The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-06
The Future of Hsytl and Caba--Tha Entente
C,y,lsale cf uh~ United States and France.


Cor,lsaIe Of abr United States and France
The greet question that agitates the mind Of
Europe at this time is to know what is the oh.
ject Of the immense military and naval prepa-
rations that France is now making.
II is not q little suspected that Louis Napo
leon aims to carry out the great circle of events
begun by the elder Napoleon, and reconstruct
the map of Europe. To this design the Coburg
interest in England is not averse. provided its
own position upon the Continent is made that of
leading Power and it is supposed that it
he's already consented to the occupation of Italy
by France, to the utter exclusion of Austria
and King Bonba In Spain, toe, there is no
little uneasipess and excitemeu. at the constant
intrieues Of the French Court Not only does
the Empress Eugenia maintain most lively in
terest in the affairs about the Court of Madrid,
but constant exertious are made to attach the
Spanish politicians, public writer's. and even
poets to the train OF her admirers. To 30 great
an extent is this carried that Paris now almost
Disputes with Madrid the palm Of Spanish lite
nature, and is in reality the centre of Spanish
intrigue In all these combinations for the
future extension Of the empire to the bounda-
ries established by the first Napoleon, the
great difficulty to be encountered is the tone
ard temper of the British people. They pos
sess an hereditary jealousy of France, which
the entente cordiase has only been able to gloss
over, but not to affect in the slightest degree;
and the ancient hatred upon which Pitt founded
his policy, and which kept him SO long in
power has recently broken out in certain
marked and uumistakeabIe instances. Although
the plans of the houses Of Romanoff, Bonaparte
and Coburg may be well digested and arrang-
ed there is great danger that the British public
may not only refuse to consent to them, bat
iosist again upon substituting the nations of Eu-
rope TO resistance.
IL this position Of affairs IN Europe we have
some advice to give Louis Napoleon as to
proper thing for him to do. lie has shown him
self TO be practical man, fer above the fanati-
cal tendencies OF European humanitarians, and
capable of rightly estimating the true elements
OF civilized well being. A recent effort Of his
In endeavouring to reinvigorate the French
colonies of Martinique and Guadalupe with
African labor has failed, and the great adven-
ltsges that were to accrue to France there
from have fallen through. We would, there
fore, advise him to direct his attention to
the former French colony Of Hayti, or
St Domingo. Sixty years of freedom
have carried the Haytien empire back to bar
barism, and made the fertile fields of st. Do
mineo wilderness The skill and energy of
the white race have abandoned the island; the
negroes have been reduced to quasi state OF
slavery By their own kind, who lord it over
them under the copied titles Of emperor, dukes,
counts and lords the mechanic arts are nearly
lost among them; production has fallen almost
to its minimum point, and the entire community
does Lot present one redeeming point for the
future.
France row holds mortgage over Hayti OF
SOME one hundred and eighty or two hundred
millions of francs, which will never be paid
IL view OF this state of things We advise Louis
Napoleon to send out portion of the feet and
army he has prepared, aud take possession of
the once rich colony 70 foolishly thrown away
by 'he first French Directory by so doing, he
will do great good 70 civilization, give EN-.
poyment TO the armament that now alarms
Europe, and augment the power OF France with
colony containing thirty thousand square
miles Of territory, and capable Of unlimited ex.
pansion IN an industrial sense. Nov, the island
Ct st. Domingo is q blot upon the civilization
az the world, and standing condemnation OF
ibe false ideas Of the mission Of humanity
that found their early exponents in the Jaco-
bins Of The first French revolution. Under a
social nd political rule such a. he might or
gspize there, II would again become an element
In the civilization Of the world; its present
fetisbifm would give way before the teachings
Of Christ ani'y, and the condition Of its in
babitsn's would be in every way improved.
To such a course on the part Of France there
can lie only one objection. This is found In the
possible opposition the step might encounter
from the United States But such an opposition
can be easily overcome. by combining with II
be true necessities OF THE country. We do not
want 81 Domingo upon any terms. Our political
theories and institutions are unified for the
black races there, and we could never, by their
operation, reduce those races to the only DO
sition they are fitted to hold in the community
But the highest exigencies OF this country both
in military and a commercial sense require
that Cuba shall become part Of our political
system. II lies in immediate contiguity TO our
shores, commands the approaches to thousands
CT miles Of them, Is their natural outlying cen
iinel, and possesses IL every way the requisites
Of tropical complement to our domestic pro
doction ard consumption. We have consented
for time that weak and impoverished Spain
should hold it, but the time is rapidly approach
ing when the feeling Of national security and
the necessities Of national defence will imperi-
ously demand that IL shall unite with this Union
Already the public mind, both In this country
and in Cuba, looks forward to such consun-
nation.