Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-28
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THE TURKS.
hrtract from the Journal cfan 0Gcer Of the Uni.

-, u"''e opin'on is So much against the Turks
that lt will be considered presumption on nv
part to ATTEMPT to say any thing in their favor
They are considered by the generality of the world
who never perhaps took the trouble of tully en-
curing into their character,) to be the most bar
barous and cold blooded people living and tb,
this was once my own opinion, am willing to n
low But having spent the last two wears of M,
Lille amongst them, feel myself able TO sneak ~
more favorable light of their character than man,
others, vino, either from prejudice or fashion. h,,
pronounced them to be the vest of the vile. IN.
the Turks arc, when their passions are arorscJ
violent and unfeeIng will allow-and wba. mo,
are not But that they near as cruel as tyr,n,
prejudice would make them, deny. Tie oreatas.
objection that we have to them, is that ,bev oto
lnidcls-that they do not believe the same doc
trlne that we do; therefore they ought to he cy
tirpatcd from the face of the globe But vel, dsf.
any one TO say that they do not believe in one (;rca
and Supreme Being. They do not. as many nos
sons say. believe A1ahomet to be their God Inf m
| ~ consider him their prophet. who is ia inter
ccdc Tor and watch over them. In their JeaI,nas
they are the most honorable people in the world
ana you coDnot insult them more than by tloubtin,
\ their word. Their treatment OF strangers Is alway
marked bya irankness and hospitality seldom me
WIN IN the most enlightened countries and it ma,
with propriety be remarked that if Won treat .bow
well, it will be fully rcciprocatcd
1t has been remarked By several writer's. .b,
the iuIks treat their wives as slaves, and consi,
er them only made to do the drudgcry ami worl
while the men Toll on Otomans or smoke their ,irp,
at the Coffee house, This is untrue. M nporls
pay create respect to the sex than they do /;
asaiso been said that The majority OF them have
plurality OF wives. This is also mistaken idea
have taken particular pains to enquire mo tbs
ana ! found there was scarcely an instan,e II
snyrha OF Turk having more than one wife,
I he inrhs are brave IN the extreme and when Ar.
onaed 70 anger. undoubtedly unieeing but When
treated with respect and attention. lhes are kind
attentive and generous. lnev seem TO possess
more nObeness q! soul than any other class If ncn
pie. have heard officers Of almost every nation
say that when they left home their GOOD parent,
Ilad instiiled into them notions very preulcia to
the Turkish character but when they became az.
qualntcd with them, instead of thinking them suci
wretches as they had been described, their charac
Ter anu manners were subjects Of admiration.
THE SULTAN Of lie CAR
When proposition made to the gallant Tartar TIA
merGne TO cxtcrminate Pagan tribe which lay within
reach OF his conquerirg arm lie replied make @al
only against my enemies, Ooh is capable OF knowing and
punshng his 7! II was noble made by a noble
man When the counsc ors of .Aicaolas urged him 10
crusade against the Turks, and cloak his rapacl,y
with The pfetencc Of sustained injury and the profession
Of jealous pety the rapscios a,lacra incapable Of the
;honorahle example
believing do thu. good Turl. is preferab lie
,ad Christian but rejolce at the defeat OF the
t.af,-By all those who dces that vile hypocrisy which
eeRs 70 Cypress man, and dares 10 insult the Eternal
y hose VINO revolt at raPacy, cxtortl0n and plumber
he story OF Russian disaster will be read with satisfac
Non The Turks are not that batland barbarous
fshlci iSnnrauce has described them be- True, they
POSSESS different faith from ours, aiil which i'll hei
Misfortune not their crime to believe, for they edu
ate IN US ten Isl and are we not all the creatuger OF
tluca,ion That is question between them and their
Maker; II He permits them TO live. how dare ap
olnt himself the agent Of the Lord, and teach Fer.
al wisdom how 10 rule, by STAINING the Garth with blod
Religious feeling has been made the subec of appeal,
prayers have assembled for the OF The spoer, and
heaven has been nsulted with thanks tor the sogitea
man now then ask, ii the undertaking Of The Can
nas found favor in the eyes of Heaven, why is thar his
e catered egions fleeing IN dsnay why is il tta
Bulgaria is srewed with Russian corpses, why is Np'
! ctor Of Chumt', and ,lahomnrd master OF Byaanlan
a What ref, cting look without shudderng as tb'
y ayage Russian uphods the Of Christ balIei II
ood, and shouts " Coon for God and the car.
The present Sultans oi,he most extraordinary me-
nat lived, and believe that he destined to re
. enerte his empire BY the abohon Of the jaasaliei
Z the suppression Of the Deryses by the astonishing
lie Ranges which he las wrought The preudice' o. HI
eOpc. by the system, the ofder the respect pad TO ma
b ona rights and private properly, by his humanity ans
" onor man, and by his energy, wisdom and irhnes
ruler, he is stamped great and good man
.ook at the Turkish capital, whence formerly all wa'
re ommotion and violence during state of war-Eys'
~ ing has been quietChrsiian, and Turk and Jew have
= aked through IFS streets in safety and slept IN peace
IL ldcr his protecting Since his accession TO the
one the advance Of the Turks in civilization has beer
pid and uniform and we venture to prnphcsy that sho'u
D. live twenty years more, the resources o his empire
Nc i'll be fully developed and Turkey VIII be The creates
" numerical country the continent. Then ON Tue ca
nded intercourse which the necessary result OF COM
10 cree, the Of their creed will be made apparent
lie Turks by CONTRAST aud their own good sense WIZ, e
,e rm them. Ii is thus that desire TO see tue iufA
- inverted, and net at the point OF the sword
" We may be called dreamers fo specializing thns-pe
te I'VE were called dreamers wnen We prophec'ed w
II resistance of the Turk against his agressor-"a
.as the result We were called dreamcrs when we III
sted the Car would the Pruh-what was me ie
ut we called dreamcrs, when in defiance o w
pininns of the European and American Journals we ~
sted that he would the Danube-wiat WAS the !.
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