The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-09

ne nigh be entitled whou, innictng Of grsss
magniune aganst wnich all who are blinded by per-
With US while the mere affirmation u an individual
whoever he may be, and more especially Il ne be 10
tereset party, has mover any weight Or lmportancs ia
such cases before the tribunal OF public opinion.
For this same reason wa will . moment
stop dispute another matter With which Mr. Arquess
to wish more and more 70 backen the picture OF
bis determinations, VIZ -fhd, according 70 what was
said by his friends Of Havana. there plan
sending emissary TO this city for the purpose
sinasing him. He Afterwards adds that he read
the notice WIN = smile Oh contempt ana so ao
this contempt directed towards the forgsr
Of vile caumny, and TO no one else Mr.. Arguees,
who has the honor OF being -psnard ought 10 know an
we'll any one that such plan as that Of which
does not and could uever exist. and We cannot
comprehend how he could aude TO such thing erns
which convey different opinion.
Mr. ArgueIes insists strongly 10 this as vol as hin
former commun CATIONS, the fact Ut his having
came New York permission and passport from
tho Captain General OF Cuba fact which we know TO oo
undenlabe but IL il not less certain tina, obtained
both with tho undersa that he had purchased tbs
ownership of La Cronca respecting which be was at the
time In treaty with its present owner who 10 'he writer
o these lines, though the transaction never closes
BECAUSE the very day in which The bill
q sale to be made the i2,h Of March
board the British steamer Corsica, bound 10 this port
Thus the sale Of our paper could not be realized and con-
sequenty, the voyage OF Mr. Arguecs proprietor OF
said paper altogether without foundation IN truth.
Mr.. Arguclles probably knows why he undertook the
voyage is not Tor us TO inquire the and much
less 70 state IT, because do not wish TO 10 the aocusers
Of Mr. Areuellcs nor Of any else and especially
this deporable hand will soon be known.
Fortunately the insults studiousIy accumulated in
the communication, rather the defanaiory libel To-
which refer, most eoquen.y Eelied by the we'll
known and honorable antecedents OF General Duce
Captain General OF cuba, which have earned him high
and merted eulogums among natives and foreigners.
Ole OF the most charac traits OF his government
Is the inexble and pcrsevering severity with which
no has always endeavored to put end 10 The illegal
traffic OF slaves. In due compliance with the existing
treaties this matter; aud II there malignant
ngues which persist IN attacking his reputation they
are, doubt such as from more less unworthy per-
sonul motives always disposed to vent their malice
On our Cuban government. whatever IL may be.
Those eternal delamers OF Spain and Of the Spanardo
are the only no will have appauded Mr. Arguees
communication, as one OF the many means OF raising
scandal Not with the well meaning aud with those OF
Just, upright and noble sentiments We are sure that
there Is not single Spaniard In New York who has
read II without deep md gnaton. and We have heard
many OF them express themselves TO this effect, and We
know that persons entirely impartial and among them
not few OF foreign have condemned " In tho
harshest TERMS saying at the time that such pro-
cecdng uniuatab even were IL carried out In SELF
defence; and such IS our opinion also
The effect produced tho press OF this city by tho
document in question evidently proved by the silence
with which all its organs without exception, have re-
ceived IT, The HERALD and tue Courier des Edfs UnSs
confined themselves 10 inserting in their columns az
many others which published every day 10 consdera
ton Of corresponding pecunary compensation but with
out any comment their part They aiOwedN To pass
uunotced. because IT required commentaries. In Itself
II bears the most terrible aud solemn self dem nation