The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-09-20

rr.ed but the Hoy Alliance came 10 pi0-
duee a second revolution, at the moment
when the King had departed from Naples.
Are the misiortunes OF the Greeks seriously
attributed To the Liberals z II the Greeks
continue To suffer, the Reyoluiionlsls we
are told are IN fault. To this ! reply by
facts. Who are the prime movers OF the
instruction of the Greeks To what coun-
try do the chief instigators OF that insurrec-
ton belopgy This question may be wei
asked of tie Holy Alliance, for at the head
of that alliance is man who cannot get rld
of the complaints of the Greeks by 50 mise
rable subterfuge.
Mr.. Lame defended the conduct OF the
French government with respect to the
Greeks. Oh, (he said) if Greece perish,
if history, if the present generation have
perhaps the right to accuse Potentates or
even Europe, France will not be included
in the severe judgment which posterlty VIII
form. will not imprudently anticipate It's
sentence. will not inquire whether time
has given sacred rights to barbariousness
Itself, if in the origin of the insurrecton, II
WIS not mere natural to interfere then as
we'll as elsewhere in this manner the eiiu-
sion of blood would at least have been r.
voided. | shall not be proud enough TO We
rify, whether "A phianthropic power has
become the friend of the power which
makes slaves of christians, or whether 1t
refuses hospitality to the Greeks-my OBJ
ject is merely to justify France unjnstly ac-
cascd.
The answers of the French minister
to the charge were, that the King had
pledged himself to maintain the Gordon
SanGidir. ; that it was. to protect against
not only pcstilence, bit insults that the
welfare of Spain would not be found but III
the support of a strong monachicol arthsr-
ity that the French government might be
on the alert to discharge the duty OF a faith
full ally and lastly, that it was essential to
preserve "those great attributes insepara-
bic from monarchles, the ,nriolGbiltty and
safety Of Kings.'
TURKEY IN EUROPE.
The state the population of this en-
pire forms a most material point fer con-
sideretlon.
One circumstance is deserving of pnrti-
cular attention, namely, that the popula-
tlDD inSltdu vi lltftdsillS VI TtnldIniiIS std
tionary, suffers every year diminution of
many thousands, the number Of births, be-
ing exceeded by the number of deaths.
From 1912 to 1914, the Plague and The
Small Pox swept of upwards of four mill
lions of souls. SO late as 1904, the num-
her of Turks in Asia and Europe was es-
timated at twelve millions, and they do not
now amount to more than six millions.
In their outset, the Turks rapidly increas
ed, because many of the nations conquer
ed by them embraced Mahometanism /;
but this cause has long ceased to operate.
The humber Of Turks in Europe, we are
assured by those who have had the best
means of Informing themselves does not
amount to more than 100000, of whom
somewhat about 100000 inhabit Constan-
tinople and the ntighborhood.
The following is an estimate of the re-
spective division of tho population
Turks 100000
Hebrew Armenians 100000
Greek Christians, 100000
Bulgarian Christians, 100000
Albanians, 100000
In all li,00O,00O
This is merely the population OF the con
tinent OF Europe and the Islands of the Ar
chpelage, without including the Greeks o!
tie Islands situated on the coast OF ASIA
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