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Rh that he would never sacrifice the provinces to Buenos Ayres and the port, as Rosas has done to obtain millions while he impoverishes the people of the interior; just what the Federals had accused the Congress of 1826 of wishing to do.

The conquest of Tablada was the beginning of a new era for the city of Cordova, which, until then, according to the message of General Paz to the provincial representatives, "had occupied the lowest place among the Argentine cities, constantly opposing effort towards the construction of a constitution for the nation, or for its own province, either under the rule of Federals or Unitarios."

However, Cordova, like all the Argentine cities, contained its liberal element, but kept under until then by an absolute and conservative government like that of Bustos. From the moment that Paz entered the city, this element appeared openly, and showed how much it had strengthened during nine years of that Spanish government.

I have before described Cordova as antagonistic in spirit to Buenos Ayres; there is one circumstance in favor of its future development. The inhabitants have the greatest possible respect for learning, an effect produced by the university of two centuries standing. The love of learning presupposes a certain degree of civilization, so that notwithstanding the conservative nature and direction of the studies, there must be in Cordova a large number in favor of progressive culture and intelligence. This respect for learning, extends even to the lower classes of society, and this explains why the masses embraced the revolution with