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old allegiance. Like the rude conquerors of 

 America, incapable of forming their establish- 

 ments upon any general or extensive plan of 

 policy, attentive only to private interests, and 

 unwilling to forego present gain from the pros- 

 pect of remote or public benefit, — each succes- 

 sive party, as it obtains a short-lived superiority 

 in the different states, seems occupied only with 

 the means of defending its own power, no matter 

 how acquired, or how the country be governed, 

 which is for a time submitted to its control. 



At present, political, as well as other causes, 

 give a superiority to the Banda Oriental, 

 the trade of which country is increasing 

 daily, whilst that of Buenos Ayres is on the 

 decline. Under the mediation of England 

 the territory of the Banda Oriental forms an 

 integral state. Both Brazil and Buenos Ayres 

 went to war, and exhausted their mutual 



