thefrontier Of
Rio Grande, the scene of the spoliations of
General Rosas. This is the more probable be-
cause such a step would be most agreeable 10
the Inhabitants of that province, who have been
the actual sufferers from the maraudinQ banda
Of Buenos Ayres. and who have latterly ex-
hibited some considerable degree of irritation A.
the tardy movements of the imperial govern
ment to afford them protection and redress.
General Rosas himself exhibited mora AMI
more consciousness of the danger Of his posi-
ton. His annual message to the Provincial
Junta has always been delivered on the 9th Of
December. 1t has now been postponed for an
indefinite period, on the ground that the weather
was too hot to permit Of the senators giving
sufficient attention to so voluminous and i'm.
portant document. This, however was only
pretext, the real cause of the delay being that
he did not know what to say about his position
in respect to France: about the reception Of bis
treaty, which he had boosted would be certainly
accepted there; and what was even more awk.
ward, because nearer home, about the hostile at.
titude of Urqniza To confess that Urouixa had
rejected his domination was to admit himself de-
prived Of his right arm, and to invite all the
otner provinces 10 withdraw their constrained
support. Such Rosas knows would be the Ger.
tain result of national movement promoted bv
Urquiza, for Col Vivasoro, the governor Of
CorrIentes, accords with him, as do the northern
provinces, secretly if not avowedly. Thus
Rosas would be left with the sole support Of the
province of Santa Fe, which is governed by
worthy disciple of his American system"
In this difficulty, General Rosas was about TO
repeat his annual resignation but this time,
there is reason to believe thnt he is in earnest
not, be it understood, to abandon the actual :
power, but the title of executive governor of the
province of Buenos Ayres, in favor of one Of
his creatures. In this, he is said to be actuated
by double motive-6rst, by temporary with
drawal behind the nominal authority which he
sets up, to weaken the prestige of Brazil and its
allies at the commencement of hostilities, bv
holding out that the real opponent whom they
seek to crush being removed from power, they
must be actuated by Interior and sinister views
If they persevere in their operations; and, Sec
ondv, by the design of having himself publicly
proclaimed "supreme chief Of the Argentine
na!ionr' 1t is difficult to recognize the usual
subtlety of General Rosns in this proceeding, the
only apparent result of which would be to rem.
der his present perplexed position still more
embarrassing.