Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-15
THE RICHMOND WHIG.
OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.
rARis, Friday, Ap,il 2G 1861.


To tie Kiii,r cf Tie Wig:
Tie Dominican incident has excited cousd rable enc
ton il Fauco ,ni fosiard. and you will observe from
he Of the prss both sides of the Channel that
TIC aItu Of SPUN in this alr rot lock-
ed upon "th ee Of favor 10y either of tie great
POw,rs OF Wescra Europe. l. ia, however excecdire-
IL Illuminating 10 r5BlIk in all the discussions of lie
French and Ea ;ish journals, relative to late events in
DJmia;c5, that either aius1n il made to the
Grea; Republic than if such a nation did rot exist or Se
plInly told tsai Spain might if she chose rampe
uader foot the Monroe doctrine, and, for all the op-
position the United States could oer reiake possession
OF her former colonies in the New World, commencing
with Mexio To this extremity Of litleness in the est
miion Of Europe have our unhappy niernecine quar-
Iels brought us The remuneration of Dominica to
Spin is indignantly denounced by the organs uppcs
to express the views OF the allied G5yrnmns bu: tie
virtuous wrath Of tie Paris and London p:e,s oeeds
10 enc case from ildispoton the former French
colony of Hayti placed ia jeopardy, end in the other
from hatred os slavery, toeraby certain to be reestl5
,hed upon the Island The journals Of this capital in
deed strongly hint that if the D,mnicans hive really
found themselves incapable of solhgoyeIrment, and
roGsly desire the protection Of powerful EuTo pean
nat on they ought to turn their attention to France
or England, (but particularly France), which have
abolished slavery in their colonial possessions
TIE Steele, the mcst Democratic Journal published
here takes or granted thlt the Domuicaus have had
painful experience Of their incapacity in the
matter of government, aud thinks it would b, og
cal in them TO return TO the regime imm m-diatcly
precediI their emancipation, and give their selves to
the European country which possessed them That coun
Try nil the Scle sis not Spain, but France. Ia
kv udai in with
ceded he latter al her ancient rights the
part of the Island Of st. Domingo. IT, therefore the
Dom lean Republic des without heir il France and
Spain which by public right Is called on 10 receive
the heritage and no venal intrigue can vadIe rights
within treaties" The article from which quote
cu5cs wit the expression Of opinion that the 'neres
OF France Of her commerce, and OF her coonss in ST
Domingo who have just claims TO bring forward, sLni
lily indicate what will be her policy as regards tie
| pre- ensiOns OF Spain"
Ff,m th. which comedies in tone with the remainder
OF the French press il will be that the Cibn, Of
Madrid in it, de- gus upon DOmnca,s bJ moi means ike
ly to experie the plin-sairg perhaps anticipated.
The escrn Powers will oppose Spain, il obediefcs 20
t1tr own in;eoss lot That hey siier those OF the
United States aud the rev issues Unexpectedly raised,
involving diUgris 10 the American people equally appe
ca 10y both ions OF our great Union may yet
cause a reconciliation in behalf OF the sI!ey,
| when other means lave failed.
The partisans ol "diynr right The admirers Of Au'
rl ami the ulhod,rS Of the temporal Papacy just
nov suffering very cruel GiaopoItmeLt The rec. ut
t.mpestuous in the Italian Parliament, the
ugy iTcp rlll, breach between GAribadi aud CavouT
he yipIit Letter OF Cad.ni declaring hm- 4 no long
the friend a. the * Die gt0r, the resignation, md,se
of the Gabald General were al 50 m4us additions
TO the txubtrart Jy oi ays niles BI, the d'l ght
cf these 1orhi-s with the Count de Nontt.,GibeIt at
| thi- head Of short Duration YESTERDAY the telc
graph brought ~ piece Of Intelligence which da' es to
the rth the reactOnary hCpes inspired by The depOra
| M the allan lenders The. imuIu
gunge cf Garihldi in th, mber Of Deput ard the
passionate an;agonisms which laid bare by its c
f.ctt produced e&Faordilaiy emotion in lay, and
public opinion immci acly made appeal TO unity and
| cor cord which heard by both the great
men who have done much for their coun-
| iry An entire reconciliation has taken place be.
tween Cavour end Garibald in which the King
| himself whose coCmon-scasc and tact are evidently
equal 20 his chivarous gihnry personally ins ru-
| merial The Kug nJ iOr be old hero, and cOmpli-
mcned him upon his speech but added that Cavour had
"spoken better Guihadi express desire 10 again
address the Chamber but the kirg succeeded IN d.
.uading him from h7 purpose, aud then paved the way
TO meeting with Count CIvour, wh ci took place on
Wcdn.s sdly evening and ended in the burial OF the
batclee Az If 10 compete the general sai5iaCtion,
Girihald aud Caldini were brought together tie
same evening aud, after mutual explanation, embraced
each other fraterUaly Thus the leading pifits OF Iay
love their country suci~nty 70 sacrifice individual pride
aud serious political issICs upon the altar Ci patriotism.
taenbert This is the gentleman who convicted by
the FfeLch COurs some three years ago Of an
attack upon the institutions of France and the person OF
the Emperor. He sentenced to term OF imprson.
ment aud was very anxious to oe martyr; but Napo-
leon ILL., il in the habit Of playing into The hands Of
| hi. enemies anI N. de Monslembort was Immediately
parlol,d TIE Count however fused grace" and
the per i,ten in which h. demanded to be shu.
up in dungeon (he prison authorities persistenty
refusing to receive him excited considerable dicule
the time Since that period N. de Mont embert has
made little figure upon the political stage, but he
now suddenly re-appears, as pamphleeer, aud. in
Letter to N. de Cavour sets himself up judge OF
Liberal Italy and her most eminent illustrations NJ. de
Montaembert has long proessed liberal options, but
his wellknown Jesutsm and advocacy Of extreme nj.
trsmoutane doctrines have always deferred French de-
mocras from reco go Eng him one Of themselves In
this Letter to de Cavour the mask is thrown of
for not one noble feature of the Italian Revolu i'm, not
one patriot who has sguazed himself n tie national
cause not one prominent friend of Italian independence
escapes sander and insult Lord PAmerston, the Prime
Minis er OF the nation which Count de Montaembert has
hitherto pretended TO admire above ell Others aughs
at the antique honor Of Britain :; Count Cavour drps
with oppression and iniquity and has become the ac
compce' Of the "assessins of Rossi Garibald is
pirate :" the Marquis d Azcgio is coward" Pied
mont has earned "a consecrated BY crime and
the Italians have sacrificed "a that is noble honest OF
delicate" NJ. de Monelemberts liberalism" reminds
one of the fable of tie and tie lions skin.