The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-01
mepced The letter is IN French, the gentleman
VITO wrote 1t having been originally French on.

MONSIEUR nave IollOWed up with great inter
Get The proceedings In you trial. and confidently
hope that 1t will result In an honorable quitta1,
for cannot believe that an old and distn xuish ed
officer will ever be dsgraced through tue instru-
mentality Of chicaDery.
have read with much surprise the apology
which Mr.. Pendleton makes for 'Gegeral Urquiss.
whom be describes - . sincere patriot. Most as
snredly that gentleman does not know the ante CO.
cents OF Urquizs. ignorance alone would allow
him TO mai Q such q monstrous assertion.
The man whom he calls . sincere psriot has
in his own country reputation Justified by facts)
In the annals Of crime and hatchery, which sur
passes In cruelty even that Of Rosss.
On the Sd a Of February isss. he mastered At
counEymen. prisoners Of war, and tnts many hours
alter the battle VAS over Some were shot. some
had their throats cut some were pierced with lances.
In short, the slaughter lasted over two hours. in
the very presence Of UrquiSa. who enjoyed this
scene Of blood with the most intense delight
The revolt against Rosas, In place Of being an act
Of patriotism, vas simply one Of personal smbtton
as well as Of the blackest ngrattude, Rosas having
been his continual benefact0r.
! was with this brave patriot when he was besieg.
ing Buepos Ayres with his army Of Guachos whom
be paid by promises Of the sack and piisge Of the
city. l saw him cut the throat Of servant oa his
farm of San Jose, In Entire Rios, because he had
pawned bis coat for half dollar.
He bad Col. Requillo shot tor saying that Rosas
was sn sble man.
He hung youth for innocently purchasing
He caused peasant to DO shot at Gualaguachu, In
his presence and that OF four French officers In hls
se,vicc, for having concealed two chickens from IL
lage, aud this before the mans wife and three chill
drtn.
He shot a young man for stopping as his native
village TO ask the blessing Of his aged parent whom
he had not seen for ten years.
Shame upon those Americans who volunteer apollo
GIGS for such mons'er. In order to plunge one Of
their own cOuntrymen In misfortune.
$50 go $50
Cideyant orr d'Ordoaece,
D'URQUIzA.
Can any one doubt, after this, what Goes fate
would have been with Urquizal C0e, as Mr.. De-
haven understood did not wish tn 90 over to the TO-
side party himself, showing that It was death to
60 to Urquza, he had no resOure but to resume his
native allegiance, and to invoke the protection OF
the nag OF his native country. He went on board an
American man Of war for protection, and from her
be went in an American schooner to Montevideo,
where for the present, We will leave him.
The blockade was now broken up, and Urquiza,
a. was reliably informe1 on the point OF destru,
tion. The presence of the Jamestown was No long
er becessary at Buenos Ayres. 1t is true that the
American diplomstists looked upon Urquizas stu.
alton In different light. but they were deceived In
themselves. They only heard what the outside
party chose to tell them, for the Buenos Ayreans
were not likely to tell anything to avowed enemies.
While they were writing home, and anticipating.
Of 3Oth June, 1863 in which predicted that II Ur.
quiza escaped With his life at all, 1t would be az
fugitive. On the 18th Of July he barely escaped,
fugitive for his life, az was received on board tho
Water Witch, through his II lend, Mr.. Pendlston's
exertions. The jamestown needed caulking, and
the universal opinion Of her Gfn was, that this
could not be done short of Rio, except in the very
imperfect way which had been effected In the open
rosdstead of Buenos Ayres. 1t Is true Commodore
McKeever thinks otherwise; but the log of the James
town will show that she, at the very same time,
In the year before, was exposed for six consecutive
days to great danger from Q continued gale; the
logs Of the Congress. the Comm ,dore's own ship,
must tell the same tale; aud 1t has been proved here
that there was not an average Of two calm days Ia
"a many months. The draught Of the jamestown
was too great to take her into the repairing harb0r
at Montevideo, and on the I'd Of July, 1853, she
therefore sailed for Rio de Janeir0.
Now, what was my position in regard to Coe2
had heard from Mr.. Pendleton, in somewhat Of
wise me, that the jamestown had been called oicd-
hutte for taking Coe on board; but koew that she
bad pimped to Mr.. Pendletons friends. as long as
would allow IL, without word Of caution from
him; and knew perfectly well that MIR. Pendleton
was the mere mouthpiece of Urquiza. knew, also,
that rumOrs had been aicat on shore sccus ny Coe
Of being bribed. On the other haAdsI could trace
these rumofs to no respectable source-Mr. Pendle
ton being the universal authority-and | knew
that Coe had neither brought any bullion off
with him, nor negotiated any bills while with
ME, and the coin at least was sufficiently
weighty and bulky to have attracted my
this court bad there been any trace OF it. Why, in
all the evidence before this court now, not one
single witness has brought anything home to Coo;
the squadron-Other officers arc mentioned as
known to be in possession Of money; he never. We
even told that he could not 60 ashore at Buenos
Ayres after the affair because he could not pay his
creditors. No jury In the land could convict
him Of bribery on this, or soy that he was q
medic better for the transaction.
Still my situation was one requiring caution, and
/ was very glad to be rid OF the man, who, 1t was
understood, intended to go to Rio In tho English
steamer and thence to the United States There has
had all along intended to pick Coe up again at
M0ntcvideo. II Ia, TO some extent descending to
show that this was not the case; but the charge
has been made by Mr.. Schenck, his name entities
foundation for th charge, we have, frat, my word
in my letter to Mr. Pendleton, Of oath June, 1858,
at least of equal weight with Mr. Schencks sus-
plcion. Second, the fact that Coe took his
and endeavored to go to Rio in the English steam.
err. Third, my invitation to Mr.. Scdeack himself
(who has maao this generous return for it, to oc
cupy the vacant stateroom in my cabin, and
Fourth, my refusal, proved by 1t. Mcintosh, to
take Coe when he first presented himself 10 me at
Montevldeo This gratuitous suspicion is, think,
efcctualy disposed of.
When arrived at Moutevideo, and was informed
Of Goes presence, the difficulties TO which would
ne exposed At once presented themselve to me, a.
for passage declined it, as Lieut. Mcintosh has no
lated until Mr.. Hsniltons official letter left mo no
alternative.
The justification for this act is, that Coe was an
American citizen, and, as SUCH entitled az Of right
and b. the Consuls certificate TO my protection and
aid Coe, as has appeared In the OF the trial
was an American by birth, and IL IL perfectly we'll
settled that an American can never, aud I'M or no
circumstances, permanently lose his allegiance but
BY the ooDsent of the government expressed in q
law-thc only exceptions being very limited, tenn
porary and for purposes OF trade.
In IL. Kent's Comm. (old 1850, ?. 80, tho Court
viii find II expressly stated after full review OF
all the decisions, that the better opinion seems to
be that citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to
the United States without the permission Of the
government, TO be declared by law aid that as
there Is no existing legislative regulation on the
Gaze, the rulc'of the English common law remains
unaltered."
Now, the rights and duties Of allegiance are 70
ciprocsl and Gee being liable as traitor IL fouad
fighting againtt tho flag Of bis country, was enti-
tied to its protection when claiming 1t, no matter
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