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ago, the mechanic art of printing was scarcely known in Buetios 

 Ayres: at present, there are three printing offices, one of them 

 is very extensive, containing four presses. The price of printing 

 is, notwithstanding, at least three times higher than in the United 

 States: but as there is no trade, or intercourse with Spain, all 

 school books used in the country, some of them original, are pub- 

 lished at Buenos Ayres; the business is, therefore, profitable, and 

 rapidly extending. There are many political essays, which, in- 

 stead of being inserted in the newspapers, are published in loose 

 sheets: there are also original pamphlets, as well as republications 

 of foreign works. The constitution of the United States, and of 

 the different states, together with a very good history of our coun- 

 try, and many of our most important state papers, are widely cir- 

 culated. The work of Dean Funes, the venerable historian of the 

 country, comprised in three large octavo volumes, considering the 

 infancy of the typographic art in this part of the world, may be re- 

 garded as an undertaking of some magnitude. 



There are three weekly journals, or newspapers, published in 

 the city, which have an extensive circulation through the United 

 Provinces. They all advocate the principles of liberty and repub- 

 lican forms of government, as none other would suit the public 

 taste. The year before last, it is true, one of the papers ventured 

 to advocate the restoration of the Incas of Peru, with a limited 

 monarchy, but it was badly received. No proposition for the res- 

 toration of hereditary power of any kind, as far as I could learn, 

 will be seriously listened to for a moment, by the people. Even 

 the ordinary language has changed. They speak of "the state," 

 "the people," "the public," "the country;" and use other terms, as 

 in the United States, implying the interest that each man takes in 

 what appertains to the community. The first principle constantly 

 inculcated is, "that all power rightfully emanates from the people." 

 This, and similar dogmas, form a part of the education of children, 

 taught at the same time with their catechism. It is natural, that 

 the passion for free government, should be continually increasing. 

 A fact may be mentioned to shew the solid advancement they have 

 made, which is, that the number of votes taken at their elections, 

 increases every year. In becoming habituated to this peaceful and 

 orderly mode of exercising their right of choosing those who are 

 to be invested with authority, the tumultuous and irregular re- 



