Page:Civilization and barbarism (1868).djvu/211

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
TREATY WITH LOPEZ OF SANTA FÉ.
167

to uphold the principles implied in the new order of things; and Paz could at once begin to reorganize the province and to establish friendly relations with others. A treaty was confirmed with Lopez of Santa Fé, who was induced, by Don Domingo de Oro[1] to join Paz.[2] Salta and Tucuman had already submitted, and only the western provinces remained hostile.

  1. Domingo de Oro was a noble patriot, who opposed Rosas at the cost of everything that makes life dear.
  2. General Paz, late Vice-President of the Argentine Republic, died of cholera within this year.