Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-05-07

70 the Greeks inhabiing ancient Greece,
that i "a saw, the Morea, Attica, and the
;sles oftbe Archipelago, and they annOunc-
od that they would depart all three together.
Tins have our affairs come to this point.
Il ~ nresent, (God preserve us from 1T
ofer having witnessed sach conduct, and
boen asked such conditions, we were to
give way. and to concede the independence
0f the Greeks, the contagion would soon
extend TO all the Greeks settled in RomelIa
and 4natoha, without the possibility of
arrestinq the evil. They would all pretend
70 the same independence; they would de-
nonnce their duties as Kayaks, and, tri-
umnbino in a year or two over the gen
orons Nnssulman nation, they would finish
one dav. by suddenly imposing laws upon
ne (God preserve us from it, and the ruin
Of onr religion and our empire would be
the inevitable result. Whilst, thanks to
Cod the numerous provinces of Europe
and Asia are filled with an immense Mus
SULLIVAN population, does the sacred book,
and does our law permit US, through fear
of war. to let our religion be trodden under
the foot. and to deliver ourselves TO the
InfdeIs from hand to hand, our wives. our
children, our goods, and our property!
Though, in the origin, the whole world
was in the power of the inhdels, neverthe-
less. at the birth of the true religion, God,
aided the faithful, our Mussulmen broth
ers, who have appeared and disappeared
since the happy time of our Great Prophet.
ND to this day, through the effect of their
sincere devotion and unconquerable cour-
age. thought nothing of the number Of the
Inhdels. United in heart for the defence
of religion how many thousand times have
they not put thousands Of lnhdeis to the
swordl How many provinces and states
have they not thus conquered sword IN
handl As often as we shall be united like
them and that we shall affront battles for
the glory of God, the Most High will en-
tighten us with his Inspirations, and our
holy Legislator will cover US with his tute-
lary agis; his absent companions will be-
come our guides; and who can doubt that,
under their auspices, we should not gain
the most brilliant victory!
IF the three Powers, when they see us
determined, as in the past, to reject their
vain demands, accept our answers, and
our explanations. and desIst from the Greek
affair, it will be well. If, on the contrary,
tEey should persist to force us to except
their demands, even though according to
tradition, which says, that all the Infdels
compose but one nation, they should all
league themselves against us, we would
recommend ourselves to God-we would
nlace ourselves under the protection Of our
Holy Prophet; and united for the defence
of our religion and the empire, all the
Viziers, all the UIemas, all the Ridgals,
and perhaps, even all Mussulmen, would
form but one single corps.
This war is not, like all former wars, a
political conflict to acquire provinces or 10
settle frontiers. The object of the Inhdels
is to annihilate Islamism, and to tread I'M
der foot the Mussulman nation. It must,
therefore, be considered purely as a religi-
Gus and national. Let all the Faithful,
rich or poor, great or small know that to
fight is the duty of US all. Let them not
dream of monthly pay, or of any pay
whatever; far from it, let us sacrifice our
property and our persons; let US fulfill with
zeal all the duties which the honor of Islam
ism imposes upon US; let US unite our eff
forts, and labour with heart and soul for
the maintenance of religion until the day
of judgement. Mussulmen have no other
means of obtaining salvation either in this
world or the next. WehOPe that the Most
High will vouchsafe to confound and dis
perse in every quarter the Infdels, foes to
our religion and our empire, and that In all
times, in all cases, he will grant victory tc
the Faithful. Our true position being thus
known to all Mussulmen, there Is no doub
that if they have the least faith and piety
they will also know their duty, they viii
unite heart and soul TO maintain our religi
on and our empire, as well as to insure
their own salvation in this world and the
next; and that if the occasion requires it
they will discharge with zeal and valor the
varied functions of the war, and fulfil ex
actly the duties imposed upon US by oul
holy law. Help comes from God
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