The Reports on the Present State of the United Provinces of South America: Drawn Up by Messrs. Rodney and Graham, Commissioners Sent to Buenos Ayres by the Government of North America, and Laid Before the Congress of the United States; with Their Accompanying Documents; Occasional Notes by the Editor; and an Introductory Discourse, Intended to Present, with the Reports and Documents a View of the Present State of the Country, and of the Progress of the Independents...Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1819 - 358 páginas |
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Página 108 - It is rare to meet with a boy, ten or twelve years of age, in the city of Buenos Ayres, who cannot read and write. Besides the scholars thus instructed, many have private tutors. In addition to all this, I must not omit to mention the military academies supported by government at Buenos Ayres and Tucuman, at which there are a considerable number of cadets. There are no prohibited books of any kind; all are permitted to circulate freely, or to be openly sold in the book stores; among them is the New...
Página 132 - ... avenue to wealth and consequence, the higher classes have been awakened to a sense of advantages they did not before enjoy. They have seen their commerce freed from legal restraints, their articles of export become more valuable, their supplies furnished at a lower rate, and all the offices oi government, or other employments, laid open to them as fair objects of competition.
Página 72 - ... for themselves. It was not very long before the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, embracing the example of their brethren in Spain, established a junta, which assumed the reins of government; and, finally, in the year 1810, sent off the viceroy, Cisneros, and his principal adherents. For a summary of events subsequent to this period, until the time of my departure, I beg leave to refer to the outline subjoined, (Appendix A.) from the pen of Dr.
Página 130 - I have the effect to raise the credit of the country, and to lessen the pressure upon it, at least for a time, and will probably leave the government more at leisure to attend to its internal affairs. When we came away, it was understood that a committee of the congress was engaged in drafting a new constitution, the power of forming and adopting it being exclusively vested in the congress.
Página 107 - Cordova, at which there are about one hundred and fifty students, there are public schools in all the principal towns, supported by their respective corporations. In Buenos Ayres. besides an academy, in which are taught the higher branches, and the college before mentioned, there are eight public schools, for whose support the corporation contributes about seven thousand dollars annually ; and, according to the returns of last year, the number of scholars amounted to eight hundred and sixty-four.
Página 65 - This immense empire seems, according to the laws of the Indies, to have been considered a distinct kingdom of itself, though united to Spain, and annexed to the crown of Castile. In this light, it is viewed by Baron Humboldt, in his essay on New Spain. With some slight shades of difference in the regulations established in these governments, the prominent features of their political institutions, exhibit a striking resemblance, as the general system was the same. Their commerce was confined to the...
Página 122 - ... 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...
Página 81 - ... and industrious citizens. The inhabitants of Cordova are said to be more superstitious and more industrious, but less patriotic. This is principally attributed to the loss of the trade with Peru, occasioned by the revolutionary war. Tucuman, I was informed, possessed an excellent population. The people of Mendoza, or Cuyo, are moral, industrious, and patriotic. They have sacrificed largely at the shrine of independence, supporting with zeal and confidence the cause of their country ; whilst the...