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cellency to revoke the before-mentioned Decree, in order to spare humanity so many miseries, and the whole World so much disgrace. God preserve Your Excellency many years. H. E. General Lecor.

DON MARTIN DE PUEYRREDON.

DECREE of the Supreme Director of the United Provinces of South America, relative to the Occupation of the Province of Monte Video by the Portuguese Forces.-Buenos Ayres, 2nd March, 1817.

(Translation.)

THE Day which is consecrated, by the public piety and gratitude, to the rendering of thanks to the Eternal Protector of the American People, for the brilliant successes which He has granted to the Arms of our Country in the Kingdom of Chile, is also the Day that should be chosen to explain to these Provinces the principles which have regulated my conduct with regard to the Court of Brazil, and to its Army, which has been making aggressions on the Eastern Bank of the Rio de la Plata. My apparent passiveness respecting a measure in reality hostile, has had no other foundation than the hopes which had been held out to me, that the Measure had for its object the prosperity and aggrandizement of this State. All my endeavours to penetrate the mystery, upon which our fortunes and our glory appeared to depend, have been unsuccessful. The necessity of tranquillizing

the public mind, which was alarmed by injurious suspicions of my integrity and by seditious insinuations, have compelled me to proceed with less caution than I should otherwise have done, in eliciting this important discovery; nevertheless, although in the midst of much obscurity, I began to perceive that the high destinies of the neighbouring Court were not compatible with those of which the Argentine People had rendered themselves worthy, by their constancy, valour, and heroic sacrifices. To terminate this uncertainty, I was on the eve of dispatching an Extraordinary Mission to Rio de Janeiro, with proposals, founded on fixed bases, the refusal or admission of which would have enabled me to decide upon the good faith of that Government, and upon the final resolution which we ought to adopt.

In this state of things, I received last night a Decree published on the 15th of February by General Lecor, the contents of which will shock all Civilized Nations; and which is as follows:

[See Decree of General Lecor, Page 988.]

The impression which the perusal of this Document created in my mind would have led to the severest measures, had I not felt that the dignity of the station which I occupy suggested to me other methods of giving the Portuguese General to understand how much he had

been deceived, in imagining that the Supreme Government of these Provinces was capable of submitting to the insults he thus offered to the American People.

My Measures, therefore, agreeably to this principle, will be for the present, and until the decision of the Sovereign Congress be known, those which I will now describe.

In the first place: an Official Communication will be dispatched immediately to General Lecor, in the following terms:

[See Letter from the Supreme Director to General Lecor, Page 993.]

Secondly. The Extraordinary Mission to the Court of Rio Janeiro will be suspended, until it be clearly proved that the Negotiations which may be entered upon will be advantageous to these Provinces, and that they will have for their basis the National Independence, the evacuation of the Eastern Territory, and an entire conformity to the general opinion of its Inhabitants.

Thirdly. All the Subjects of His Most Faithful Majesty residing in this Capital shall leave it, within 3 days, for the Guardia de Luran; they being assured of good treatment, so long as General Lecor, on his part, shall not carry into effect the threats contained in his Decree of the 15th of February, and their Property being respected, agreeably to the Law of Nations.

Fourthly. The Officers from the Portuguese Army, who came in the Ship of War at present in this Port, shall immediately receive their Passports to return to the Place from whence they came.

Fifthly. It being neither just nor politic, according to the idea which I have now formed of the pretensions of the Court of Brazil, that whilst it maintains Armed Forces in a part of the Territory of this State, we should not oppose them, on our part, by other Forces, which may restrain their hostile operations, and place us in a situation to act more vigorously in case of necessity; I have determined that, besides the assistance lately sent to various Points of the Eastera Territory, additional aid of every description shall be dispatched thither; of which intention General Lecor has already been informed, in reply to a Complaint made by him upon this subject.

To these Measures, and to others which I do not think proper to make public, will be added all those which can conduce to the objects already mentioned; and I trust that the valour and patriotism of all good Citizens will dispose them to those sacrifices that they may be called upon to make, in consequence of an unfortunate Rupture, which it is, I declare, my desire to terminate by every means in my power, which the progress of events and the glory of the Country will permit. Buenos Ayres, 2nd March, 1817.

