480 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



Charles the Third, Viceroy of 

 the Provinces of Rio de la Plata, 

 and its Dependencies, S)~c. to the 

 Loyal Inhabitants of Buetius 

 Ayres. 



Faithful and generous Neigh- 

 bours and Inhabitants <)f 

 Buenos Ayres. 

 The abundant and sincere ex- 

 pressions of joy that you have ma- 

 nifested from the moment of my 

 arrival in the august capital of the 

 viceroy, afford me the most de- 

 cisive proof of your invincible 

 loyalty, and of the sentiments of 

 honour by which you are animated. 

 In these I discover the homage 

 which you offer to the sovereign 

 majesty which I represent, and the 

 liveliest feelings of your tender re- 

 gard for our monarch. It shows 

 me, that if you possess this rever- 

 ence for me, who am only his 

 shadow, it is on account of your 

 profound respect for the substance 

 from which that shadow is pro- 

 jected, which veneration has always 

 been in perfect consistency with 

 your character and conduct. 

 Finally, it gives me an authentic 

 proof of the noble enthusiasm that 

 reigns in your bosoms, of your firm 

 adherence to the great cause in 

 which the parent state is engaged, 

 and of all the social virtues which 

 adorn you in your respective sta- 

 tions. Such is the source, and such 

 are the effects of these extraordinary 

 demonstrations of joy which have 

 exceeded all ray expectations. 



I should be deficient in my duty, 

 if under these circumstances I did 

 not acknowledge the grateful sensi- 

 bility and warm satisfaction which 

 these affecting indications of your 

 disposition have produced in my- 

 self. Nothing can ever efface from 

 nay memory the delight I expe- 



rienced on the night of the 30th of 

 June. What a magnificent specta- 

 cle to every man capable of appre- 

 ciating the sentiments of the heart, 

 to see a numerous people, compos- 

 ing all classes of society, impelled 

 only by their fidelity, hastening to 

 tender their voluntary services in 

 terms the most affecting, and ac- 

 companied by every mark of loyalty, 

 in the presence of the representa- 

 tive of their beloved sovereign ! 

 The tyrant, who oppresses us, can 

 never enjoy such a scene of delight, 

 with all his pomp and circumstances 

 of splendor, his public entries and 

 triumphs ; because, by force and 

 violence he can extort only cold 

 and feeble applause, while yours is 

 the natural result of the impassioned 

 attachment, and ardent loyalty 

 which you bestow on the memory 

 of your august prince. Do not 

 doubt it, this act of yours, simple 

 as it appears under all its character 

 of energy, has nothing to do with 

 ostentation and vanity, but as being 

 the ingenuous manifestation of your 

 loyal sentiments, it is the impene- 

 trable wall to be opposed to the 

 assaults of the enemy. In vain 

 will he endeavour to seduce you 

 by his artifices, or to debilitate 

 your strength by spreading the 

 seeds of discord among you. The 

 impotence of his authority, and the 

 inefficiency of his malicious expe- 

 dients will show to the world, that 

 Buenos Ayres is not the country 

 where perfidy can hold her resi- 

 dence. I assure ycu, with all the 

 frankness which belongs to my cha- 

 racter, that 1 have the most perfect 

 confidence in your loyalty, and 

 that I am firmly persuaded that I 

 have nothing to apprehend from 

 those vile agents which the enemy 

 of our liberty distributes every 



where, 



