The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-08-04

'nE WIN "ea" Shy sgeht Whom ne employs
1nd even any individual who seems 10 threat.
en- the general safsy. Some psshas Of thre 6
tails have the title OF beglefbetg, as tho pssha
Of Sopb's or Romelia, and the pssha oi Kin.
tsye or AnaiolIS. He keeps on foot a militia.
~ eSablhhmsnt, mole or les, numerous &C
cotlling TO tho condition Of his revrnues and
the Posnioo Of his psshalic, and mo, ches al
the head OF bis aimed force when the front, .r
is menscsd, or when be 10 calle5 on by his
sovereign. The btys and the ssniseks, or
sub COVE inors, arc under his o'defs This
accumulation OF powers often renders The ~ O.
vinces Prey 10 iyesnny. In tho capital. ma.
ny ihines concur TO rcs;tsin The spiru Of op.
pfes3ionj the presence Of the sovereign, o
greal collection Of we'll informed persons,
an irar ense population, end the expectation
Of credit, Of favor, and Of power. The G'snd
Fizsr WATCHES ossr his ministers, and is
watched BY them in his turn. Evcn the sui.
tan has sometimes o secret poliee in pay. in
short, the people, when they choose TO rcbel
against their ,y'ants, by setting the city on
E's, almost always find suppon in the jealousy
or ambition, ii 40, 10 tho Indignant psobI'y OF
some Individual but the provinces have no
such resource 10 put In, action against their
pashas. II, IN the enc, the numbers Of com.
pisin,s and instructions demonstrate the 10.
supporablc oppression under whch h province
gtoaOs, tho government, ssnds q capdgi with
y sscre, c'aet Tor his execution, or snoihor
pasha with an aruV tho guilty psshs Is scZ.
cd /; his bloody head is exhibited oB the gate
Of The sefsglio his wealth goes into the cof
fsts Of The state, cod thuh the people arc Ie'
vsUgsd: exactly ,uch smother scene ss the
Roman empire exhibued With It's proconsuls
and us prators, whose heads ceatution was
vet commonly ordered 10 bring and present,
a. the foot OF me ,h'one, after they bad for o
sunicen, ,lne pilsecd Gau', Syris, or hfics.
One oi Tho greatest nissof,rnes of the OF
tornsn empire 10 tho divssi,y Of It's religions,
with lhcir recipi ocsi spitit OF hostility. The
Tu ks and other Mshofnetsns do Bol form 0
third port of 'he population of European Tur.
key, aud not more than ivo. hiths Of Turkey
in Asia. Three ni.hs, perhaps Two thirds, Of
he whole population, coosist OF nations which
profess Chtislisniy Besides tho Goeeks
properly so called, thc,e are Sc!avonian tubes
such o, ihe Se,yisns, WallachIans, and Mon.
,en.griss, which follow ,he 'itusi Of tho esst.
e,n Gresa church. This church, which the
Roman Catholics considea as scisma,ical, per.
5ecute. with savage fay the inconsido able
nusnber Of uoiied G eeks, as they arc called,
or thuss vho acknowledge The authority oi The
Pope. Tho Armepans iorm 9 numerous
church, which derives . g'ea, influence from
10 cbsssctcr Tor aus,eti y and Tor pf cbiy.
Otbe' religious communities, such ss that oi
The Jicobnss, called Cop's ia Egypt, the
Nesio'isns aud the MTonlies, derive de-
gree OF strength from no internal union which
they respective y enjoy. The D'usss sre the
svowed enemies Of tho system Of MShomet
The Jews swarm Ia Tu key more lhan 10 any
country of Europe. An those associations
se, 10 the cyes OF The Tu,k,, so many bands
Of cuGspirator,. All, excepting tho Maron.
lite, aod tho buses, arc resficied 10 tho Tree
exercise Of their Worship, objected TO- marks
Of ignomny, and abandoned TO in justice, with
out protection or defence and oil sre ac,uat
cd by spiTit Of inveterate hatred to one o.
mother, and tbus deprived even OF that sst
harmony which participation in slavery mig
engendet. Had The Tuks conioined long.
erSiehled policy with their religious prede
lic,ions, ihs7 might have, either by bfuia
force, or by system OF d:scou'agemen TO 90
;nlidsl IN favor OF a mohometsn population
ek.efOsOo'eu cVe'J race tna' was Ru'uco W
an obnoxious faith. While from some quar-
ter, OF Europe we contemplate the medley o'
religions that sub.is,s in Turkey, whether
shall We 'sioice in tho effect, while we dos.
pise The inia,us,ioD that to!e'stes and produ'
CO, u, or shsli 40 recognizs ia this fset de.
cree OF laudabie tolerance TO the renunclniion ol
which some countries OF ChfisieDdom owe al
isss, q Temporary IL not g perpetual state oi
compa'alive rsposs The total ex'i'pa,ion
Of tho Mshomeians from Spain, the de'ermin.
ed and unr nrelening extinction OF tho st ct.
fors Of the Lutheran reformation in that
county and in IIsiy, and 'he rigid policy
which tho governments Of these countries
sili rnsin,sin on the topic Of religion, present
a conttssl to the practice 10 Tutssy which tho
liberal and candid ail, not be forward TO sP.
pisud.
The sbsuidilies Of the religion Of Mshomsi
have undoubtedly been sometimes exsggsrst'
Cd. Irs rsdicsl doctrines arc cedsinly simple,
and, even allowing that It's pteespt' were IN
sxcepiionable, tho p'etensiohs OF no origin
fo.