New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-03

vIded tor perfect tolerance OF all fellIious u0
nominations that clause was opposed before
it passed, and after il had passed several
deputies from the East left the Convention
This we know from an intelligent and relia-
bic gentleman who was present during 'nS
debates. Still. several other deputies re-
NAMED and attached their names 70 the
Constitution as it was proclaimed. Among
these was Baez, now President OF the DO
minican Republic They went home, and
soon after seeded and set up that RePuo-
lie. Hayt attempted to reconquer them,
and fought several battles TO that end. bat
unsuccessfuIly In one case, however, Sou
louque came near accomplishing the con-
quest. but failed for want of good general
ship and because his chief opponent had
too much of it. Still. he has never recog-
nized the Republic, but has kept up state
of war, and has constantly threatened new
expeditions.
Such was the condition Of things up 70
the recent interpostiOn Of the representa-
tives of France, England, and the United
States. In reply TO them and their menaces,
Sououque refused to make peace, or to
agree to a truce for ten years, but promised
to suspend the war virtually. He accord
inely issued a proclamation inviting the
Dominicans to come in and trade, and as
suring them of kind treatment, even If they
should not openly return under the Haytlan
Government. Since then, at some points
the invitation has been accepted, and the
Domnicans have begun to trade-to them
a matter of some importance, as the Hay
tians buy their beef, for which Otherwise
they have no sale. At one point the Hay
tian officer who crossed the frontier with
small body of soldiers. under flag of truce,
to carry Soulouque's proclamation, was be-
set and driven back with the loss OF lev
killed and wounded Who was to blame IA
this affair we do not know each party a.
cuses the other but we incline u think the
fault was on the side Of the Domlnlcans
because their leaders and part Of the people
(there is Haytian party among them) want
no peace short of a recognition OF their IN
dependence, while the Haytlans do want
and because the Domlnicans have told fierce
stories of other similar affairs which have
proved fabulous, thus showing a strong de-
sire to defame their opponents. We are
rather disposed, therefore, to believe the
Uaytian account more than theirs.
Now we understand that the attempt to
be made at the ensuing Congress to cause
our Government to intervene still further
with the other powers, and even take the
leading part in coercng Soulouque into
recognition of Dominica. or long truce,
will be made on the following grounds
/ That Dominica Is a White republic
threatened by Black empire. ,. That
the claim of lIayti is without foundation.
3 That Dominica has existed Dr. fact0 for
seven wears, and ought not now to be
threatened and disturbed by a nation that
has so long ondeavored in vain to conquer
her
|. Dominica is not white. There are
comparatively very few whites there.
Nearly if not all the inhabitants have negro
blood in their veins, and IN the United States
would not even be respectable. Indeed, we
are reliably informed from gentleman who
was on the spot at the time, that one of the
reasons for rejecting Mr.. Duff Green's ia
nous plan for American Colonization, was
the knowledge that white Americans were
preludiced against color, and would look
down upon the natives as niggers. Baez,
the President. is mulatto. In 1896, Mo
reau St Merry, the best writer on the coun-
try. speaks of entire villages as populated
by negroes. BRYAN Edwards, who wrote in
1901, SAYS that not 5000 of the population
were whites and il is notorious that great
proportion of those left in 1872, when
Bower annexed the country. \ writer IN
The American Rcriec March, lSi9) speaks
of far the greater majority as varying from
dark mulatto to yellew. 1t is then a ms
take to speak of Dominica as anything but
mulatto republic, and any sympathy awak-
ened for it on the negrophobia principle is
a sheer loss
As for the fact that one is a republic and
the other an empire, we do not see in that
a sufficient reason for an armed interference
on our part. Neither republic nor empire
is first-rate specimen of the article.
,. The question of right must depend, we
suppose, on the validity or invalidIty OF the
grounds Dominica had for seeding. We
have hitherfo stated the most real of those