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tions of which all parties vie. An impulse has been given to trade, 

 new comforts have been introdnced, and the habits and usages are 

 growing more similar to those of other countries. In Cordoba, which 

 the residents of other parts of the country love to ridicule as the special 

 abode of bigotry and priestcraft, we have never suffered the smallest 

 discourtesy for our difference of creed, but a frank and cordial treat- 

 ment from clergy and laity alike. Buenos Ayres, like New York, is a 

 cosmopolitan rather than a national city, and can just as little be said 

 to represent the country of which it is the principal seaport. There we 

 find the luxury, the vice, and the strange contrasts which a great capital 

 always presents; but there, too, we find as earnest and enlightened a 

 patriotism as any country can boast or desire. Both cities will be for- 

 ever endeared to us by the memory of successful labors, of continual 

 kindness, of cordial aid, and, lastly, of the most tender sympathy. 



