The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-07
The siege or Buenos Ayres.

A correspondent OF a London paper. who has beeI
smut up 10 Buenos Ayres from the commencement oil thu
long siege, and who espouses the OF It's govern
ment against that OF The confederation, writes;
There is no change for the better in condition here
ueh las wfoie oln. commission, under me auspce
ol the brazilian and Bolivian ministers, was being held
but Al terminated like the rest nothing the government
rejecting Utquizas uItmalum the 9th ult. as ao-
gehef iadmissble slnce which there has been no at
Tempt al Degotaon. SkiTmishes OF daily occurrence
Out lead 10 no result xepi the greater exasperaton OF
mems minds, aud The daily loss OF % five killed. ten
wounded three sadded horses some swords and muske,s
10 Tue enemy and one man slightly wounded on the
town siie, The numbers being reversed in the enemys
bulletin; aud thus 60 day after day, musket
ana cannon shot resounding IN our ears from morning
till night.
Although some coasiing vessels occasionally manage
to elude the vigilance of The bockade the latter
rve to Keep Ms dreadfuly short OF provisions and there
IS much distress among the families OF the poorer classes
The government manage 10 supply the troops with meat
but many OF onr counirymen tEnglishmen) who were
considered iolefabe well TO do have tasted nothing but
India meal for weeks.
OF course. one has no idea what Urqazas plans are
The other day he began make bitches to prevent the
saes OF the besieged bu be does not 10 have gone
ON with them. He does not appear inclined TO make q
serious attack upon the town, in which, if he attempted
IT, he would sincerely believe, utterly fail, unless
acheTy assisted him. Neither will he succeed in
starving the government into surrender since, long
the troops led and paid. think they will fight. and
the nducemenl OF high prices will always lead peo-
pie TO the chance of eyading the blockade and bring
lOOd from Inc ana The opposite coast ms
being so, one sees no reason why the affair should not
be proiracled for many years. that of Monlevdeo
TO The destruction of city and province.
The Congress at Santa Fe has framed the constitution
copy oi VIII ch have just received. II to be
based principally on that 81 The United States, compared
with and corrected by those OF other republics. Many
OF lis features wise and polite but fear unsuted
the half civilized inhabitants of The confederation The
supreme director is TO be elected or six years and the
hst occupeT OF The post would undoubtedly be UquiZa,
he would gain the object Of his btion under the mask
IN nj
But this is The sting Of the whoe-the city OF Buenos
Ayres is to be the capital OF the confederation, but is
not to belong to the province OF Buenos Ayres Like
the Distrc. Of Columbia in the United States in which
Washington is situated the city OF Buenos Ayres, with
district OF zen leagues each side, is TO form mu-
nicPay. perfectly independent OF the province of Bue
AyTes, 10 be the residence OF the director his minis
ers and the two houses OF Congresshe banks and all
the public Offices to be alien a'ed from their present hold
els and made 10 the national government Now OF
course the duty OF good patriot 10 surrender grea,
deal for the good OF his country, but the inhabitants OF
the province Of Buenos AyTes do not regard the other
provinces of the confederation (nomina in the same b,
that an nhabI,an OF Kent would look upon Yorkshire
man, simply inhabant of the same common coun-
try, England the contrary, far my experiences
has gone, Notwithstanding all the talk about 'ssef
provinces native OF one province regards an Inhabi-
tant OF another much in the light EngIshman
looks upon Frenchman other foreigner. Conss-
queDiy, The proposition to take away the city OF Baenos
Ayes-he only city, be IT observed Ia the whole con-
federation worthy of the name-from the province OF
Buenos Ayes and thus 10 deprive of that which has
been It's pride and honor, would sound 10 Buenos
Ayrean much in The same manner proposal made by
France, Spain, and Portugal TO Eng land TO separate Lon
don from the laler country, and make II the capital
OF the confederation OF all these countries, would
sound 10 Engshman II, therefore, the constitution
thus framed and this indispensable condition, is Of
ered for The acceptance OF this government have no
doubt Will be rejected The Congress say that II Bue-
Ayres rejects this constitution, another capital must
be chosen. Well let ii be chosen. Let them have the
good TO do the North Americans dld-choose
place which is not interviewer with the proudest recol-
ectons any portion Of the confederation unknown Ia
fame, and about which there can be jealousy, and
tb bere let them TX the residence OF the government But
hey have hight TO call upon The province OF Buenos
Ayps, nearly equal IN population and much more than
equal in wealth and Importance to all The rest OF The
confederation put together, TO make such sacrifice
this,