Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-12-05
TYRANNY or MgHEAEr ALI.

b'a faculties OF nc1, 10 be provoked BY the iit''s
v~sxations which Aless endure.
TYRANNY or MEHEaEr ALL.
AYAS SIX wIrSKss.
The boosted civilization witch Mahemei Al
hat Intro iueei into thr counties uaasf his way,
u Only sapssocial. aud has no origin wha,ssef IN
any rsai IN ,sosyerncns " ameliofstion 10 tbs con.
diiioa u ~ y26bs.sa, u their re.pss'i,s popa'a
tiJna.
lpvfs9yp.. thu Whale u the lsnls belong 10 the
= achs; bsside. himAsif. there IL no landed proptie.
tor, ami hs has the sbsolule monopoly Of every
tI.inr ID Il u grown In tho eouatry. The ls''ox
lag n ,hs tnsnnar In which Il 10 cultivated. Por.
Il M of isnd, srs divided out batw .cn tho fcllah.
Of village. according 10 shs nu,nbsr.; s.el.
corn, cotton o, other psoduse, l. given 10 ,hsm'
,hi. they saw and REAP. an! " she prolaes,1S per
can, 10 ia asdia,sly taken 10 Tho paehs's dspots.
Thc renainina as per cont, 10 lst 10 than, with.
however, the power 10 sska II q . price ased ~
tas r seAs himseif. end then fcssii to them al
hlshar prica. This ID generally done, aud reduce.
tho piusacs leh then aboatD per ceat more; hen
this .hsy are 10 pay tbs cspi,ssiea tss. which y
~ levied according 70 the real numl~s Of The In
A~sblsan,s II 4 village ,bul acretdins n TIM nunshsfs
q which Il u rated In the Government books; 20
thea In ons ~ia..sacs with which | was acqsaisted,
. village originally rated q ace, reduced BY the
eou,cdpslyn 10 l0J, aid BY death or fight. u ~.
vss sill obliged 70 psy ,hs full capi.a.,on; and
vheo | went shsfo. ~ 81 The 30 had baen jas
bss.in I'd ,sd 10 ss.sft from them their proportion
cf tho sun claimed, Ahcf chs c~apita,ipa 60 ms
~ ns on shs la.s ssers, ,si.ei fran 30 10 90 pa.
~ - tho Pscha, and 400 piss.ess : ,csr fat
pseni sion to use THAR own wste, shsnls, y i,hoas
waich the isnjs situated heyona the overflow Of
the Nils, or ,Do high ft hio reach. would be
barren.
Then comes an iaAaiss Of ls,ss ~ every arti.
IL of Tie, swan 70 the csksa of csmefs, dung.
eAich the wsmsu and children eolIeo, sui d.y for
fasl, saa which pay IS n, cen. h hind at.hs gate
n Caiso and thu other towns. Next 10 the taxes
e,mss the cosvse In .hs wotA form, and In con.
,inual a.ilon; a any moment the fe'lahs ARC liable
II be aeissd for public wotks,fa the transportation
o. The baggage of tho troops. o. y trail The hoa,s
q tho 0ovefamcnt " is ~ofieess, and THE without
nav Of reference 10 he state Of thsif crop.
When Mshsme, All made his famous canal from
A,exsnltia 10 tho Mia. ho did Il BY fascihly
marching down 10000 men from MI parts Of tho
country, and oblisias than 10 esea,als with their
hands. :. tools ,hry had nol.or psthaps could M.
30 vrsvidsd. Thu excavation was completed In
three months hut 10. 900 men died In the opera.
sioa. Then comes tho course u the transcription,
which d exercised In I mos. cruel aud ~ssbitrary |
msaner,wi,hout any sort Of rule Of Law to regulate
Il. An order u givea 10 The d ef Of 4 district, to
Aasnish Z cstsain numaes Of mon, these no seiscs
lks Wild bcas,s whefsver he can ind them. With
out dissieesiaa o. ~sasmplion, the weak a. ths
s,song, The slck ~ Wall a. thsss In health; end -
shsts q no better road u the Pscha's favor than
showing grsat seal In this branch OF service, b.. if
rosaihls, collects more sven than WAS demanded.
Thsss ass shaiaea, marched down In the river.
end embarked amil-t TIE srs,s and tarentions oil
shsls families. who kn,~ thst they shall probably
asvsr zee them sgsin; for change Of climste. bad
sseasment, AMI shore IN, despair. cause ! nostali.
" Ia The Pachs's army hsyend belief; matila,ion
l. not now conside,rd On exemption, and the
scnssqaencs ofths systom, il. that fiom Assausn,
q, The Hrst cataract. 10 AIeppo, you literally
speaking. never noe = young man in q village, and
such Il the depopuls.isn. shss fittings continue
o. lhsy nov are, kt two years more, aud she Pa
cha insisls on keeping,ap HE ia 10 its ptesen.
farce. Il will DO utterly impossible Et the crops 10
- "a, In, Of Tor any Of the operations Of ag,irul.
turs 10 DO Carried on.
The while Of THE a~irocious sy.tem l. carried
Into effect BY tho ~crueless means-no justics Of
any sors Tot the wssk; no security for those who
are better Of. tho hss,inado and other tortnres APP
piled on every o~ccasion; and Il tho arbitrary will
sf ever officer Of shs Government. In addition to
this, ,hs nativss Of The country. are rarely employ.
sd-neser Ia Offices ef trust; and the whole rev.
srnrnent h entrusted 10 Forks. IN shost, the worst
features 81 he Mamaluks and Turkish roles are
Ia sc4ivs operation; hut the meihed Of ap-
plying thsm, u much moro ingenious, snd the
hoasled civilization Of Mehcmet Al, amounts 10
shls-thal bsins beyond doubt. I nan Of ~sstrsns
dtnssy talsnta he knows how u bring into play
ths resources Of The county better than his pre-
decssaoss did. bat like them. entirely fos his own
without say references 70 the we'll BE-.
Ing ofths people, aud that with the aid Of his
Essopesn instruments. be hss.if I may say "a.
applied ~ screw with . master hand. and squeez.
n ksm ne wrstchs under his swsy the very las,
drop Of their blood.
Such b the sesis Of these Two countries. Sysis
h psshaps the worst Oh ofthe tsc; fas The Esyp.
Used 10 cppresaion. bear il without ! s,ruu-
gses ~hiist he Sysiaas. shs hsa been Loo. hafahly
In ed times. sritAs sader and gnaw ,hei,
Rhaias.