State Of Buenos-Ayres.
The Times, 1824-09-14T00:00:00

* We yesterday gave'a brief description of the presentcon- dition of Mexico, as it could be gathered from a series of fve or six weeks of the journals published in that republic. We have since receive(d naterials which would enable us to give a similar outline of the state of the provinces on the Rio de la Plata, andl ve should have much pleasure in I doing so, did not the able a;d dandid statement of Ribadla- l via, pulished in this joulrnal about a month ago, render such an undertaking saperfluous& Wre cannot, Ihowever, refrain from briefly allding to thle contents of the fife of' the Argos, a Buenos Ayres paper, now before us. This part of Spanish America wasthefirst to throw offthe] yoke of colonial bondage, and has been the most persevering.. and .successful in maintaining its in(lependence. From the year 1810, to the prt sent hlour, it has not seen a single hios- tile Spaniard oni its coasts, andl durinig those fourteen vears of trial, has shown,both bv the maintenance of its amicable I relations with thc rest of thIe world, and the generally juli- cious management of its internal affairs. that it was worthy of the freedom which it bad acqutired. T he file of papers! before us, wvhich include those of June, relate in their po- I litical mata2r principally to two topics-the defence of the Republic from foreign aggression, anid the settl@mernt of its internal Government. DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS. The Argos of the 1st of June contains an announ_e- ment of the arrival of the official papers, presented to the British Parliament at the beginning of March, on thle re- lations between legitimate Europe, and insurgent America. The publication of these dcuuments seemed to have created a kind of sensation in the La Plata. and to have increased the partiality both of the people and the Government towards the Engli5h Cabintet. 'IThev are faithfully givell in two succassive numbers of the Ar;os, botlh in their ori- ;inal English dress, andI iti a Spanish translation. 'I'he i ientiments manifested by the Atnbassaor of France, in bis 2onferencc with :Mr. C-inninig respceting Spanish Amerca, i continued to keep alive thejealeusy entortained towards the political conduct of that power. In this state of min,I it scarcely required the fabulous vigilance of the A'gn4s to liscover Frenclh Government spies or Frenchl ptlitical in- trigucrs in the (perhaps) innocent merchant or adventurer i who had thte misfo:tune to live utd(cr tile T ly Alliance principles which directell the invasion of Old Spain. Ac- 2ordingly, we find an account in the paper of the 1st of June, of the certain existence in Buenos-Ayres of a French .avalier, " who lha(i acted as ant agent of pilice in P'aris." The patriotic journali t alludles withi serious alarmn to the arrival of this agent of despotism, and points out his arrest and banishment as an exploit v;orthy of a republican po- lice. Thesathejcalous vigilancediscovers another arent )f France in a .M. de la Suie, vho had a year ago pait a visit to Buenos-Ayres in the comrmandl of a French ship of i war, and who, according to repliTts whtelb reachel thic Rtio le la l lata frotn Brazil. now hollds a kintd of roving com- rission from the French Government to all the nety re- publican governments in Spanisl America. Ilte editor af the Argos very properly le,ires Itis countnymen to bn ott theil guard against this mitan and htis atten(lats, who (ac- cordinlg to h inm) are etnplovdd to take Il)ans of the. ir cities antI fortresses. 0 If you tone as a friend," savs a certami zharacter to Apollo in a Greek pl ty, whv that I t I If vou mean peace," says the etlitor of tihe B3uenos .4yre, .4ros, vbwhy these military engineers ? A though the I whole of the rnmour regarding the presence of Frrencni spies in South Amrerica may be unfounde d, ve tlhink that the perfidious conduct of the Frencic Cabinet, in its recernt invasioni of Spain, andI its mysterious acquiesconec in the priniciples of the I-Ioly Alliance respecting South America, justify the strongest suspicions on the pdrt of th e new re- publics. WVhile the casterni coast is guarded with a prop, r suspicion of European agents of despotism, the RepubWic of Buienios Avres is not insensible to the dianigers that threaten the tranqtlility, if