The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-17
Affairs OF La Plata.

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SIR I'm previous letters endeavored to give
you the avowed and real motives for the English
and French armed Intervention in the affairs of
the Rio de la Plata. l told you of the pathetic
appeals to " Victoria against the barbarous cru
elites of Rosas, by the English loan and stock
jobbng company of Montevideo, who had obtain
cd from Rivera and the so-called government
of the Banda Oriental, shut up in the city of Mon
tevdeo, grants OF all the public property Of the
province, and grant of "a leagues square of the
finest land in the camp, to be settled by 800 En-
NOUS Interest, to support the lettering government
Not only had these money lenders obtained these
lands and public property, but also the whole
venue of the Custom House for years to come.
and the exclusive right to navigate the river
Uruguay with steam, under the English flag.
This band of Shylocks could well afford to fabri-
cate charges OF inhuman cruelty, and hire wit
nesses to substantiate their fabrcations, secure
the penalty of so rich a bond.
1t has even been imagined, that in some cases.
they were, at least, the nstgators of horrid crime
to give plausibiity OF their charges against Rosas
One very singular circumstance occurred short
ly before the commencement ofshostilities by the
mediators." ! have told you before, that since
kosas came into power, foreigners had always
an argument against the interference. Some
time before the blockade of this place, Scotch
family by the name of Kidd, consisting Of some
nine or ten persons, quiet, unoffending and in
dustrious, living the country, were ali murder
ed in their own house THIS outrage was blazon-
ed about a conclusive reason for the interpos-
ton OF English and French humanity, and even
figures in the reasons assigned by Ouseley an
DeHauds, for their blockade; Notwithstanding it
is known TO every person living here, as also to
Messrs Ouseley and Dcffaudis, that Rosas had
adopted every means that human ingenuity could
suggest to discover the authors of the deed. All
who could in any way be suspected-dozens, i
believe near a hundred, at different times were
| arrested and tried. Even some of the Justices of
| the Peace and Alcaldes of the district were
brought before the Chief of the Police, for sup
posed neglect of duty, in not detecting the perpe-
to this matter, had it not been used by the minis
ters to justify their conduct. But ask any re-
fleeing man, which is most probable that Rosas,
with the powerful nations OF England and France
ready and threatening to attack him with their
united forces--should urge them on by such act;
or thar the Shyiocks, fearing that the ministers
might listen to reason and Justice, should have
strengthened their cause and fastened the action
| of the MEDIATOR, by hiring assassin. to commit
| this murder! On Rosas' part it would have been
the application OF the match to the cannon levelled
at his country; ON theirs, stmuant to speedy
action in accordance with their wishes. But
| enough of motives! will now speak of actions.
| William Gore Ouseley, the English minister,
rived here about the end OF April, ls45. He, of
| way, where he had his ideas frightened up by
the insngators of the intervention. On the 9Th Of
| May, he was accredited, and on the 10th went to
work He stated to Mr.. Arana the Minister of
Foreign affairs, what he required. First, all the
| Argentine troops must be Withdrawn from the
Banda Oriental, and the squadron from Monte
video. After this, he would talk of a settlement
of the difficulties He minated, too, that Eng
land and France had the force at hand to enforce
| these demands, but he hoped they would not be
driven to resort it. He did wish to threat
On; he came as a friend to establish peace, &c.,
&c. Rosas was not frightened by this first gun,
as Ouseley seemed TO anticipate. On the contra
| ~, Mr.. Arana brought him to parley. Ouseley
lowered his tone, agreed to discuss the right Of the
I11off op uunAf "a, Arntf M fl,aC huru "A,
flares OF the United States. one of the arbitra-
TORS. These three, Messrs Arana, Ouseley and
Brent, had several conferences, and seemed to be
| tahiished Ahout NE end Of May, Baron DefIau-
| dis arrived Mr.. Ouseey Immediately discovered
that Mr. Brent could have nothing to do with the
| arbitration. The French and English had taken
the matter in their own hands, and the United
States could not participate; Notwithstanding Mr..
| Brent had offered his mediation, which had been
accepted early in April, before the arrival of ell
given Mr. Ouseley severe lecture for his course,
and for presuming to move in the business alone
for poor Ouseley twisted and equivocated, tried
| to deny what he had done,--said that it was all
private and informal, and even asked Mr.. Arana
to permit him to alter the date of some of his
notes, as you may see by copy of the correspon-
dence, which send you. finally, Mr.. Ouseley,
der the lead of Deffauds. Throughout the month
| of June they kept up hot correspondence with
| this government, demanding a cessation Of all
| withdrawal of Argentine forces, both land and
naval, and threatening vengeance if Rosas refused
| to comply. He kept perfectly cool and unntimi-
dated, and showed them they had no right to in
terfere in his affairs, or those Of La Plata Arana
had as much the advantage of them in argument
and justice, as they. combined, had over Rosas in
| the superiority of their naval forces But can
| not go into detail. Already have | occupied too
much ground if you think it important to be
more minute, you can do so by giving extracts
from the correspondence which l send you, to en-
able you to sustain my statements, if they should
be questioned. One thing / cannot pass over
| Both Ouseley and Deffaudis in their notes of the
9Th July, urge as one OF the grounds to Justify in
terventon, that England had guaranteed the i'm
dependence Of the Banda o rental, as agreed up
| on by Brazil and the Argentine Confederation in
| the treaty OF 1928. Thisis absolute falsehood,
| and as far as Ouseey is concerned, shows an in
| excusable ignorance. or a wanton misrepresenta-
ton OF facts. Deffaudis may say that he was JUS
tifiable in believing Mr.. Ouseley on such sub.
iect When the treaty of 1928 was made, the Min
carce and Guido, addressed note to Lord Pom
sonby, the English Minister at Rio de Janeiro,
under date OF 18th August, 1928, asking him if he
was authorised to guarantee the treaty, and
pressing hope he would do so.
He replied, Goth, same month
"The undersigned in reply, has the honor to
state, that he has authority from his govern
mentt to contract any engagement for the guaran-
tee of any preliminary convention, or definitive
treaty of peace and he begs leave to refer to his
Excelency, Gen. Balcarce's knowledge, that the
undersigned was similarly situated, when he had
the honor and pleasure to be British Envoy at
Buenos Ayres." What honest man knowing this,
would say that England had guaranteed the treaty
OF 1928
About the end of July, the grand mediators,
finding they could neither coax nor Brighten Ro-
sas into surrender of the independence of his
country asked Tor their passports, and sailed for
Montevideo, early in August. OF their doings al
ter reaching there, will speak in my next
Yours, &c, &c.
CITIZEN OF THE U. $.
Personal Movements.
The Chevaler Adam do Lovenskiold, Charge dAf
flares of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty in the
United States arrived here yesterday, in the ship Sultan
from Havre.
Hon John J. Crittenden, the distinguished Senator
from Kentucky, arrived in New Bedford on Wednesday
IN with the Hon Mr. Crinnell NJ e