The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-12-13

ton Of the whole island, is apparent, from the
following extract from a French paper, 1.-THE
Amsuaire des desE Mo~des) which we find
in the New York Herald
The direct intervention Of q great power,
under the form Of protsctorate, OF partial oc'
cupaton, or CT pure and simple annexation, 10
therefore, at the present time, no longer cues.
ton of progress for the Dominicans-it 10
question of life or death and this question 10.
day, as well as at the beg inning Of the insur-
| recton, in the anguish of desperate situation,
as we'll as in the intoxication the first hour
| of deliverance, after eight years Of discoura.
cling refusaIs, as we'll in the first effusion OF
their French hopes, this question they still per
sist in submitting to France.
And again
No person-above all, no seafsrer-is igno-
rant of the magnificent advantages which
France would derive from this solution of the
question, which would not cost us either u
sentime or soldier. Let it suffice for US TO
call TO mind that Spain has henceforth only
single interest in her ancient colony, and that
is that it be not occupied by England or by Inc
United States. As TO these two powers, Tn
have, in advance consecrated our FIRE edom 81
action in the matter, in not having, on their
side spared any exertion TO draw the Dominl-
cans into their orbit.
"No, a centime nor soldier" There are
two words to that bargain. The United States,
we trust, are not prepared to let Fra nee, with
out blow struck, get posses sion OF key to
the whole West Indies. That such posses
sion would be inimical to our interests we
fancy there cannot be doubt. We subjoin
the Herald's account of the intrigues which
preceded this occupation
We have, on several occasions, within the
last II months, placed before cur readers in
teligence, derived from the most reliable sour
ces, az to the popular feeling existing in the
| little republic of Dominica with respect to the
| establishment of a protectorate which would
| guarantee its citIZenss from the periodical
| hostile incursions Of their barbarous neigh
| bors, the subjects of the black Emperor Sou
| louque, and we have exposed the secret diplo-
| macy which has been at work, through the
| agents of France and of Great Britain, to pro
cure footing on the island for their respec
| tive governments. The successful result OF
| the operations OF the French Consul-General,
| Major Keybaud, is now to be seen in the fact
| communicated within the past few days, that
several French ships of war have taken pos
session of SANTANA, and design to hold it as a
| naval station.
In the month of April last, we published a
| very important article, showing the then exist
| ing state of affairs on the island, and pointing
/ ing out their unmistakable tendency. There
was then, and had been for years past, an in
trgue going on between the President Of the
| Dominican Republic, Senior Buenaventura
| Baez. and the French Consul to Hayti, Major
Rey baud, the object of which was to permit
| the French government to obtain, under some
| plausible pretext, footholo in Dominica, from
which they might afterwards conquer the
| western part, extingush Souiouque and his
empire. and restore the whole island 10 the do
minion of France.
This scheme received the concurrence and
cooperation Of President Baez and of clique
| of French residents; but the mass of the eiti
| zens were unreservedly hostile to it, and, being
| Spaniards, entertained the most inveterate dis
like to any measure which would subject them
! to the power of France. Some two years ago,
President Baez wrote to the French Consul
General, in Port au Prince, that he had only to
indicate the means which he considered most
appropriate, to convince France of their sim
cere desire to place themselves under her pow
erful protection, at whatever sacrifice. This sa-
cri6ce, the article limited, was no other than
SANTANA, the peninsula which we have now
seen taken possession Of More recently, Sc
nor BaeL made a still stronger appeal to France;
and urged that he had in his hands PROPOSE
lions which had been made TO him by the Ame-
rcan Charge dAffaires, Mr.. Green, but that
so long as there was spark OF hope left that
France would accept his proposition, he would
wait with Tesignation.
MURDER IN NORTH CARoLINA.-The Ra.
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