Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-02-18
LETTER FROM THE EAST.

AFTER having passed the hrSt part OF
the summer in the northern portions of Eu-
rope, and the month of August in London,
] have been passing the subsequent months
in the south-Portugal, Spain, France, TIA
ly, Greece, and Turkey. l need hardly say
to you, that | have enjoyed greatly this lat
ter tour, both because my health has been
much better than it was in the north, and
because it has taken me into some portions
of Europe which never before visited. Por-
tugal and Spain in the southeastern penin-
sula, and Greece and Turkey in the south
eastern, are portions of Europe of diverse,
but wonderful interest, for an intelligent trav-
eller. My soiourn in Greece was one which
shall never forget. Making Athens my
centre, visited all the places of Importance
in its vicinity-Egina, Salams, Eleusis, Co
rinth, Pentelicus, Marathon, and Sunium.
81 was far more encouraged in relation
to the state and prospects of Greece than l
had expected to be. That country, so dear
to the lovers of popular liberty and classical
literature, is badly governed; but regen-
Grafton will be wrought out in time. 1t was
sad blunder in the three great powers which
undertook the guardianship of that country
when it threw off the yoke of Turkey, to
place over it young German prince, who
knew nothing of constitutional liberty, and
who can never be made to learn And | We
nv much fear that there will be soon revo-
LUTON there. and perhaps a dynastic one
What will succeed. in that case, is a ques-
ton which 1 am not able to predict. A re-
pubHc is what many Greeks would prefer ;
but they are not prepared for such a form OF
government, nor would the guardian pow
fers at all consent to 1t, with the exception,
perhaps, of England, who might do 1t upon
the principle that the people otGreece ought
to have such government as they prefer !;
and, perhaps, too, because it might not be
easy to choose another king for them. What
gives the hope, IN relation to Greece, is the
desire which the people manifest for knowl-
edge-her ouU or 4uU Sch00fS, ncr lour gym
"aS'a, her university, her twenty-four news
papers, several OF winch are conducted with
talent ana the distribution OF the biDie, and
other good DOCKS, whhcn Is gong on.
put m,ich as L was interested IN Nreece'
the days Which l nave oeen spending III TINS
cdPttW " me EoSt' nave peeh scarceiy less
peasant imam those wilch spent III AthehS'
oonstantlhoPie' It's suburbs lhe bosphoruS'
ana itS scehes-wnere shall we ma ahythihg
ike them Ill the whoie word nave peeh
much interested In the character OF the
urks, ana other PoPat"'onS Oh inns empire
ana III studying 'he character anu Prooaoie
destihy OF thiS government Du'' MOST oi
all, III seeing what Is gong OH mere 10 iiitro-
duce, chiehy tnrough the iaDorS OF our Amer
ican missionaries, purer Onrisuahity INTO
TINS realm-the only means, III my OPINION
IL,
eminent Oh turkey was never SO wei, al
mihistered as at this moment Aouooi Meo-
pa, the sultan, Is no common man anu lie
has some able and enlightened men IN ms
cabinet. lhe urand Vlzier, heschlu "a
cha, has seen good deal OF western Eu-
rope, and It's civilization, ana Is disposed TO
do all he can Tor the regeneration OF MS
country.
am happy to say that our American
minister here, the Hon MI Carr, Is just
such man as we ought 10 nave at TINS post
His straight forward, simple, ana hrn course
has secured the respect not only OF the forte,
but OF his fellow ambassadors lie mas made
the name OF the government respected here
to degree that 1t never was before. lie
has nobly protected our missionaries who are
laboring in various important parts of this
empire When efforts were made some time
ago to have them expelled from the realm,
Through the intrigues ofthose who hate the
pure gospel which they teach,) MIR. Carr
rightly said to the Porte, so long as You toll
crate foreign missionaries of any other faith
in your empire, you shall not send away the
American Protestant missionaries with my
consent, His frmness had the desired eff
feet. And lately, when an armenian uOrta.
bet, (priest,) who had become Protestant
took refuge in the house of an American
missionary at Smyrna, and was demanded by
the Austrian Consul, because the Austrian
ambassador had given an Austrian passport
in order that the man might be gotten into