With and against Roses. The lawyes Pedro José Agrelo and Gregorio Tagle in the administration of justice of the rosismo (1829-1835)

Abstract

Pedro José Agrelo (1776-1846) and Gregorio Tagle (1772-1845) were two lawyers with active political and legal participation starting from the revolutionary process of 1810 and continuing through the period of the Provincial States. In this framework, they were part of the administration of justice in the province of Buenos Aires from the first government of Viamonte (1829), during the first term of Juan Manuel de Rosas and during his successors, indicating their sustained involvement in political leadership. Affiliated with Rosismo, Tagle served as a judge on the Court of Appeals, and Agrelo as State Prosecutor, both holding significant positions. However, in 1835 when Rosas began his second government, with the judicial powers of the Summa del Poder Público, among his first measures was the dismissal of both officials, who would go to the opposition. The present work will seek to analyze the speeches of these two lawyers, their relationships and the link they have with Rosismo, in order to later elucidate how and why their separation occurred. This study will utilize Agrelo’s unpublished memoirs and government documents preserved in the General Archive of the Nation. The study will analyze the discourse and contrast it with practices evidenced by the sources.