The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-01
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PAcIFIcATOR, No. v.


PROJECTS Of quar- between France and RnlFa !;
future fate Of RE Turki6 en.bire; and an
overland expedition to India.
fT is forefeen thai there will he much weep
ing and walipg, whenever Bonaparte fhall take =
Jingle ftep,towards the emancipation of Turkey.
They who impute to Bonaparte all the WORT
attributes of man, will find no difficulty in adj.
ding this to the catalogue of aceniations. Their
jaundiced minds will impute to him thoufand
enormities, which neither ever exiftet, nor found
place in the reflections of this luxurious cha
raeter. The defamers of Bonaparte will depiet
the Turks among the oppreffed nations of the
earth, over whom Napoleonis about to extend
not only the fceptre of defpotism, but alto the
iron rod OF oppreffion. They will draw a veil
over all the records of ancient times, and the
eftablilhed traufaeions of modern date. They
will forget the terrors, the havoc, the defolation
which thete execrable monitors have fpread over
great part OF Europe, Alta and Africa, and will
pour out the vial of vengeance and indignation
againt the only man of all the world, who ever
mad the VIII and the means, to reaore fome al
the hneft regions of the earth to the hefiines of
free agency, and millions of the mott enflaved
and degraded human beings, to the rights and
privileges OF humanity and civilization
Anticipating theie complaints, it has been
thought neceftary to exhibit to the reader in a
conc'ie and forcible manner, the true character
of the Turks, fuch as it is repreiented by an e.
minent Englifb hiftorian:
1t mutt he acknowledged that their fame
however great as conquerors, has never enti.
tied them to any other homage, and neve,
ranked them among the benefatfors or infruGt.
ors or mankind. Intent upon victory, they
have topped at no means to profecute their
plans OF universal dominion, violating every
principle OF lultice and national faith +; attack
, ing the'r neighbours without provocation
without claim, without even alleging ground
for iuch conduct mai1acreiny and vanoui(h
ing without pity, or fparng their lives only tc
force them into lavery the mott degrading
and 1ezing on their wives and daughters, EEL
ing or o,'nonorlng theni, regardless of the do
me!tic mitery Of the unhappy fnfferers.
In other countries particular rsigus & epoch.
have been marked with actions As dferacef,I
but tuch periods and fIch reigns were yer be.
he'd by the great MATS of nations themfelves
with the indignation they merited. Here, or
the contrary, is fyfem of wckednefs and
abomlnation, from the anceftors of a whole
people to their poaerty, to this very dav
confirmed by their religion, and approved BY
thofe who call thenielves the priefts of G cd
wherever the Turks have eRabihed their do
"',hon, itIence and commerce, the comfort
and understandings of mankind, have all de
'oarIim and intolerance in thrir own condn q
but they have extinguiihed the Hlme and ge
mus ct knowledge in others breaking ant
defacIng the monu nents of ancient art, with I
KIND OF iavage exultation, and Drpving them
1Tives to be the real fcourges of the human
'race.'
1t th'sbe a true reprefentation of the T,ukifl
character, is there philantropft or phIofophe
In any region IF the ear h, who will not rcioc.
when agpvernment, 70 fatal I Z, the rights Of hu
manly, hal he detroyed? The qurftion is ;
PLAN one and will he anfWersd in the fame wa,
by all h)ie who can feel for another's woe. who
can apprs iae as highly that mifsry and wretch
einefs which is found IN the cottage, in the ca
bin or in the hammock, as that which hover
over the impyrlal bed-chamber.
lhIs d. tetta'le picture relates only to til,
conqnerors, rulers, and oporcHors of that II
fated Empire. The defendants of the ancient
Greeks who are among the pr fent inhabitants
not only deferve better fate, but are in no wa,
entitled to the fmallef po ton of this defpica
pc portrait. Every where they are the victims
OF atyra ny Oh as never did elfewhere exit
Ana the'e are the people who will receive ar
Invading revolutionary army with tranfports o
COY. heie are the people who will fill tn,
TANKS OF their d; liverers as foon as they dare
heie are the people, who pant for an oppor
tuhity to break their letters, and once more tc
take their TIA ion among the nations of the earth
Ahthoir who have welded their fouls Ia III,
lnierets AMI policy of G. B. who believe ever,
thingto b. wrong W ich initiates apanft Brit
I n domination, will either deny or endeayor t.
oNfcure this detefabie picture cf the TurkiO
s1araet:r- Thsy will ret'ace the heroic afti
ons and fplendid al iv.m ,nts of Turkill
conquerors. They will vainly hope thar III,
needs OF itruStion which formerly marked
4 cir tangu n'ry courfe III be revived. The,
anticipate, that the Der HERS, the MaG.nas
the Murat', the Anger aus, the Bernadot,es
the keliermans &c. will fly before the Turkiff
JAnhary, and vii bend their victorious neck,
TO receive the frtal Scymi,ar. TheCe hopes ans
protpeets are idle and fallacious. II is proper
thatthey fhould conider things as they are
they ih"uId feparate the fate of their fsvorit,
III nd from the fate of Turkey; and rejoice
th't Europe has produced man, who has bo,t
tbe VIII and the means, to emancipate more
tthan nifty ottheir fellow creatures from the moi
intolcrable navery.
But even admitting that this picture il over
drawn, that the rulers of Turkey are not fo had
and that, much is to- be expected from then
prowei'j Till this will not alter the profpea