New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-08

"bseo-Sensatt..
ore"'eo oy his Presenee-Argu.,,...
C"'e-Interview OF Argueii..,, g..
tary with the President. 'e-
Correspondence Of Tho N Y Tribune.
WASHINGTON Sept T. 1861
Last week the inhabitants of Wash;n
were startled by She news that a relation ~
Macmillan had arrived and that be and nj, ,o,l,-
taken lodgings at the Metropolitan Hotel Tn. 49,
OF his visit. it was said, was to enter into an
with our Government concerning the ann.a .s''a'
recognition Of the Mexican Empire. on vh,.s 90
Seward is supposed to look rather complacentlv
which President johnson has no repugpapca No
are said to have had their views materially moSis.,
that question, by Mr.. Corwin. our late Emba,,,ao.
Mexico, who privately and publicly proclaim, TIA,
republican form OF government in that country !. -,
possible and will always be attended by civil wal, o.,
the best thing for Us. for the Mexicsns and "a, as.
world. is the establishment there of cop,,i,u,u.-,
monarchy or democratic empire and tina, ~ n,
milan realizes that idea, gives to his peo,s wh.--,
nsitutions and local independence we ough, n ,o.
nize him at once Many officers of the Goyernms,, :.
quainted with these facts. believed in a..
arrival Of Macmillan, envoy or even though, h. h.s
been solicited TO come by invitation Of Mr. Seward IT,,
rushed to the metropolitan Hotel to have look a, ~
There they saw a stranger-wth a Spanish f,oa
pair Of fine mustaches pointing toward heaven loL,,
rather handsome. aud Of progressing manner, p.
side him was an old gentleman, who va, 9TH.
French or Italian and who was speaking our l.ngu,,.
very fuently AS to the stranger who was pointed a.,
as Maximans relation he could not speak tvo wo,s.
OF English. Many Of those who were attracted thar, h,
;aoi,, al in ,u,f.Lt
and tried to discover If the rumor which had brovh,
them there was founded on fact aud il the person tb.,
saw was really relative OF Mariuiisa
The answer was that he was but they could not dj,c
er anything further They could not learn vheths, A,
not he had been sent by Macmillan in an official ~.
pacty. if he had been invited by Mr.. Seward to cOus
and il Mexico was to be recognized. The correspond
ent OF The RWoid took this, however oregone Con-
clusion and sext morning sent to his paper the new.
that Macmillan had sent an envoy to Washington
which envoy had. according to that yoraciOus story
teller found the doors of the State Department closed
and could not succeed in getting them open.
The interest created by the presence Of such person
age the Importance Of his mission. the sensation which
the recognition Of Mexico would not fail 10 create ke
the City OF Washington alive for whole week during
which tie Metropolitan Hotel an .obect OF sitrae.
tion for ALL At last the bubble burst the god fell from
his pedestal; II soon became known that the person
who had been mistaken for Maxmilians envoy. Wa
simply ~ Aguirre de Venero Argueless secretary who
had gone to Washington for the purpose Of asking n
the President the release of his principal.
L was at the White House when Mr.. Agurre mad,
an application TO the President to that effect Tia
President received him with his usual afabilty b.
looked perfectly amazed when the name Of Argueua
was pronounced. He seemed TO be ignorant that
Mr. Arguelles had been returned from New.
York Whether his astonshment was fcigned
or real Is more than l can say. Bet il
was obvious to all that If az Injustice
had been committed the duty Of the
President was to attend to it and 10 see that justice
should be DONE To my great regret l mus. say. Mr..
johnson did not to understand the part which b.
came the first Magistrate Of the Republic. His reply
was that he would refer the memoir just presented to
him to Mr. Seward. But said Mr.. Aguirre Mr.
Seward is precisely the person Of whom are CON.
planning 1t is he who has signed the warrant Of our
extradtion; he who has kept us in prison for fifteen
months; he who, notwithstanding all our enreaties
has been deaf to the voice Of justice and humanity
How Is it possible for Mr.. Seward prosecutor. u
render that justice which We are now seek
ing' 1t is not 10 him but TO you, sir, that
we have to apply in such a case; it is frou
the judgment of Mr. Seward to yours that W,
appeal" The President was still more aud more con
fused Please to remark that this dialogue was before
an audience of fifty persons who seemed TO be delighted
at the embarrassment of our Chief Magistrate Finally
his Private Secretary came to his rescue; be wins
/ ered fpy in MA in A
be understood by all. These words were tha. the
ought to be referred to Mr.. Seward. The President
communicated them to Mr.. Aguirre. the memoir w
referred to Mr.. Seward and the audience ended.
On his return to his hotel Mr. Aguirre sent the ID
lowing letter to the President:
WASHINGTON. Aug. Il. ls6S
To His ErcSllency The President Of the United States
SIR When took the liberty 10 present myself at th
White House, yesterday, il was with the conviction
supported by facts that all means in behalf OF Mr.
Argueles having been exhausted, his release from
prison, where he is unjusy detained by act Of thin
Government, depended entirely on you and on y0a
alone Also. permit 10 say with all doe respect tor
your person, could not help being surprised. when
having presented my petition 10 you, you referred ne
to the Secretary OF State. The Secretary you knOs.
prosecutor; he has signed the warrant Of
tradition has kept us IN prison - months and has bees
deaf TO all the applications made 20 him by lauy'
PierrePont and by my SELF in the OF Mr. Argueles
/ To go and present ourselves 10 him would, 10 the
present instance, look as II We were begging iO par
don. But it is not pardon SIT that we demand 1t 10
Justice A. the Chief Magistrate OF this country. yog
! are the only person 70 whom We could properly anu
I consistently apply.
hope Mr. President that under your alministra
on Il viii lot be said that man bas knocked al the
White House, seeking for justice. and that the door
have been shut upOn him with disddin You hsye loe
power. either officially extra officially to denver hh
ArgUees. Do IT, and the act of injustice which stand,
d he Of