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APPENDIX, 



This war has originated from a combination of causes, in which 

 both parties have, perhaps, something to complain of, and some- 

 thing to blame themselves for. 



General Artigas and his followers profess a belief, that it is the 

 intention of the government of Buenos Ajres to put them down, 

 and oblige them to submit to such arrangements as will deprive 

 them of the privileges of self-government, to which they claim to 

 have a right. They say, however, that they are willing to unite 

 with the people on the western side of the river; but not in such 4 

 way as will subject them to what ^hey call the tyranny of the city 

 of Buenos Ayres. On the other hand, it is stated that this is 

 merely a pretext; that the real object of general Artigas, and of 

 some of his principal officers, is to prevent a union on any terms, 

 and to preserve the power they have acquired, by giving an erro- 

 neous excitement to the people who follow them. That it is wish- 

 ed and intended to place these provinces on a footing with the 

 others. That the respectable portion of their inhabitants are 

 aware of this fact, and anxious for a union, but are prevented from 

 openly expressing their sentiments, from a fear of general Artigas, 

 whose power is uncontrolled by law or justice, and hence the propri- 

 ety and necessity of aiding them to resist it. Armies have accord- 

 ingly been marched, within the present year, into these provinces; 

 but they were not joined by a number of the inhabitants, and were 

 defeated with great loss. 



This war is evidently a source of great injury and regret, and 

 at the same time of extraordinary irritation to both parties; for in- 

 dependently of other causes of recrimination, each accuses the 

 other of having brought about that state of things, which threatens 

 to place a most important and valuable portion of their country in 

 the hands of a foreign power, who has invaded it with a regular 

 and well appointed army, and is gradually taking possession of 

 commanding points, from which it may be difficult for their united 

 force hereafter to dislodge them. That they will unite, is, I think, 

 to be calculated on, unless some event, disastrous to the cause of 

 the revolution itself takes place; for their mutual interest re- 

 quires a union. But more of moderation and discretion, may be 

 necessary to bring it about, than is at this time to be expected, 

 from the irritated feelings of some of the principal personages on 

 both sides. 



The city of Santa Fee, and a small district of country around 



