Star.
London, England, 1828-11-15 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

AUGSBURG, Nov. 8.
The Supplement to the 41gemeiste Xitattey contains a letter to all
the Journalists of Europe, dated Constantinople, lOtirOctober, and
the Editor gives the following note
" This letter was received at the Office of the .4lgeineisie Zeitaing
by the last Mail from Constantinople, after having been duly fumi-
gated and cut through at the Lazaretto on the frontiers. It is
Mitten, as well as an accompanying note, in German, but signed by
a real or pretended Turk, Osman Jeselub, (who however gives us
his address and requires an'snswer). At the same time the German
translator, who dots not name himself, calls on the Editor of the
allgeninne Zeigung, in the name of the Turkish writer, to show bis
impartiality by giving it insertion. As well on this account, as fur
the singularity of the ease, we comply with this desire ; we insert
the whole, only pruning away sonic unimportant redundancies
which have nothing to do with the subject."
_ _ _

" Constantinople. Oct. 10.

" Gerenemax—How greatly you interest yourselves in the af-
fairs of the East, but also how imperfect and partial your informa-
tion is, is evident from the numerous articles respecting my country,
and especially since the insurrection in the Mores—on that subject
in particular, which are to be met with in the otherwise highly
respectable journals of Europe, and by which. with a few bonaur•
able exceptions, public opinion has been gained over against the
Government and the nation to which I have the honour to belong,
and is still endeavoured to be ruled and deceived. Though an in-
clination for writing is no part of the character of my nation or my
own, I cannot refrain from making some plain remark on the pre-
sent state of things, for which the above insurrection gave the first
signal, with a view to correct in some measure the numerous false
reports and erroneous notions; and I shall attain my object, if for

the present I should convince only those unprejudiced persons who
prefer a clear and just view of things to pleasing illusions.
" In the spirit of partiality, which every religion reconimends as
a virtue, and which is especially the duty of a Christian writer,
you will not deny a Muse.elnian the means of bringing his just
complaints before the tribunal of an enlightened public, which,
however, appears to have very imperfect notions respecting the
character of the Ottomans, and the state of the empire, either in
a moral and religious, or in a scientific and political view."
The writer, conftssing the merits of that civilization which sends
its agents to the pole to bring an account of all that lives or vege-
tates, and the ignorance of les own people on such points, thinks,
however, that they are much better informed of what passes in
their own country. lie continues,
" If we read the European Journals, it seems as indisputable as
just and beneficial, that a new Greek State, founded on Ottoman
ground, should be recognized by the Sublime Porte. I will not
pretend to examine the utility of this measure, that I may not offend
the wisdom of my August Monarch ; but I will make some obser-
vations on the justice of the proposed emancipation of the Greeks.
The insurrectionary movements in some of the provinces of the
Ottoman empire, Inhabited by subjects of the Greek religion, oc-
curred about the time that a I loly Alliance, as it was called, was
formed between most of the Princes of Europe,which was announced
as a solid basis of justice, charity, and peace, on which the internal
administration and the external relations of the several States should
immovably rest. Though the Sublime Porte was no more a party
to this alliance than the Pope at Rome, it could not fail to see with
pleasure the formation of an alliance, the principle of which might
be looked upon as consolidating a general system of legitimacy and
morality, and as a pledge of a surer system of diplomacy. The in-
terference of Austria in the revolutionary movements of Naples
and Piedmont, in 1824, confirmed the Porte in its good opinion of
the alliance; and if it declined foreign interference in the troubles
in the Mores, it was not ftom distrust of the foreign Powers, but in
the consciousness of its own ability soon to put down those insur-
gents. But now the alliance projected by Russia in 1815 appeared
in its true light—as a plan formed by Russia against the Porte."—
(The writer declares it to be now evident that Russia has secretly
and openly encouraged the Gteek revolution; has by troublesome
interference given it an appearance of lawfulness, and cherished the
hopes of the rebels, while its threatening attitude on the Pruth has
diverted the attention of the Porte.)
If," says he, " we consider all this, and weigh against the ap-
parent inequality of the contest (the length of which, he the opinion
of so many ill-informed persons, is so honourable to the courage of
the rebels) the many circumstances which have favoured it and
impeded us, all that is extraordinary in the matter, the false Issue
that surrounded it, will vanish, and the merit of promoting liberty,
if licentiousness is liberty, will not belong to those who have
acquired this liberty. The honour that belongs to them will con-
sist only in treason to their lawful Sovereign, and in the indelible
disgrace of unparalleled cruelties, which have marked every day of
their insurrection."

(Tu be maimed)

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