New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-17

sui. n Victor Place. Wa required to psesess ~
decisive sct But frsace persi-tns In he1 ps, ~
rrscryng her rights wiihoa, making one Of taeu, o..
content with taking active and efcien, share IN a.
negotiations which finally resulted in peace bs<~,sa
the Dominican Republic and the Hsytisn Enp.,-
But since well before thst result the Dsc,s,.-.
Government has rot for single nsSn, eesscd % h,
sist on the full realization Of the treaty Of Isa3
However, ct the beginning OF this year tao sIst,s.
Of the French Government has seemed to chang, n az
question We assured a. least that ~ that ns. IN.
Consul General Of France in Hayi. NJ Rsybaua, W.
charged with underpnning the Treaty OF ls43 aaa
must have been in consequence OF these new ueso,a
tons that the occupation Of Ssmans has taken pa.s N
occupation which involves nothing more than the prS
tec,orsts of France over the Dominican republic his
also thought tbs, the idea of Cuba must have had cone
thing to dc with the resolution Of the Preach govern
ment, and that the occupation OF Sainans 10 also
means of keeping toward Spain the promise maa. 10
her in concert with England, TO protect that slsai
ayains: invasion by the American hibascrs 10 tss
connection we are reminded OF the preparations f9
an expedition recently made public in the southern
States which under the pretext of transporting end
grants TO St Domingo concealed the intention OF NAH
ing tina, part of Hsya stepping stone to reach csIs
with more certainty.
But Il would be premature 20 20 farther into Goa
lectures to explain fact which is but eonjecturd II
is enough for the present to have demonstrated BY the
simple statement OF the facts. thar Frsnce shssli
decide to take possession OF SANTANA she would ~,
commit an act Of usurpaSon, for which the Americans
and the English woald have the right to find fault viii
her. She would do nothing more thln yield sfer
uine years to the urgent request Of the Dominiesns
In this long interval Great Britain and the usie<
States as TAs TfnSs itself admits, have not spared.
either efforts OF perseverance. or seduciions. or "r,
misses 20 obtain from the Dominican Republic whs. Il
Voluntarily oaers to our country.
g Blu, the two men who can be considered a. the
founders Of the young republic, Santana and Rsez.
have for France so decided preference that they
have obstnstely refused the most advantageous proPo
sitons from England and the United States, and that
NOT satisfied with Offering France the proteciorae they
have not feared as we have said TO propose anasxs-
ton that Is TO say absolute possession OF the p,na
can territory The legitimacy Of our right Is incoaie
abIe and il remains to be seen whether we have Judged
proper to exercise it,
This is all conclusive with respect to the
United States and England, and absolutely
demonstrates the right Of the French Emps-
ror 20 order the occupation OF SANTANA any DAY
he may think most convenient. But If his
other Imperial Majesty, Faustin 1, doesn't take
advantage Of these revelations, he isn't %
shrewd as he passes for. lt appears that
France intrigued with the Dominicans for the
partition of the Haytan territory, and melted
them 10 secede from union which had existed
undisturbed for above score ofyears. ltap.
pears, also. that France aided them in accom-.
plishng that design, and if such fact does not
relieve Hayti from all further obligation asrc
spects the debt she owes to France, we do not
knew what would. Ii is sometime since any
thing has been paid on thai debt, and We pre-.
sumo His Imperial Majesty will at once direct
his Minister for Foreign Affairs, NJ. Dulrene--
and a skillful and gentlemanly minister he Is
by the way-to intimate TO the representative
of His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III, that
the time has come to cancel the bond and de-
clare the debt discharged.