Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-05
.MEHENiEr ALI AND HIS roLlcY.

Shtilh.-A chapter Ol DR.. DUIhtu OhSer-
litions IN the East is devoted 10 Nctemct a.
Il and hIs policy. kposse4Ses 70 much intei.
eat, thai We propose 10 condensc IL for the b.
neit ol our aders. Meheme; Ali was born
IN Il'!, at Cavalla. "a little village at Rome-
la ING same year lhat gave birth 10 SapoIe-
Oh and w elliugtcu. he commenced his ca.
Ieef as tax Sathercr. and being fortunate in
speeulatIons IN tobacco. aud IN marriage
With a rich relative oi the Governor of the IL
tage. he soon rose lnlopower and Importance.
re was appointed second IN command OF the
contingent troops furnished by his native dis.
tnct TO the Turkish army. at the time OF Ma
poeon Invasion of Egypt, and entered tina
country with his 800 Arabians in lTgS His
bfdveTy gained him the rank of Genctal o.
Division and after the expulsion of the French
he adroiily took advantage OF the uuarrels OF
the Mamelukes, the weakness of the Porte
anu the attachment OF the Arabians TO his own
person, To lay the foundation OF permanent
authority Tor himself III Egypt No crime was
TOO black, no tgeachery too base, 10 be- perpc.
,Iated b. the aspirsnt when his purposes nee.
ded Them. III the Porte sent Pacha, he en-
brohed him with the Mamelukcs and DESTROY
ed him. II the Mamelukes were too strong.
he embrciled them with one another and with
the Egyptian people. The Sultan command.
cd his return as Pacha Of Salonica, bat il was
cas- 70 disobey. there was no remedy. and a,
iist Tie Porte made the Albanian tobacconis,
fdcha OF Egypt. His career was then specd.
ny onward. tie introduced new modes OF
agriculture, European books. teachers and
printing Offices, and TO all outward appearan-
ces, was renewing the youth and the vigor of
Egypt.
The world was filed in few years. with
accounts OF the wonders he had wrought
Men thought OF him as one of the master spi-
ats that appear occasionally in the course OF
centuries, ana change the face of natons.-
The enlightened policy Of the Pacha OF T.
gypt was IN every bodys mouth. Predestin-
a ion was at las, to b. disappointed, and the
Mosems were 10 DC made Industrious; T.
gypi was to become g'in the granary of the
the Bedouins 10 forget tn itii Grant propen.
sites, and have quite resp, Bile farms i'm the
desert. The conquest of SYRIA filed up the
measure OF the Pachas fame Ills way had
OIen prepared by the errors and mis.ortunes
oil The Pore. After the loss of Greece. Sui
tan Mahmout became the tool of Russia, and
iost The confidence Of his peol lie, who regard
ed him "a the ally OF iniidels and accused of
God. The eXtorIions OF the subordinates- ex.
asperated the Christians OF Lebanon To rebel
lion, and Emir Bechir, the strongest of the
native princes, took refuge with Mehemet A.
II. The people of Damascus, together with.
some remnants of tn. janizaries who had fed
Imiher, rebelled against Mehemet Selim, who
the Sultan had appointed To the Pcchalic. and
mastered him. All Syria, in 1881, was Ell
ther IN revolt against the Porte. or ready for
IT, Doubtless TINS state OF things had weight
IN inducing Mehem1t Ali TO invade Sl ria, but
the ostensIble cause of his first movements
mo "a. 81, Il. ..
sign to dismo mber the Turkish Empire. Alb
iallah, Pachd OF Acre, had rebelIid against the
Porte and teen dcp)sed; but, by the. interposi
non OF Mehem?t Ali, had bicn restored
But he soon forgot the obligation and even re-
iusei 10 pay a debt Of twelve millions of nj
nsires Justly due to his benefactor. a worse
Sudgc arose. a number OF Egyptian peas
ants had escaped from their oppressive mus
Yer on the Nile and taken refuge in The Pa
stallc oil Acre. Mehemet demdnded'their
sa'guon, but Abtal ah refused to deliver them
'~"N "ti viov fivtii tire isutJurI. IYtuiIIIuulI
Was ai,p' aied To, and replied that all the "sub-
lec'7 Of the empire might 80 wherever they
os' 1t Is ala that when this answer
was reported TO Mehemct Ali, he was greatly
engaged, and cried out, Il must paw trihntc
lnd furnish soldiers 10 the Porte. while INV
people are enticed away, Ir1y revenues DIES.
iroyed, aud my debts unpaid" Bad as the
rdcha was, then he was not altogether in The
wrong. Al all events he makes out IA sirooa
,ass against Abtallah and the Porte, and ius-
lhes himself pretty well for taking the law
NO his own hands. This he did most eflec-
na'iy Pfociaimin5 that he came to aid his
master, NJ sent tea thousand troops across the
'esert, who were received almost every where
n SYRIA with open arms, and marched specdi.
y tolnvest Acre, the key of the whole coun-
ny, the impregnable fortress which had baf.
led Napoleon. Attack, d both bg sea and
aud. Aedaltdh held out for eight months with
6OO1 Turks; bat fresh troops arrived from e.
ypt, and ibrahim broke open the gates of the
own. The Porte was alarmed and with
9ood reason. Mehcmet and 4brahim were
degraded with the pachalics, they were excom-
nunlcated By the Ulemas, all good Mussul-
men forbidden TO succor them; and, what was
more 10 the purpose, Hussein Pacha. the most
z howned OF the Turkish generals; was sent
" l'h large force TO conduct his armies TO
aiiePpo aud thence to Egypt" as the boast
al iirman had it. But this was easier done
n the iirman than III reality. lbrahim had al
eady taken Damastu Us, and soon advanced 70
neeithe Turkish army. AtHoms he brc,h, il
o pieces, and III few days entered Alcppo.
irving the Turks across the Taurus, he de-
eaied their whole army of 80 600 men AT 10.
Iidlt aud was advancing with rapid strides
owards Constantinople, when Russia inter.
cred and the Turkish empire was saved. By
ne convention OF kutayah Of it'll OF Nav.
sS3, the pachalic of Syria was conferred ON
nehemed Ali. Take il altogether, this was
wonderful achievement Whether the Pa.
Ina intended it all is doubtful We are loo
pi, IN reading or writing history. to make
lerocs capable Of sc ing he end from the be-
lnlng. One step led to another: his am.
'luon grew with what it fed on; and so the
'dcha OF Egypt beam lord of Syria. and Al.
nost ma ser OF the Turkish Empire. The 90.
yernment of Syria was administered b, Ibe
facha with his usual severity. True. he a.
'olished at once The Irregular extortions and
aPneious cruciics of tire Turkish suborlin.
icS, but II was only TO introduce system
more CALLING still to people little accustomed
o regular authority. His conscriptions were
aLhtd on as iicrccly among the villages and
nils OF Syria az on the banks OF the Nile.
ms could not last Insurrcction after ins,,r.
ccuon arose; bat the Paclla was too strong