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But these changes of rulers, without any re- 

 form in the system of government, have become 

 now so frequent^ that anarchy seems to have 

 seized upon South America, from one end of it 

 to the other. Since the emancipation from 

 Old Spain, these pigmy brawlers after liberty, 

 who arrogate to themselves the right to mis- 

 govern so vast a portion of the globe, are in 

 reality quite incapable of illustrating those 

 principles of independence the profession of 

 which obtained for them too many hasty ad- 

 mirers in Europe, when they threw off their 



shot by ten at a time ! Their bodies were then thrown 

 into a large fosse, dug for the purpose, and it is more 

 than suspected that some were thrown in but half dead. 

 One poor fellow got up and tried to run away, but he was 

 pursued, caught, and his throat cut ! 



Rosas has built at the back of his present small 

 residence a magnificent house with two high towers, 

 from which he can command a view of every thing, 

 and observe all that is passing in the town. 



