The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-10

and good government. At present. be SAYS
they are borne down to The level OF paros's" Ne
an 1906 the attention of English specdlr4tors
was turned TO South America, aud esCectally
altr9cted to Buenos Ayres by It's rNef and its
probable future. In 1910 Bae1os 9y Ayres was
oiled with parlzans Of the reTolulon, bitterly
hostile to anything originating in SPAN or any
part of Europe. germ OF progress, then, was
still alive west OF the La Plata. Tue Spanish
colonies cared nothing for commerce or naviga
ton The Rio dc Ia Plata was OF small import
ance to them. The Spanish disdained II and its
banks. As time went on, the river proved to
have deposited Its sediment OF wealth upon
those banks, but very little of Spanish spirit or
Spanish modes OF government. Comm ercial
activity had brought thI her the spirit aud the
general ideas of Europe; the vessels which
frequentod the waters of tue port brought
bot ks from all quarters, and news OF all the
political events of the world. 1t is to be
observed that Spain had no other com
mercial city upon The Atlantic coast The
war with England hastened the emancipation
OF mems minds and awakened among them
sense of their own importance as State.
Buenos Ayre3 was like a child which, having
conquered giant, fondy deems itself hero, and
Is ready 10 undertake greater adventures. Tue
Social Contract few from hand 10 hand. Mablg
and RayBal were the oracles OF the pres;
RobespierIe and the Convention the approved
models Buenos Ayres thought itself con-
tinuaiion OF Europe, aud If 1t dld not frankly
confess that its spirit aud tendencies were
French and North American, 1t denied its
Spanish origin on the ground that the Spanish
government had patronized it only after 1t was
iull grown. The revolution brought With 1T
armies and glory, triumphs and reverses, TeYolts
and seditioUs. But Buenos Ayres, amidst all
these fluctuations, displayed the revolutionary
energy with which it Is endowed. Bolivar
was everything: Venezuela was but the pedestal
for that colossal figure Buenos Ayres was
whole city OF reyo'utionsts-Belgrano Ron
deaU, San Martin, Alyear, aud the hundred
generals in command of its armies were its
Instruments; its arms, not its head nor its
trunk"
THE "TIGER OF THE LLANos"
Not the least interesting part of Colonel Sar-
miento's book is that which consists of sketches
OF the prominent or notorious characters of the
rtpublIc. II people is to be judged by its
leaders, we can hardly form a favorable notion
OF the Argentne.. One of those was Quirozl,
'the tiger of the Llanos," short, stoutly. built,
shae gy- headed, vigorous sort OF brute, of no
little ability, who won his way up ward BY being
quicker, more desperate, and more reckless in
his acts OF violence than his comrades. OF him
II is related that he kicked out the brains OF
man with whom he quarrellcd at play; that he
tore off the ears OF woman he had lived with,
ana laid open his sons mead with an axe. Yet
this monster became Governor, in fact despot,
of La Rioja.
About this time, 1926 the Argentine Republic
| presented "a singular picture. Says tue author:
''All interests, all ideas, all passions, met to-
| gether to create agitation and tumult. Here
was a chief who would have naught to do with
whose only desire was to- emerge trOmsits isoa-
| tion; yonder, a government engaged in bring
| ing Europe over TO America; else where, another
| to which the very name of civilization was
| odious; the Holy Tribunal of the lnquisltion
| was revivmg in some places; in Others, liberty
| of conscience was proclaimed the 6rst of human
| rights; the cry OF one party was for confedera-
| ton; OF Others for central government; wniie
| each different com binatIon was backed by strong
and unconquerable passions"
| BARBARIsM VS.. CIVILIZATION.
| One Of the results of Quiroza's aggressive
| campaigns was sufficiently disastrous. 1t was
! the destruction of Mendoza, city where civil l.
zation had home and progress was the rule.
| The author says:-
THE swamps bad been drained, the city orna.
| mented, societies of agriculture, Industry,
mines. and of public education han been formed,
ard directed by intelligent, enthusiastic, and
| enterprieng men; manutac ory OF woolen aud
| fax had been established which furnished cloth
| ing for the troops, and an army for the making
of swords, cuirasses, lances, and bayonets, with
none OF the work imported except some parts OF
! the cannon"
With the presentation OF this phase Of the
| conflict between civilization and barbarism in
the Argentine Republic, we must close the pre-.
! sent long-extended article, deterring further
notice until another occasion.