 Urquiza, purezidhendi mutsva weArgentina pasi pebumbiro remutemo ra1853, akatsigira basa raAlberdi, uye akamugadza kuva mumiriri weArgentina Confederation muChile. Panguva iyoyo, Buenos Aires yakabuda muConfederation seHurumende yeBuenos Aires. Munyori Domingo Faustino Sarmiento akapikisa Urquiza, uye akawedzera kutsoropodza kwake kuna Alberdi. Sarmiento akafunga kuti Urquiza aingova mumwe caudillo akafanana naRosas; uye Alberdi akafunga kuti Nyika yeBuenos Aires yaive ichichengeta marongero aRosas maererano nehukama pakati peBuenos Aires nemamwe matunhu nesangano renyika. Pfungwa dzaAlberdi panhau yacho dzakanyatsorondedzerwa mu Cartas Quillotanas, yakanyorwa kubva kuQuillota. Sarmiento akanyora mhinduro yake muLas ciento y una. Urquiza akakumbira Alberdi kuti ave gurukota rezvemari, akaramba chikumbiro chacho. Urquiza akamupa rimwe basa: kuenda kuEurope kunotsvaka kuzivikanwa kwe1816 Argentine Declaration of Independenceuye bumbiro rayo, uye kudzivisa kuzivikanwa kwenyika yeBuenos Aires senyika yakasiyana. Alberdi akashanyira United States achienda kuEurope, uye akaita hurukuro nemutungamiri weAmerica Franklin Pierce. Akashanyira London, akasangana naMambokadzi Victoria, uye pakupedzisira akagara muParis. Aizogara muguta rino kwemakore 24. 