not the intlepen(dence, of its western pro- vinces from the poitical dissensions and civil warHare of Peru. Accordingly, we are told, i. an article dated June .5, that preparations were making at Silta to resist any attempt ott the part ot tlte enemy's van- tuard. An auxiliary force had been sent fromn Tucu- trian to that province, withl artillerv anlt ammuni.ntion. and the province of' Cordlova was to follow the examplle in sending a squadron of cavalry. " IVe are authorized," adldsthe j..urnalist, " to state, that circular letters have been td(tiresse(d to all the Go ernmnents of our territory, re- luiring ien for the artny vhich is to be organiized at IBueItos Ayres. in adidition to that formiin at Salta for the comnaoii safety ; and that in the plan adopted, a provision is inae for retnunerating eve 'v tan who shall join the ranks fortliis obj.-ct." In the paper of the 9th of June we see aiiotler proof of the Wdtclful attetitiet- directedl by the pcople of Buencs- Ayres to thme event,, happening on the;r western frontier. T he movements of' Olaneta arc there alMu.lem to wvit great interest; but as no date is given, we cmn (lelive fromn the pissage no p)recise knowledge of the 3tate of matters in Peru. Tlc samne pap-r imfortos Us, that on the 4-th ofJanc the Governietit of BuIenos Ayres ad- dresse(d a note to the Ihall of Represetitatives, retininding thit-i of the state of things in Europe an(d Perui. and point- ing out to thein the tiecessitv of tak,ing such steps as were calculited to secire their independence against all aggression. For this purpose, theGoveriment, af ter commuittcating withl the Executive Power in Peru, lie anti ( olottiia, hacl en- tere(d into au agreemnent ritlh the Gd'vernor or tle provilleL of Salta to organizc therc a regular fbrce, to act as the van- guard of a (lefensive army. Thle Government of that pro- vince entered with zeal into the project. Arms, and ever' kind of arnmmunition, were, in consequence of this agree- nient, to be supplied to Salta, beside a motithiy allowance aft 1,500 dollars. 'Ihis not appearinig suffici,.nt, a regular force of three squadrons of cavalrv wcre to hr sent to Salta, antI mainitained at the expense of the General Goverlinent. The liall of' Representatives sanitioned these anil other measures for defentliig the Republic on the si-le of Peru. Arnong the dlefensive measures taken by the Governimntet .f Kuenos-Avres mav be reckoned its eager disposition to 2ultivate thie friendship anti secure the alliance of this coun- zry. Accordingly, we finl in the paper of the 9th ofJune a circular of Air. Rioadlavia, amidressedl to tbe provinces, in- rorming them of the arrival of Mr. Wok.olbine P'arish is hiis Britatinic Majesty's Consul-General to Buenos Avres, an d of the appoin tmlent of Mri. fIfullet, the respect- able merchant of London, to act in the satne capacity for the state of Buenos Avres in Enu,land. M. Ribadavia takes occasion in the circular to state, with great precision, the luestion of American independence, both as it appears to. hKe Government of England, and the cabinets of' the Holy Alliance. INTERNAI. GOVERNMENT. The proviices on the IRio dI la Plata, thouglh in(lepen- Ileit of Spain for the last 14 years, have not as yet adoptel a stable system of government. Great disputes liave at dif- ferent times arisen between thepartisansof a (entral General Government, and that of a federal union of independent prov-inces. *rte grea inifluence asd arrogant pretensions of the province of Buenos Ayres have always excited the jealousy, and sometimes provoked the hostility, of the more distant provinces. The wise, moderate, and judi- cious con(luct of the late Government, duiected by Mr. Ribadavin, has allayed these heats. The great point was, in what provjnce the national Congress shouirl meet in Juno last. The following is the state of the votes on the question what should be the seat of this natinnal asscmbly:-Santa Fe las not yet voted; Entre Rios, Corrientes, Missiones, Cordoba, Santiago de Estero, Tucu- man, Salta, Rioja, SCatamarca, have voted for Buenos Ayres; San Luis, for Tucuman'; and Mendoza andl Si Juan, for Bueu.os Ayres. Thus there seems almost a tunani- muus feeling in favour of Buenos Ayres, and there the na- tional body is expeeted soon to meet. STATE OF BUENOS-AYBES. - ~ ~ ~ ----- 0r m