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Updated: May 21, 2025
He considers the laissez faire system the very best, and this is all very well, provided the Sultan respects the heads of Her Majesty's subjects. Haj Mousa, Governor of Mazagran, who was mixed up with the Darmon affair, deserves notice from his brutal ferocity towards Europeans.
The Consul says he cannot answer the question, and must send a dispatch to Mr. Hay. Mr. Willshire complimented Phillips: "Ah Phillips, you are always proposing to me some knotty question. You profoundly perplex the mind of Mr. Consul-general Hay." This leads me to notice the affecting case of the Israelite, Darmon, at one time the French Vice-consul at Mazagran.
He then gave us his blessing, and me this solemn warning. "Take care the Emperor does not cut off your head, as he has cut off the head of our young Darmon." According to Xavier Darrieu. It has always been the policy of Mahometan States to send their troublesome subjects, such as were not considered rebel enough to decapitate or to imprison, on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Interview with the Governor of Mogador, on the Address of the Anti-Slavery Society. Day and night side of the Mission Adventure. Phillips' application to be allowed to stand with his "shoes on" before the Shereefian presence. Case of the French Israelite, Darmon, who was killed by the Government. Order of the Government against Europeans smoking in the streets.
It was said afterwards by the Maroquine Government, that "The order was merely to bring him to Morocco, and that, when being conveyed as prisoner, and after attempting to run away, the soldiers of his escort shot him." The Moorish Government also pretend that Darmon attempted first to shoot the guards who shot him, in self-defence.
It will thus be seen how full of difficulties was this Darmon affair, and what a door it opened to tedious Moorish diplomacy. The French Government arranged ultimately with the Sultan a compromise, a sum of money being paid to the murdered man's family, and the Governor of Mazagran was dismissed. When young Darmon fell into disgrace, his father, one of the Imperial merchants, was at Morocco.
With great difficulty and damage to their lives, Europeans reside in Mazagran, and it is not therefore surprising that the imprudent Darmon fell into the clutches of this provincial tyrant, who probably ensnared him as a prey. Up to the time of this affair, Haj Mousa had been an irremoveable governor.
This young Darmon was fond of Moorish women, and always intriguing with them. Hay Mousa, Governor of Mazagran, reported him to the Emperor, and his Highness sent orders to have him decapitated.
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