JUAN MARTIN DE PUEYRREDON.

JUAN FLORENCIO TERRADA, Secretary, ad interim.

INDEX.

997

A.

ACCESSIONS to Treaties. See TREATIES.

ACCOUNTS. Financial, Commercial, &c. See GREAT BRITAIN,

UNITED STATES, &c.

ACTS of the British Parliament. Foreign Trade between The United
States and Bermuda...

....

Page

549

....1812, 1813, 1817. 486
ACT of....do.........Convention of Commerce, of 1815, with The
United States ....11th April, 1816.
....of....do.........Duties upon British Goods exported direct
to The United States...30th June, 1817. 551
high and efficient Civil
......7th July, 1817. 470
Suspension of Commer-

....of....do.........Pensions of certain

Officers.....

ACTS of the Congress of The United States.
cial Intercourse with certain parts of St. Domingo.

.... of....do....

ACT of....do.......

1806, 1807, 328, 329

Tonnage Duties upon Foreign Vessels.

January, March, 1817. 757

Enlistments in the Service of Foreign Belli-
gerents; and expulsion of Foreign Ships.

5th June, 1794. 339

... of........do.......................Navigation of The United States.

1st March, 1817. 758

Circular respecting do. 29th Sept., 1817. 950

of.. .do.........Return of Discriminating Duties upon Bri-

.... of....do....

.... of....do..

....of....do....

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Trade in Plaster of Paris..3rd March, 1817. 760

Deposit of the Papers of Foreign Vessels with

Foreign Consuls.......3rd March, 1817. 760
Neutral Relations. Enlistments in the Ser-

vice of Foreign Belligerents.

3rd March, 1817. 839

See also CONSTITUTION, DECLARATION, DECREE, LAW, Order,

ORDINANCE.

ACTS OF ACCESSION to Treaties. See TREATIES.

.....

(ADDITIONAL) to Treaties. See TREATIES.

ACT OF CESSION of The Empress Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla. 1748. 82
of The King of Sardinia..........do.......1748.

ADDRESS. See SPEECH. REPORT. MESSAGE.

84

AFRICA. Exportation of Gunpowder, Arms, &c. to, prohibited. Bri-
tish Orders in Council....
...117. 140, 731, 732

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AMELIA ISLAND. See FLORIDA:

AMERICA. Exportation of Gunpowder, Arms, &c., to certain Parts of,
prohibited. British Orders in Council..1817. 140, 731. 732
United States of North. See UNITED STATES.

Provinces of South America. See BUENOS AYRES.

See also SPANISH AMERICA.

ANUND ROW GUICOWAR. Treaty with Great Britain. Defensive

Alliance.....Baroda, 21st April, 1805. 209

ARMS, AMMUNITION, &c. Exportation of, to Africa, to the West
Indies, or to certain Parts of America, prohibited. British
Orders in Council......

ARTICLES, ADDITIONAL, &c. See TREATIES.

AUBAINE.

DROITS D'. See DROITS D'AUBAINE.

1817....140, 731, 732

AUSTRIA. Note of the Four Powers to France. Diminution of the
Army of Occupation in France.. Paris, 10th Feb. 1817. 824
Conference between the Plenipotentiaries of the Fire
Powers. Passports for Lucien Bonaparte for The United
States..

Paris, 13th March, 1817. 956
Portugal. Mediation be-
Portuguese Occupation of
... Paris, 16th March, 1817. 954
Arrest and delivering up of

Note of the Five Powers to
tween Portugal and Spain.
Monte Video...
Convention with Sardinia.
Deserters..

Treaty with France, Great

.Vienna, 13th May, ĺ817. 748
Britain, Prussia, and Russia,
and Spain. Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and
Guastalla...
Paris, 10th June, 1817.
Extract of the Treaty of Aix-la-
Chapelle, 1748...

Annexes.

..Act of Cession of The Empress Queen

of Hungary and Bohemia ..1748.
.....Act of Cession of the King of Sar-

dinia..

.......

