Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-07
EXTRACT FROM MADDEN's TRAVELS IN TCnKEy
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EXTRACT FROM MADDEN's Travels IN TcnEry.
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TIE Turks THE Turks are GENERALLY consider
Ell to be honestcr than the CT eeks, and i'm point of
fact they are, or at least appear so; they are certainly
less mendacious, and are too clumsy to practice chi
c"nery to advantage. Their probi,y, however, de-
ponds not on moral repugnancc to deceit, but solely on
the want of talent to deceive. never found II Turk
VINO Kept las word when it was his interest to breal;
II; but then never knew u Greek who was not ne
c!cssarlly and habitually a liar. lie is subtle in spirit
iHsidlous IN discourse, plausible in his manner, and
interchangeable in dishonesty, He is an accomplished
scoundfel; and beside him, the Turk, with all the de-
s.re TO dciIaud, Is so gauche i'll knavcry, that, TO avoid
detection, he is constrained to be honest"
The Grand OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the cncr-
Ky OF Sultan Mnhmoud, it is impossible for him To oh.
vlatc the evils of bad government, of bad laws, and
OF an antiguatcd political religion, neither suited TO
the times nor to the circumstances of the state: he
cannot alter the ordinances Of the faith, he dare not
subvert the principles of the religion, he cannot PFC
vent mlsrulc IN the PROVINCES, he cannot prevent re.
oeilion III the PdehtkhS IF syria. Though possessed
OF more energy of character tina, Sultan Selim.
though lnsensible to fear, and unaltcrabie in his pur.
poses, he wants every quality but ferocity, To make
HIM even n Turkish hero. Inaccessible TO counsel
ne looks with contempt on all European Sovcrcigns,
ana mas not sufficient prudence TO mask his animosi
ty;-devoid OF generosity. the affections of his sub.
Jects are alieDated from him; und every where I have
been the people have only painted for his death
he'r iast nope Is IN the succession of his son; and
"Henev:r that event takes place, the partial and tenn.
porary changes which have been long meditated, and
partly carried into effect, will fab to The ground.
"Ihc Turks are accustomed 10 visit their national
nllsiortuncs on the heads Of their Sultans; and so no.
thing Is coinmoner now TO hear than cxccra,ions in
tic mouth ct every woman, on the Sultan, because
bread is dear and money scarce.
"A Respectable man called Yussuf ETcndi, with
whom 1 am intimate, told me in the presence of DIR.
Perousel, that he and three of his friends we're soinr
TO Egypt, TO get beyond the grasp Of d tyrant who
had ruined his people, ] mention this, not because I
agree with Efendi IN believing that the iInpoverish-
mont nfiIp rp,tufr ~ - -, g.. 81 r.I.,AI A. a. Gil
but becansc it shows the feelings with which he is
regarded by his people.
Were he attacked, however, by The inGlels TO-
morrow. there Is not ono of his subjects WHO would
not rally round the standard Of tho Prophet, and nc
count u an honor TO fight for their Sultan. No mat.
ter how tyrannical he rnay have been, he is still TO
them the Zilulah, the image of God ON earth ."
ENoLrsH TRADE WITH TURKEY.-"Our trade with
Turkey has long been DECLINING; in the rclon of Ouoon
Anne VIC Ind five. ~and-twenty merchants in Consr,n-
tinOplc, we have now about half that nnmbcr. O,r
shipping gets no employment in the Archipclep no: for
one English vessel that gets n frcirbt IN Can5o ne
from 1t, the Consul told me there were twenty Aus.
tran. Our cloths ae no longer in request i'm fbe
Turkish markets; the German cloths. though coorse
are cheaper Il fult tho people better. The Dutch srn-
ply the market with arms 1--WE once did so oxcius;yrr
~ And oven IN printed calicOes and mnslins. W.
now divide the trade with the swiss, Tho colours az
their goods are brighter and more esteemed than oitrr
J. nc Impeachment OF thc Turks is another cause Of
the decline Of our trade here; tlGy can mo lopocr az
ford To- clOthc their harcms and tL,cmsclcoa ne ,bo.
were wont. The constant Guctnation in their monies
~ also n great evil to trade; attended with much in
convenience TO the merchants and distress to tho poo
PIC Thirty years ago there were cip1,t p~iasfrts 10 the
pound sterIingi now there arc ten piastres TO n Span
1911 dollar ~ ConslanlinOplc. md fifteen IN Egypt
q TuaUsn WORCESTERSHIRE most striking
quality OF the Moslem arc his profound ignorance, his
Ihsupernblc arrogance, his habitual Incidence md tn"
Pefhdy which, directs HE policy in tho Divan, and rcg.
ulates his lcrocty ~ the field. The defects in his
aye hose OF Inc nation they arc The growfh +