New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-08
The ArgreiIcs Case.


T. ~ Fif;er - TIE y. b. IrbHnf.
SIR: II your Issue OF last Saturday you pub
M.h. on to faith ofa Cuban friend. obviously HIN.
iortns statements calculated 20 mlsTeprescnt Mr. Ar
reess po.tou anl g. 90 him tie greatest wrong. In
he fret place yoa assert bin guilty in advance Of the
IEibu1a. Of Malril. 10 which BE- has appealed. aud
which has pronounced set upon lis eases you iAeB
represent him crpiatns his guilt In The gallcys OF
Ceaia while De is waiting quietly bis lllgmen, in q
prison Of Havana. vAefo 10 Is preveutiyely and not
aefnltvey detained finally you add that DO is chained
q gang Of fslons which IS plro invention because
nrcyeuro prisons have neither chains nor .cons. The
Inclination 81 Jour Cuban friend Is erroneous that
I cannot help aiir.huilng IL 70 the thousand false
ruuors which are circulated by Mr. DllceG agents IN
Nrw.Yrrk IN order 20 deceive public opinion and 10
shield ihcussy against tho repronch 81 having com
mifef and caused fhr Government of the United states
20 commit an st altogether oGous and unjust and 50
considered at bone and abroai.
Please allow mc cir 90 set forth facts such 30 they
se aud n0f such nj the enemies ~ Nr AfgIers. an
Justly Grrof.od nnl Detained, strive % make them ap
pear MI Arguel'c. 10 u truc. has been sentenced by
ile d-.srdg IA HAylnese tribunal consisting entirely
Oi tte creatures Of the Goyefn0rGolcrH o. 10 wear,
mpri0n euti hn' De- declined 20 defend himae and
No. no defender bad been npppn cd rs II usB.
Gy the IN every cous', his cohdannatiou may be
COZ .drred Lull ani void. The rc1sors that have
lei Mr.. ATguces 20 refuse ~ defend himself, or 20 be
def uled Wt easily be- understood By those WHO have
has not defended himself first; because Gen. Dnce.
forgetting the character ~ mpartiay which becomes
TIE first magistrate q the Island has appeared in the
sut rs tho personal enemy OF Mr.. Arguchesi second
because the absolute power w.th which 10 - invested
makes TIE administration Of Justice nj Clba entirely de-
pendant upon bis wills third, because lie had 20 Jusy
himself for bis e1trad.ti01 from New York Mr..
Argurlcs clearly that In such crcum Stances lie
vas not trial before tribunal but before man who
had vengeance 20 exercise aud to convince the GOV
eminent OF Madrid that be had not been wrong In
claiming him rom the Cos rnment OF the United
States. Besides was u not Obvious that the man who
lad. IN contempt Of laws and trenteG obtdned is ex
tradition could easily from judges submitted TO
bis order such sentence might suit his views aud
interests. II not his passionsi
Like all gultlcss men, Mr. Arguelles has trusted TO
time and for his Justification aud facts have just
proved that he right. Had he been guilty. as You
say the sentence Of tie dciHdd would have been ac
G pied Is final and 80 considered IN Macrld but no
sooner was hiH condemnation known in the latter CITY,
than several newspapers. indignant az the manner IN
which Spanish justice was administered IN Havana
undertook he defense. They demonstrated that Ar
guces had done nothing bat Ia obey tie orders OF tho
Captain General who alone 10 be blamed. II blame
there was in the matter And as nothing was easier
than To show That the latter had been moved AL aohS
by spirit of amnesty and revenge. they succeeded
by the exposition Of hs dsinquencics to obtain his re
noval from Cuba. This act is looked npon In Madrid
M the first step tie declaration Of ATgnelloss nno
cence aud Of General Dulce's incOmpeteney
But fact has just come TO light which proves moro
than ANYTHING else how wrong was the sentence ana
c,tfadiiion Of Argueles. Argnelless mother, WIN
true anxiety natural 20 ali mothers recently applied,
without Ter sons consent knowledge, IN the Queen
Of Spain for his pardon. The pardon was granted ana
sens 10 Havana. Contrary. however to public espec
tation kryucirs refused to be rated and has pre-
fcrcd 10 remain in prison rather than accept pardon
which would not have eronerated him OF the charges
preferred against him. aud of which he he Il not
guilty will remain In his prison TIL the Tribunal
Of Madrid has pronounced upon bis case or what would
be- Just and honorable sii until the Government
of the Untod States by the action Of which he Is now
deprived of his liberty separated from his family and
ruined will claim him from the Spanish Government.
Nsp. fOrk, July D. 1905. JUSTICE