Year: 1868

The New York Herdlds South American cor
respondent, writing from Cordoba, July T.
says:-


| write you now from the heart of the Argen-
tine ContederatIon-sometme called a II epublic
by the Inhabitants. Here there are thirty thou.
sand Icople clustered around eleven churches
and converts. These religious institutions are
doing most driving business, it l may Judge
from the ceaseless ringing OF bells and the con
staDt flow of people in and out the doors. One
might suppose that the result Of all this would
be highly moral city, but lis reputation is quite
the reverse.


There is considerable excitement among the
clergy to know what the action OF Sarmeuto
will be when he arrives from the United States
10 take the post to which he has been elected.
They fear that his Presidency will be character
lied by reforms inimcal TO the clergy-reforms
that will strike at the clause in the Constitution
which makes the Roman Catholic faith the
religion of the State. They fear, also, that the
schooling which he has had in the North will
make complete change here in the old order of
things.


b. The election of sarmiento means treaty
with Paraguay, withdrawal from the alliance
with Brazil, and a return to the old policy OF
hatred 10 the empire. How far this hatred
extends may be judged from the fact that TO. day
the Argentine and Brazilian forces in front of
Humaita carry on the most lively dueiling
business on record. Sarmiento has difficult
work before him in the prosecution of the
progressive ideas he possesses To understand
something of the problem it is we'll to state that
since the early organization OF the country
under a republican form of government there
have been two great parties, the un,tarians and
the iederalIsts, struggling for the mastery. Tue
latter represent the State rights party and go
into the widest extremes over their theories,
revolutionizing and rerevolutionizing within the
States themselves, apparently having but few
ties binding them TO the Genital power of the
general Government.


The minute that Sarmiento shows sigma of
sundering the alliance with Brazil ae eainst Para
quay. Brazil will put all these interior clemens
in operation against the new Government. This
is the only way Brazil can save herself. If she
fail in this, have no doubt that the result of
breaking off the alliance will be a war between
the Argentine republic and Brazil in the Incep-
tion of which the latter will seize upon Moute-
video as a base of operations, and try t) make
good her dream OF dominating the Plata valley Z.
There are many OF the Federal leaders VINO
swear that the new President shall never take
his seat; but they cannot prevent this, and once
Sarmiento is well in power he will handle them
without gloves in case of revolution.


1t is q great pity that this immense valley is
not connected with the United States by
steamers. Both England and France are ab-
sorbing the trade of the country and reaping
enormous profits. In every little store ia the
interior you 6nd some product of English or
French manufacture, placed there b7 the su pc
r or political wisdom of tue rulers of the coun-
tries which have made the practical discovery
that a steamship is more a national than an
individual blessing.