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quarters on the frontier of the Brazils. The order came too late; Ramirez, 
though a stranger to him, had become his friend, and could not think of de- 
livering his friend to destruction. He put the letter into Carrera’s hands, re- 
questing he would direct him in so intricate a situation, and assuring him that 
he would sooner meet all the resentment of Artigas, than be guilty of deliver- 
ing him. Carrera told him not to fear Artigas; and devised a plan by which 
Ramirez might establish himself, independent of Artigas, in the government 
of the province of Entre Rios for the present, and afterwards perhaps might 
supersede him in the government of the Banda Oriental. A palliating letter 
was written by Ramirez to Artigas, stating that Carrera was a patriot, a friend 
of his, and that he stood in much need of his talents in the prosecution of 
the war against the Portefios, or Buenos Ayrians. Artigas thought it unavail- 
ing to use menaces to enforce his orders at such an immense distance, and 
therefore affected to acquiesce in the request of Ramirez; not doubting that 
an opportunity might soon occur more favourable to the execution of his un- 
generous designs against a man already, too unfortunate. Artigas’s hatred 
to Carrera originated in an idea that Carrera, by his superior abilities, might 
supersede or supplant him in his government of the Banda Oriental. 
Some time had elapsed since San Martin and O’ Higgins had crossed the 
Andes; they had already gained some decided advantages over the Spaniards 
in Chile. The news of the battle of Maypu ; the death of his two brothers in 
Mendoza, and that of his father in Chile; the confiscation of all their estates 
and properties ; the declaration against them, the Carreras, as being traitors 
to their country, and to be proceeded against accordingly ; —all came to him 
the same day: add to this catalogue of misfortunes, the imprisonment of his 
lady, Doiia Mercedes, and Doiia Jabiera, his sister, in Buenos Ayres. 
The popularity of the Carreras in Chile appeared so glaringly to San Mar- 
tin, that he resolved to end the existence of Don Juan Jose and Don Luis, 
whom he had left in Mendoza, lest they should escape, well knowing that 
in Chile he could hold no competition with them. He therefore sent an order 
to Luzuriago, governor of Mendoza, intimating the advantages that would 
accrue to the state from the immediate execution of the Carreras. Luzu- 
riago, whose military preferment and admission into the honourable orders 
of new nobility established in Chile and Buenos Ayres, depended on his 
promptitude in assassinating those whom his employers would point out for 
victims, quickly put into execution the mandate of’ his fell master. 
The Carreras were conducted to the public plaza, to gratify the envy, am- 
bition, and revenge of a base tyrant. They died! But they suffered death 
