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reputation and personal honor of Juarez, based only on the statements of these two writers, when it would have been so easy for him to ascertain the truth by consulting the official documents, which were published eighteen years ago both in Europe and America.
On this point the political adversaries of Juarez appear more impartial, more sincere, and more honorable, than the calm judgment of history, which ought to have been reflected by the impartiality of Cesar Cantú. The "Voz de Mexico," one of the best known partisans of Maximilian's Empire, while referring to the inaccuracies of the Italian historian, concerning the body of the unfortunate Archduke, in its issue of June 27th 1885, published the following:
"The body of the Emperor Maximilian and the Government of Don Benito Juarez.—It is difficult for a historian not to incur some historical error, however much he may respect the truth, however great his learning may be, however clear his judgment, however sincere his anxiety to present the facts as they happened. Obliged to avail himself of the statements made by persons who are considered to be well informed in Cabinet matters, relating to the events he records, sometime or another he will fall into error, however good the source may be from whence he takes his matter. This has happened to the respected historian Cesar Cantú (who is justly appreciated in the literary world) on one of the points connected with the history of Mexico, and which refers to the body of the Emperor Maximilian. Following what was said by all of the European press, taken from that officially inspired publication "Le Memorial Di-
