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[81] The Congress in question had been convoked principally for the purpose of drawing up a constitution for the republic, and was properly only a constituent one:—after a time, however, it proceeded to appoint a president, and to pass a variety of laws founded on the like scheme of nationalising the republic, which, though acquiesced in, per force, by the people of Buenos Ayres, were resisted vi et armis by most of the provinces at a distance, and led to much ill-will and disunion amongst them, at the moment when all their joint efforts were required against their common enemy. The president, Rivadavia, after a vain struggle to establish his authority, found himself forced to resign amidst a complication of difficulties.
[82] It never exceeded five millions of dollars, viz., one the amount of the capital of the Provincial Bank, incorporated with it; three subscribed by the Government; and about one more by individuals.