e.

Whilst these things are happening in the very cradle of the Spanish
nation, the republics of South America, formed out of the fragments of
the ancient colonial power founded by Charles V., enter simultaneously
into the religious movement, without any previous concert with the
ancient metropolis. These dispositions manifested themselves in Buenos
Ayres from the earliest days of its independence. The Protestants,
without the least difficulty, obtained permission to have a cemetery for
the burial of their dead, wherein are publicly performed the funeral
rites of the Anglican Church, at which ceremony may be seen assisting,
very often, not only the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the city, but even
the clergy and friars of the dominant church. Under the government of
the illustrious Don Bernardino Rivadavia, these good tendencies towards
religious liberty acquired greater force and development, and Protestants
are able to meet together on Sundays to celebrate their worship without
that circumstance causing the least surprise, or even exciting the
curiosity of the people. Rivadavia, in 1828, founded, in the vicinity of
the capital, a colony composed entirely of Scotch families, who were
permitted to erect a chapel in a building expressly set apart for the
purpose, and there was not so much as a murmur against the project. The
iron despotism of Rosas could do nothing against this bias given to the
public opinion; and although the colony dissolved itself in one of those
political convulsions so frequent in that country, the Protestants of the
city still preserved their privileges. Rosas did not show himself much
disposed to tolerate the abuses of the power of the Roman Catholic
clergy, and he banished the Jesuits, in whose hands was placed the
education of youth. The Bishop of Buenos Ayres has been, during the
dominion of that extraordinary man, entirely subservient to his power.

In Chili religious fanaticism has always predominated, sustained by an
archbishop, by a numerous clergy, and by many convents of friars and
nuns; yet still, in Valparaiso, the principal seaport of the republic,
there exists a Protestant congregation, composed of many hundreds of
English, German, and American citizens. They have a chapel, as also a
chaplain, whose stipend is borne, in equal moieties, by the congregation
and the government of her Brittanic Majesty. Many Spaniards attend the
divine services performed therein, and we have good