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Argument for the Argentine Republic Upon the Question With Brazil in Regard to the Territory of Misiones
Argument for the Argentine Republic Upon the Question With Brazil in Regard to the Territory of Misiones Author:Argentina General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Gibson brothers, printers Subjects: Argentina Brazil Misiones (Argentina) History / Latin America / South America History / Americas Political Science / Political Process / General Travel / South America / General Notes: This is a black... more » and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PART SECOND. POSSESSION AND JURISDICTION OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN THE TER- RITORY SUBMITTED TO THE ARBITRATOR. 1810-1893. ence Such was the legal condition of the Territory submitted to the of South Alner- J lea. 1s10. Arbitrator when the city of Buenos Ayres declared at an end the authority of the King of Spain in South America, on the memorable days of May 23,24, and 25,1810, and its "Cubildo" or Council, assuming all the powers of the state, began the heroic struggle for the Independence of South America. The Argentine armies, composed of volunteer patriots, attacking the regular garrisons of the King of Spain, conquered them and secured the liberty of the immense region where to-day prosper the Republics of Argentine, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile and Peru, and allied with the forces which Bolivar commanded they aided in securing the independence of the northern extremity of South America on the battle-fields of Rio Baniba, Junin and Ayacucho, in 1824. Free gore?- From the very first the popular government of Buenos Ayres was intent disputed Tern- upon controlling the territories most distant from the capital which belonged to it as tha successor of the immediate authority of the Viceroys and of the supreme authority of the King. In fact, the "Cabildo" of Buenos Ayres turned out the Royalist Governor of Afisiones, Velasco, who had been appointed ...« less