The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-02-16
Correspondence of the Courier.
WASHINGTON, FEB. G

ventions, and nominate party candidates.
the whig friends Of Gen. Taylor in Congress
have been outnumbered and trammelled by
reorganization of their party They, ne
vertheless, have not altered their opinions.
that Gen. Taylor will faithfully represent
every valuable principle of the party, and
can, moreover, be elected. The will still
continue to urge in favor Of Gen. Taylor, the
great argument of availability.
Some of the Southren Calhoun men are
quite pleased at the present state of things
that Is, the prospect of regular democra-
tic Convention. They think that an indie.
pendent nomination will be made, in the
South and West, of Gen. Taylor and that
ifno, elected by the people, he may defeat
any popular election, and be chosen by the
House Of Representatives.
There can be no doubt that Mr.. Claws
visit to this city, and his evident health and
spirits. and his decided opposition to the war,
have all had influence in remitting upon
him the force ofthe yet powerful whig par
ty. The New ork wings have had much
influence in producing this state of things,
and they think that, availing themselves of
the existing feud between the hunkcrs and
barnburners. they may obtain the vote ofthc
State for Mr.. Clay. They could not, they
think, obtain it Tor Gen. Taylor.
The project ola direct tax is dead ditto,
OF duty on tea and coffee; ditto, OF MIR.
Walkers proposed new batch of Treasury
Notes. The wings have determined to hold
the administration to their system low du-
ties, Sub Treasury, and pure gold and sill
YER currency-in order to test it's adoption
to the large expenditures ofthe war.
The most important development that
we have had, of late, i'll respect to the policy
OF the administration, is that they are ready
to make treaty with President Herrera, on
the same terms heretofore proposed through
Mr.. Trist; but that there is no evidence
before the Executive that Herrara's Govern.
ment will accept such terms. 1t would ba
well for both coutries if Mexico would now
accept eIlerms and still better in view of the
permancnce of peace between the two coun.
tries. if the Sierre Madre should be the
boundary line, instead of the Rio Grande,
Correspondence The ~ Y. Jour. of Com.
CoNsTANTINoJ :, December Is, l847.
REcoGNITIc' oF PnoTEsTANTIsM BY TIE
SULTAN.-The annual festival OF the Turks.
called "Courban Beiram," or "Feast OF
Sacrifices" was made memorable this year
by the issue of an Imperial Order, constitu-
ting the Protestant subjects of the Empire
into separate and independent community,
like that of the Americans, Greeks, and
Latins We believe that it was the most
precious sacrifice offered on the occasion.
1t is customary with the Government to re.
serve measures for these festivals, either
for the sake of honoring the festival with
the publication Of them, or in case there
should be an opposing party, that their cla-
mors might be. drowned in the gaity and
idleness of the holidays.
Isend you an early copy of this document
from which it will appear that so far as the
imperial will can secure it, the position Of
Protestants in the Turkish empire is as
well based as that of any of the other COM
munities. This is the first time since the
Reformation, that Protestant subjects of tho
empire have been recognized as existing as
a distinct body. All those whom it imme-
diately regards, have been brought to a
knowledge of the truth By American mis-
sionaries; and in civil respects this is the
reward Of the patient endurance of a few
hundreds Of persons against prosecutions
from their clergy. Orders similar to this
have been forwarded at the same time to
the Pashas Of Erzroom. Trebizond, Da-
mascus, Aleppo, and Nicomedia, in all
which Pashalicks there are Protestants,
requiring them to obey it to the letter.
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
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