Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-04-19
.Foresgtt Nepg.
TURKISH MANIFESTO.


: This document, which is contained in the Paris Mo
h'ter OF ehruary u, Is strong appeal 20 the Mus
seI;nan nation and The justice OF their cause Thoupl
il breathes hostility and hatred 10 the Christia,
ers, especially to Russia il oyinco, notbr. nj br,,
do, hn expresses strong determination 10 resist al
attempts 20 tread under foot The Turkish people,
CoNsTAyrISoPGE. Jan. Ie.
Even TIC least informed aware, that all Mus
snrnen naturally hate the niIeis and that the Inf
deis on their side the enemies of NJ ns;rlnen tba
Eussia above ALL has particular hatred of isIsma,n
ana that she IS the chief enemy of the Sublime Porte
OF ly or sixty years anxious (jaiOuse) 10 Put into
execution her guilty project against the NIussuiDa
nation aud HE Ottoman empire, she has constanty nro
fitted by The slightest pretext to declare wa, the
orders committed by the JanIssrIics who thank God,
are anniha!cd favored her prog ress; she has bv do
grees' invaded our PROVINCES he artogan nee and her
preiensOnS nave been ever aTrmentjnr and aha hoe
at last, imagined that she had discovered an easv me-
iiod OF executing her ancient plan against be sublime
forte, by exciting Insurrectirn against ,er o.
religIoniss, the Greeks. Tie latter united in ,,e
name OF religion, made a muaneors reyol,- ,ior
dill all tie evii they possibly could 70 the Ni,.sn,,
and, N concert with the Russians Who on their mar,
attached the Ottoman empire, conspired the exterri
nation Of si the faithful and the ruin IF the SubIre
rorte-which gray God avert! Thanks 10 divine 90 =
sIstauce' end othe protection OF our HOLY Pro;,bc,,
THIS perhlous plot dCaTC cred s,lrt fine bno,ra
1t was 10 I've Put in execution.
The measures which were taken in the ca nita with
ont lose % time, checked their commencement tho
manl; The sword inflicted Justice on good nun,bsr ri
tho rebels Of the NInrea, Of Negropon of Acsrnan;,
Of NissoIo1gh of .4tben@, and other places nm tho
Continent. Tue rebels OF The Morea and the ises NJ
foyer dared at the very beginning Of these troubles
10 engage with The Mussuinen; they killed prea,
number OF them; they reduced their wives and chill
dTen 10 bondage and under the name of The Coyeto
nent Of Greece" they committed unieard Of cxcessrs
For many years, considerable forces both military and
naval, we're sent against tern but our land ffoons
discouraged by The want Of pay, did not display the
requisite ardOr: feet did succeed on account of
the ancient disCre animation of the arsenal The
ter being spun out, other Europeans as well as f,e
Ru slams animated by ambition. Furnished secretly
every kind OF assistance 10 the rebels either by pro-
fD-es by dGed-, and thus the chief cause of
he prUIoua aon Of orr troubles At last led away by
ihc sTh,i"v and '7s'nra'ap7 e I,ossa Trg'a=L s7a
france united themselves IN Ter, and under the pre-
test n1t their commerce suffered by the long ooulin-
uance of those troubles they prevailed on The Greeks,
by every kind Of artifce entirely TO tenounce their
duties as I5ayais7 tributaries.
II was az different times proposed TO The Sublime
Porte no longer 10 interfere with the affairs Of ie
Greeks, but 10 give tleI form Of independent gov,
y"rnfncHt; 20 strara,e them altogether from The Mus
snlineu 10 establish among them a chief as in Wal
iaci"a ard oJsvia; and 10 grant them their liberty
On c'I' Gon Of an animal rIbute Such nearly we're
lac 'an proposals that were male. As Il is evident
NAT tire PTeteuce of liberty tended 10 nothing eIse
"t'H fnar Heaven .1t5a r+n 'o make I'll, mo tbe