Convention with Prussia. Fortress of Mayence.

..1748.

75

12 12 2

82

82

S4

Carlsbad, 10th August, 1817. 761
Act of Acceptance of the Sardinian Act of Accession to
the Definitive Treaty of Peace, with France, of 1815.
Vienna, 20th September, 1817. 832

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B.

Entrance of the Portuguese Troops into the.
Proclamation of the Portuguese Commander-
in-Chief.........
November, 1816. 982
Punishment of Disturbers of the Peace in the.
Decree of the Portuguese Commander-in-Chief.
Monte Video, 15th February, 1817. 988
Occupation of the, by the Portuguese Troops.
Note of the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers,
to the Portuguese Government. Mediation be-
tween Portugal and Spain.

Paris, 16th March, 1817. 954
do.....Correspondence between Portugal and

....1816, 1917. 989

.2nd March, 1817. 995

do.....Decree of the Supreme Director of Buenos

Buenos Ayres...

Ayres....

Page

BARBARY STATES. Declaration of the Bey of Tunis. Exception of
Tunisian Ships from the British Channel.

Bardo, 19th October, 1817. 819

BAVARIA. Convention with The Netherlands. Abolition of the
"Droit de Détraction," and Tax upon Emigration.

BERAR. Rajah of. Treaties with Great Britain.
and Limits..

Brussels, 26th August, 1817. 746
Peace, Friendship,
.1803, 1806. 198, 226
States and. Act of

....

BERMUDA. Foreign Trade between The United
the British Parliament...
...do....do.....

...do....do.....

BHUNGA SING. Agreement with Great Britain.

1st July, 1812. 486
.21st May, 1813. 487
.23rd May, 1817. 486
Territorial.

1st April, 1806. 225

BHURTPORE. Rajah of. Treaties with Great Britain. Friendship and

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1803, 1805.

Alliance
194, 207
BLOCKADE. (Portuguese.) of Pernambuco. Portuguese and British
Notifications....
...April, July, 1817. 980
(Spanish) of the Ports of Santa Fé. Correspondence
between Spain and The United States...1815, 1817. 478
(Spanish American.) of the Floridas. Declaration of

the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish American
Forces at Amelia Island.. Fernandina, 21st Aug. 1817. 817
BONAPARTE. Lucien. Application of, for Passports for The United
States. Conference between the Plenipotentiaries

of the Five Powers....... Paris, 13th March, 1817. 956
BOUNDARIES. Correspondence between Spain and The United States.
(Floridas, Louisiana.).
.... 1816. 1817. 321
Islands in the Bay of Fundy. Correspondence with
the American Commissioner, under the Treaty of
Ghent, of 1814, with Great Britain....1816, 1817. 805
Convention between France and Portugal. Guiana.

Paris, 28th August, 1817. 818
(Extracts.) Treaties, do...1713, 1809, 1815. 818
Treaties between Great Britain and the Native
Princes and States of India; 1799 to 1817.
See INDIA.

between The United States and various Na-
tions and Tribes of Indians.

See UNITED STATES.

BOURBON. Commercial Relations with the Mauritius. Ordinance of
The King of France..........19th December, 1817. 567
do. Proclamation of the Authorities of
Bourbon.....
....10th July, 1818. 568

.......

BRAZIL. See PORTUGAL.

BUENOS AYRES. Proclamation of the Portuguese Commander-in-
Chief. Entrance of the Portuguese Troops into

Monte Video.....

Decree of do.

Peace...

.Nov. 1816. 982

Punishment of Disturbers of the
...Monte Video, 15th Feb. 1817. 988
Note of the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers
to the Portuguese Government. Mediation be-
tween Portugaland Spain. Portuguese Occupa-
tion of Monte Video....Paris, 16th March, 1817. 954
Correspondence with Portugal. Occupation of
Monte Video by the Portuguese....1816, 1817. 989
Manifesto of the Supreme Director. Internal state

of the Republic..Buenos Ayres, 14th Feb, 1817. 983
Decree of do. Occupation of Monte Video by the
Portuguese....Buenos Ayres, 2nd March, Ï817. 995

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