The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-25
For the Union.
GEN. RosAs AND HIS ENEMIEs.@No Moo 4

he facts II is well known that Governor Donego
an intimate friend Of General Rosas, was shot by
by order of Lavalle after he had surrendered him.
self The following translation of the letter written
by Governor Dorego, and addressed to his WIFE,
will show his pure and excellent character;
"MY DEAR AsGELIrA; Ia this moment they init
mate TO me, that within hour must die ! am
ignorant Wherefore but Divine providence, on whom
TRUST in this critical moment, has thus wIlled II.
pardon all my enemies, and entreat my friends
not TO take any steps to ayenge what may be done
10 me. 80,
happy since you have not been able TO be so IN com
P'"' ''' MANUEL DoRREGo"
Governor Dorrego left two infant daughters.
Layale had been successful in his rebellion against
the constituted authorities Of his country, and one
Of his first acts TO order his prisoner, the legal
governor of Buenos Ayres TO be shot IN cold blood,
What was the final fate of Layalel General Rosas,
10 ayenge the death Of his friend, and 20 drive the
usurper from Buenos Ayres, assembled an army Of
Gauchos, Country people,) and finally succeeded
in defeating Layalle, and in driving him from the
country. Some time after that, General Rivera
| having usurped the presidency OF the republic OF
Uruguay, and got possession OF MonteVIeeo, us
capital declared war against the Argentine Conted-
Grafton, assisted by the French, who bockaded
Buenos Ayres; Lavalle invaded the Argentine ter
ritores but was defeated by the troops of General
Rosas. Ii is not true that he was shot by order OF
that general The facts relative to his death are fol-
lows; LavaIIe, after having been defeated at Tuca-
man, fed to the city Of Jujui with the troops
naming with him after the battle. He encamped his
army outside the city, he himself lodging within the
cify A corps of the Argentine army succeeded in
surprising and entering Juju on the opposite side to
that where Lavale's forces were posted. On entering
thew met soldier, who Immediately hed. They pur-
sued him; he entered house, and closed the door;
the Argentine troops fred a, the door, which was
shut some Of their shot passed through, and killed
| LayaIle without any OF the Argentine troops know
| ing that he was in the house. II was only on the
door being finally opened, that they found him
dead
Let US see what Mr. Mallalieu, the English writer
mentioned in a preceding number, says Of Lavalle
The following is an extract from the first series Of
letters addressed by that gentleman TO Lord Aber-
Il deem printed in London, in 1874;
'Of all the foes Of Rosas, General Lavalle was
| beyond doubt the most formidable for his daring
L courage and skill, and the most deadly from his
Deep bitter irreconcileable hatred personally still
more than politically. The feud between them
was one which could only terminate with the life Of
/ one or the other. Spanish vindictyeness is often
known to extend even to the third and fourth gen.
enuons Of those that are hated; but mark the
duct Of Rosas towards the nearest kith and kind of
his deadly foe. Lavalle had murdered his friend,
uGovernor Oorrego defeated and expelled by Rosas,
he still intrigued against and threatened at the head
LOT his party On came the war with France and the
blockade OF Buenos Ayres. At the head Of form-
dable force, supported by the French, Lavalle in
|y.ded Buenos Ayres, and advanced unopposed to
the very outskirts. Never was Rosas placed in such
Imminent peril of life and government; his troops
FAR away and not even a garrison in the city. In
time, and after several actions with varying success,
Lavalle defeated again and again, finally met with
The fate have before described. I'm a previous
part of his letter. Mr.. Mallaeu thus describes the
i.ath of I grha If DnrreQo WAS that
same ferocious General Lavalle, military chief of
he Unitarian party who in 1912, after the repeated
defeats and final dispersion of his forces by the
roops Of Rosas, expiated at length hideous crime
by miserable death at the hands Of the pursuing
oe when hying for life and refuge to the territories
f Bolivia.0 Well, during all this eventful period
bf years, with Lavale in exile in arms, and bent
bn nothing less than the determination of his hated
rival the father of Lavalle was still preserved by
osas in the important post Of custom-house collect
pT and when unable, from advanced age, longer to
discharge the duties, was permitted to retire graft
Fed with the enjoyment of his full salary and pen
sion in addition. The brother of Lavae, moreover,
was continued in his post of accountant of customs;
and though longer dischargng the duties through
illness, lef in possession Of full pay" This is surely
an example of magnanimous mind rare under the
circumstances. D.
The facts concerning the horrible attempt on the
life of Rosas, in lS4I, by means Of an Internal ma
rhine, are thus stated by a French gentleman in
'lettsrs on South America" published in lS43 in
"a Presse, at Paris:
IA last fact will sufficiently show you what was
he system of cooperation offered to US by the Uni
,rian party, our ally in our dispute with Rosas.
bome time after the Mackau treaty, Admiral Dupo-
let had landed in Buenos Ayres to inform himself
regarding the situation Of our Frenchmen there. A
box of medals from Holland sent him from
Montevideo, to be forwarded to Rosas, great anna
eur of numismatics. This box, well addressed and
Ily pofhno less than mfr mn
hins prepared in Montevideo. Fortunately for the
Sdmira and Rosas, who opened it, this internal box
lad preserved the ygor Of its springs during the
oyage, and the explosion was not instantaneous.
is we'll that you should know that then the admi-
al was as much detested in Monteyideo us Rosas,
consequence of the interview he had accorded to
he Argentine government on board the Anglo. Amer
can sloop-of-war Acteon-an interview which had
prepared the solution Of our differences. note this
nfamy, because the author of it and his accompces
ire well known" .. ..... ....
If General Rosas was the monster that the Amer
can Review and Evening Mirror represent him to
be- how comes it that such high diplomatic charac-
ep-English, French, Brazilian American-as
hose mentioned in my communication headed "Bu-
knos Ayres ;" and published in the Union of the Goth
f March last--who have lived for years at Buenos
Ryres, and who thoroughly acquainted with the
POLITICAL and private life Of General Rosas-how
ZONES i that not one among them has ever accused
m Of being the perpetrator of even of the hor-
'ors ascribed to him by his enemies at MontevIdeo
Had those accusations, or any one of them, been
rue, or If they had had the slightest foundation in
ruth, some one among those gentlemen would GER
hiny long ere this have made them known to the
Eorld Their silence speaks volumes IN favor OF
General Rosas.
England and France now waging an unjust
far against Rosas; yet not one of the numerous
minister's that those two countries have had accred-
Jed at Buenos Ayres for years, has come forward
nth single accusation of cruelty committed by
len. Rosas. 1t is true, that some charges have
cen brought forward lately by Mr.. Ouseley and
aron Deffauds against the Buenos Ayrean gov
fnment, and against Gen. Oribe but it is well
nown that the object Of those charges was for the
irpose Of finding some possible excuse, or some
lausible reason for their high-handed measures
anst the.rghts and liberties of the Argentise Con-
Iteration, and which so nobly defended by
EN-. Rosas. But those accusations have never been
nstained by the testimony of those most competent
know the ,ruth-the former ministers of those
DIVERS at Buenos Ayres. On the contrary, by re-
ring to my former communication in the "Union"
goth March last, it will be seen by letter dated
that city September % lS45 addressed 20 the