Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-07
Translated for the Salem Gazette.
IMPORTANT STATE PAPER.
MANIFESTO
nv THE SUBLIME PORTE.

MANIFESTO
BY THE SUBLIME PORTE.
Allah is great and .Nahomst is bis Prophet
A voice from the new Hemisphere, call.
ed America. has reached the ear OF US,
MAHnoup the Second, SULTAN aud Sovs.
reign by The will Of God over the Faithful
Of Turkey and the lnhdels Of 1rsece. !ne
most august Emperor who commands Tue
two Lands and the two Seas, the support
of Kings, the Seal Of Justice, and the Elm
peror Of Emperors. WE listen to the
voice. We hear that certain portion OF
the inhabitants OF The New World called
The AFRICAN race are held in the most
degrading slavery and bondage by The 10.
fidels who profess to have government
that permits freedom TO all its subjects e.
ouaily; that some of that wretcbed race
have been barbarously kidnapped and
torn from the arms Ct their fond parents
and N ives in their native country, on the
shores oil the Old World, and cruelty
transported 10 the foul and narrow holds
of ships across an ocean OF three thousand
miles: and others are raised in The New
World for the purpose Of being sold al
market like brute beasts. We hear loo
that certain other Inhabitants OF the New
World, called INDIANS, have been most
cruelty wronged by the lnndels, and have
been involved in wars by these foreign IN
truders, who have been attempting 10
strip them OF the lands aid palrimony OF
their brave fathers. We have learnt too
tbat both the Africans and Indians have
mad several u6suc cessful efforts 10 throw
of the yoke Of their foreign sk.masters-
And il being inconsistent With the rights
of others That The people ot the New World
should interfere with the affairs oil the Old
World, and as the pestilent example may
prove contagious, and as it is inconpat'.
BILE with the moral dignity OF man, that
conduct so altrocious aud affective 10 hu.
mainly should be tolerated by those sove-
reign states which recognize the same in.
,ernational law with the people OF the
New World, and it being Our duty, as il
is Our high pleasure, TO aid the cause oil
humanity ana justice on every part OF Tbs
ball of earth, over the best par! OF which
it has pleased Allah thanks be to him and
all honor 10 Mahomet bis propheD to
place US, for the purpose Of governing il
according to bis good pleasure, and for
REFRESHING the In6dels--
We do, therefore, OF our own mere mo.
lion, in full Divaa, our Grand Vizier and
Multi humbly concurring With Us, com.
mand that an Agent or Commissioners, with
the rank of Pacba OF three tails, shal! be
sent among the forlorn and oppressed A.
frieans and Indians in the other Hemis.
phere, Who are thus kept in subj ection by
the ln6dels Of the New World, in order TO
INQUIRE into their actual condition, and TO
aid and comfort them in their praisewor..
thy eIertions to regain their ancient and
lmprescriptible rights, and re'sstabllsh
themselves among the independent nations
OF the globe; and thus TO alleviate the
,hroes and commissions Of agonized mau,
seeking through blood and slaughter bis
long lost liberties: 49,.
Given at Constantinople, ID Divan,
the 22d day OF the month Rsbia-
BIuI, year Of the Hesira, 1889.
July 4, 1894
The servant OF the Sultan, my master,
whom God preserve!
TAHER ABDALLA TENNlSH,
First Secretary.
(If we could persuade ourselves Of the
genuineness Of the above document, it
would appear that the turbaned Turk is
disposed 10 question our proceeding. to.
wards the sable sons Of Africa. our clear
and legal property. and toward the wild
and savage descendants OF Split Log. lie
cunseh and Wslk.in-lbe.wster, whose 70.
rests, imme a,urabIy spread, we have con.
verted into Aowery gardens and fertile
fields for our own use. But let the Turk
dare 10 make good bis threats. and mil
lions Of free and independent Americans
will unfurl the star splangled Banner a.
gainst the Crescent OF the insolent Pay.
hin.
From the language at the close OF The
manifesto, it would appear that lhs Grand
Sultan is familiar with the writings Of the
sage OF Monticello, and that hisprinciples
Of liberty and philosophy have spread from
the Rocky Mountains to the Hellespont.-
Ed. Gazette.
FROM HAVANA.
By the brig Panther, at Charleston,