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ed in the directorship of Mr. Puejrredon, on the 9th day of July, 

 1816. It was succeeded by an able exposition of the causes that 

 extorted it, to justify to their fellow-citizens and to the world, the 

 measure they had deliberately voted to support with their for- 

 tunes and their lives. 



Believing the latter paper might be thought worthy of perusal, 

 a translation has been annexed. (Appendix B.) 



The salutary influence of this bold and decisive step, was 

 at once felt throughout the country. It gave new life and strength 

 to the patriotic cause, and stability to the government. The vic- 

 tories of Chacabuco and Maipu, achieved by the arms of Chili 

 and Buenos Ayres, have produced and confirmed a similar decla- 

 ration of independence by the people of Chili, which is also an- 

 nexed, (Appendix C.) and cemented the cordial union existing 

 between the confederate states. The consequence has been, that 

 within these extensive territories, there is scarcely the vestige 

 of a royal army to be found, except on the borders of Peru. 



Having thus, in connexion with the succinct account given 

 by Dr. Funes, traced the principal events since the revolution in 

 Buenos Ayres, I shall proceed to state the result of the infor- 

 mation received, according to the best opinion I could form, of 

 the extent, population, government and resources of the United 

 Provinces, with their productions, imports and exports, trade, 

 and commerce. 



The late viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, of which that city was 

 the metropolis, was by many considered the largest, as well as 

 the most valuable of all the Spanish dominions in South America, 

 extending in a direct line, from its north to its south boundary, 

 a distance of more than two thousand miles; and from its east- 

 ern to its western, not less than eleven hundred. 



It was composed, at the commencement of the revolution, of 

 the nine provincies or intendencies following: Buenos Ayres, Pa- 

 raguay, Cordova, Salta, Potosi, La Plata, Cochabamba, La Paz and 

 Puno. 



Watered by the great river La Plata and its numerous tributary 

 streams, which afford an easy communication with countries of an 

 immense extent, and furnishing an easy access to the treasures of 

 South America, it has always been regarded by Spain, as one of 

 her most precious acquisitions. Enjoying every variety of cli- 

 mate to be found between different and distant latitudes, and bless- 



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