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GEN. RosAs AND ms ENEMIES


GEN. ROSAS AND HIS ENEMI ES.--No 7.
will now finish these numbers with some ex.
tracts from the first series Of letters addressed 10y
Mr. MaalIeu to Lord Aberdeen, and printed IN
London IN 1874:
And who" asks Mr. MalalIen, "are the accu.
sers Of Rosas and Buenos Ayres after alE Are
they, perchance, themselves of innocence as blanch-
ed and pure 'unsunned snow" Or, rather are
they not, to select only cases which the rank OF
the victims has conferred reprobaIe renown of that
self same party which stands arragned of the de-
lesthble transformations Of Col Douego, governor of
Buenos Ayrcs IN lo25; of General QuIroga, his
secretary and suite, returning from special mission
IN 1885; Of Gen Heredla, governor of Tucuman,
IN the arms Of his own son, in 1885, Of General
Latorre, governor of Salta, and Of General Villa
fahe, the dates Of whose murders escape me- The
OF Dorrego was that same ferocious General
Layalle, military chief OF the unitarian party" &c,
&c; (see extract from Maalieu in one Of the pre-
cedng numbers) ITO crown these atrocities, comes
the dlabOIcnl attempt To murder Gen ROsas and
his daughter, by means Of Internal machine, at
the very moment when Rivera was soliciting the
mediation of the British minister and he was en-
deavOrng to promote negotiations for peace"
Those who have watched the progress and are
conyeIsant with the history of the struggles of the
new republic for emancipation and independence
from their earliest commencement, and the melan-
choly story of their intestine commissions afterwards
will bear me in the assertion, indeed that enor-
mites such as briefly sketched, are far from pecu-
liar To the shores of La Plata; and that, Rosas
himself black he is painted in quarters bit
tery hostile, and therefore more than suspicious
he would still seem not one iot more leprous of
spot or blemlsh, on comparison, than Simon Boil
var, the great Columbian lIberator himself Count
less the crimes and crueltes Of all shades laid to
the charge of that extraordinary man, but unsparing
and uncompromsing chieftaln, many with, though
vast deal more without foundation, yet had he never
In nd for lister
fare of internal factions and anarchy with mightier
foreign foes TO boot, which, the direct curse of hui
mauity, has been the harl fate or Rosas Merci-
essIy magned as Rosas is, it may not be small sur
prise TO learn that of his felest foes and ira
ducers afford signal evidence in their own persons
daily Of his remarkable clemency, not to say mag
nanimIty. General PuZ, now nominally in chief
command at Montevdeo, and of all his enemies one
Of the most implacable, is, nevertheless indebted to
Rosas for life forfeited by former rebellion to the
laws; and Rosas not only saved, but restored him
to his rank general officer, with all his honors
and pay. The grateful return Of Paz was desertlon
10 Correntes, then In arms against his beneactor,
from whence, defeat, he made his way to Mon
tevldeo. So, also, with General La Madrid, another
Of his mortal foes, self-condemned to perpetual
exile for high crimes ard msdemeanOrs, for which,
ese the last penalty of life would have been ex-
acted In that exile, at Montevldeo, the generosity
of Rosas supplied HIM with the means of existence,
by monthly allowance out Of his own private
resources, as also IN the case of Paz. More
still; he took the orphan of the banIshed
man under his protection, and, with fathers
care, provided for his education. Finally, La
Madrid himself returned without leave, asked or
gven-threw himself on the mercy of ROsas-was
pardoned-relnstated in his rank of general subse-
quently, and invested with honorable mission to
the provinces of the INTERIOR became traitor the
second time, repaid benefits conferred with rebellion,
and once more became u wretched fugitive and out
cast. OF all the foes Of Rosas, General Lavae
was beyond doubt the most formidable" &c, &c.
(See, in preceding number the extract from Mr..
Mallaeu concerning Rosas's generosity and mag
nanimity to the family of LavalIe) "These are
surely examples. | could multiply them if it were
necessary, or | was disposed to enIorge-nOt alone
and simply of generosity, but of magnanimous
mind, rare under the circumstances"
ale found Continued Mr.. Mallaen, in
speaking of Rosas) his country-a new state
gray-headed already, with twenty years of anarchy
and misrue--a republic one and indivisibe de-
creed split into fractions and factions, with far more
pOentatcs than provinces; governments which eX-
lsted only in the Gazette, and succeeded each other
with its daily publication; patriots, out of all pro-
portion with the plInge, which IN all times has
been the partage Of patriotism, q military more
merccnary than the Plmtoran bands; an exchc-
quer long empty, though always open to receive;
a church without morals; within some halfscore
years, in the midst of foreign wars perpleXcd by
federal instructions, harassed by domestic CON
brink, apparently, ofruin. All that has been mracu-
Iously changed. Order has sprung out of chaos be-
fore the will of vigorous government the hordes
of petty tyrants have Disappeared revenue enters
the treasury, and debtors longer dun it in vain;
religion may be found in the temples, even if waited
on by monks for MINISTER'S peace and an immense
territory have been reclaimed and secured from the
savage Indians and those ofthe desert have been
raised some degrees IN the scale of civilization. The
people are doubtless somewhat curalled of liberty
the liberty Of licentousness the soldiery no
longer make chiefs, but obey them; and all this
is confessedly the work Of Rosas-tyrant Rosas, if
you will but when has the Spanish American riot Of
liberal righteousness produced such fruit"
will now finish these numbers, by requesting
my feow-ctzens to bear in mind that the chief
magistrate of the Argentine republic, who has been
80 shamefuy and bitterly attacked in the Gamer.
lean Review" and Evening Mirror il at this
moment brnvely defending the liberties and indie
pendence Of his native country against the com.
bined attacks of two of the most powerful ma
tons Of Europe; that he will successfully defend
those liberties and that independence, and that tn
infamous interference of England and France in the
affairs Of La Plata will end to the shame and dis
grace Of those two countries and will be followed
| 10y the deop-felt hatred and contempt Of the Ar
gentines, which will long survive the interference of
those two mOnarches, the writer of these articles
has not the slightest doubt and he also feels con-
| WINGED that every true American, who is DESTROYS
| of ending and forever every attempt to again
| bring any part of North or South America to
state of colonization to Europe will Join with him
in wishing every to General Rosas, the dis
ungushed chieftain and statesman Of the Argentine
republic, IN his gallant and heroic defence of the
| liberties and independence Of his country against
the combined attacks Of England and Of France.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
ArRn %, 1886
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