[639] se le prive, i.e., a la nación mentioned in line 16.
[640] de la de elegir, i.e., de la sentencia de elegir. Trans., of the power to select.
[641] porque el cobro... violencia, for preventing the collection of it from being carried out by means of violence.
[642] de tal, as such.
[643] de aquél, i.e., el capitalista.
[644] aparece contrariando visiblemente, seems to contradict outright.
[645] Véase el discurso pronunciado por el Ministro argentino en los Estados Unidos, don Domingo F. Sarmiento, en la fiesta oficial de la Sociedad Histórica de Rhode Island, en presencia del Gobernador del Estado.
[646] el memorable mensaje, i.e., the Monroe Doctrine.
[647] la anarquía y las convulsiones. Reference to period of civil strife in Argentina from 1818 to 1851. V. Introduction.
[648] The period from 1880 to 1890 was one of great financial stress in Argentina. The country became bankrupt during the administration of Juárez Celman (1886-1890). Confidence in Argentina was restored during the administration of Uriburu (1894-1898) by the nation’s decision to acknowledge the external indebtedness of the individual provinces.