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TREATY WITH LOPEZ OF SANTA FÉ.
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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.