Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-07-28

Egypt.-Mr. Waghorn, an English gen.
tleman who mas had much connexion with
Egypt, thus writes in communication to
the editor Of the London Times:-
Egypt, under Mehemet Ali, has already
become a secondary power, and from its
central position as regards our Eastern in
tcrests, TO my thinking, is likely to become
greater. Already is Egypt mole powerful
by land and sea than Spain and Portugal
put together.
The general opinion Of England appears
to me IN error with respect 10 Egypt;-t
thinks that the power of Egypt Will die
with Mehemet Ali No, it will not. Me-
hemet Ali has one son, lbrahim, aged 46,
commander in-chief of his armies, every
way qualified to carry out his fathers en-
lgh;ened views; another son, Said Bey,
aged 10, commanding a ship Of 50 guns,
is also promising; a grandson Abas Pasha
aged 20, Governor Of Cairo, the post of
trust, next to the command of the armies.
There arc many Of the great men Of Egypt,
married and intermarried into the female
branches of Mehemet Ali's family, and he
has several grand children, who are sons
of Ibrahim and Abbas Pasha before named
All these are brought up to and at pro-
per age are sworn to maintain the regene-
rating principles of Egypt, and certainly,
they are all fitting to succeed Mehemet
Ali.
During my sojourn in Egypt off and on
since 1889, (eleven years,) have seen it
rise, and monthly can trace fresh proof Of
its further rise.
The sesources OF that country are very
great the soil even Of which have always
belonged to the governing authority, since
sold 10 it by its people in the days of Pha-
raoh, as proved by the 47th chapter of
Genesis, from the goth to gath verses
As, then, SO it has been through all Egyp-
tan, Roman and succeeding dynasties, till
now; and this, and no other cause, has
kept up the Indebtedness OF its inhabitants
in those successive generations, because
the people have always been slaves TO its
soil for the benefit of the government, and
not themselves.
Within the last year, Mehemct Ali, even
in state of warfare, has begun to alter
this. There are now English and French
farmers in Egypt, farming portions of its
lands, varying from 10, 900 to 5000 acres;
and if the Pasha could only be relieved
from its warlikc attitude, have heard him
often declare, that freedom of the soil to
the Egyptian People should be the signal
Of relief and happiness TO them.
| have a conviction that there is only
one way left to keep the Turkish empire
from falling into the hands of Russia,
which is, to place Mehemet Ali and the
Sultan in amity once more. Then the re-
generation of Turkey will follow, without
which Ito me- it appears hopeless. Weigh
ty considerations also call upon us to keep
this rising power OF Egypt as our friend
and ally, fer the present and the future
Not only ought we TO act in a much more
courteous manner towards Mchemet Ali,
but we ought to give helping hand, and in
many ways we can do so, from our civil
zcd country to our brethren the Arabs Of
the desert of Egypt, &C., once our foes,
now our friends. WHO ever thought these
wild men could be tanned by the pacha's
rule, so as to afford even servile attention
10 our countrywomen and their children
passing over theme But enough of this
subject, for | know it is unpalatable to
many, that Mehemet Ai's merits, and his
regenerating principles Of government,
should be publicly known!