Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-09-26
From HE National hfe'ligencer.
IuE. Turkish SULTAN.

TIE TURKISH SULTAN.
The arrival at Washington If an Envoy or Special
Agent from the Ottoman Government naturally attracts
attention the character Of the young Sultan. and the
spirit and principles which appear to have guided his
policy, and 50 fr 10 hsve marked his re'gn.
During The pas, year the public attention has been fire.
anently called to the position If The Turkish Empire and
he position which its Sultan assumed among the Other
Soveeigns of Europe. was wear IT hitnl import tn
the Liberties of those people who had heretofore etjoyed
any, and it often seemei thai the moment had arrived
when The power If royalty, least If he despoic firm
If royalty wnd fan before ih' power of the masses
1t seemed that the prediction Of frances glory. rs well
lis scourge-ihp grea Napoleon about to be full
filed and that Europe with her millions would become
either "rcpnbican Cossack.' There are many. too,
who thought TO see, amidst the rage Of political clements
The advent of mans worldly deliveranre and ta he was
hereafter eovern himself or. least. have his own
wishes bear their due weight an his lie tinrs
Amidst The many rapid ch,ngrs Of that pnriod. when
kings fled before the demands Of the people were
compelled accedr tn their wishes might readily have
been appehendod that the tman Sultan, the deSp tic
sovereign of the East would also he carried away BY the
many different and h.er g9nenus classes which he
regns and perh be bv the successful arms Of
revolutionary Europe We have re1d and heard much
If the rfrms made 'th by his late faher and by him
self They certainly have N tendency 10 crunscfibe
the privileges. such they are, of the Inhabitants of his
empire; hut the contrary, To render them happy bv
the ep,ymen of know ledge, which is the chef source Of
political freedom To any reople Il is remarkable fac ,
that whilst the Of Eurnpe cunvnsed, all parts
of the Ottoman empire remained qnie and faithful to the
yonno Sultan. whose benevolent measures had gane the
af.cti no and entire condolences of his subjects What
gre 1t IN ,ra spectacle to us Americans to SEP Nahom
medan prince. and the hghero great desplt Of the world
advancing the cause Of man Struggling fl his THIRTY by
protecting him in the hour If his failure. We need
scarce add that we allnde n the most noble and ma mani
nous conduct If Sultan Add al NIagd toward the unfor
tunate | IunCa rians.
Scarcely any one is ignorant Of The circumstance of
Hungary being country naturally strong BY lis geoopi
cal features: IN one side covered BY hoh and impossible
noun aims and on the other nv vast sandy pains
which Gig the advanc II armies and render military
predomnance inprac,i able |, is filled with pmpe
entirely disnc from the resi- of Eurone by language and
cha acer Their religion Is generally Protestant. They
are not exreled pprhos MT eqnslleJ by any other pe
pie for their bravery and miiafy .piri,: Wills, at the
same time they are celebrated us 40 ricnltnrass They
offer powerful barrier to the advance Of Russian arms
against Turkey and the o taman Sui an must ma 'urally
have l,oked upon their struggle with m lule elfner
est Their cause was his own nd their enemy he mnsf
dreaded ofbs throne and empire England and France
prevented HIM from inin, in the strnppe: perhaps had
the wishes f hi, Troops and Mahomnean subjects NJ,
rally been consul ed the assisaucs which he was a5e TO
off, the Hungarans night have secured he Deepen
denre Of unpary nj thnwu back Russia full century
if p odeea f,-eve in her snnnosed do ions nm m 'rur
key Il wonla have he n mo, i ropular move and lis
resis, Ia the Eas, incaleoabe Hut the hand Of n w
er laid low the homes of brave peo To- The creates
misloruqe that can FIJI men then WAS heir. They
were comppled To fy be,ra A, overwhelming frce Ia
Crsake tbeir c,un.rv ,h, h,,es G,eve, and IN seek
shelter within tho ertit,rv of proce whose en,re bas
heetnf,re becn considered b,,b,r ms and nnc yilzd In
this son,e ya,a;,, ,bey t,,d honavlan, o,d VIII
sncc rld them in the ham, Of h,, oTe,tas, mood F,,
,hnusapl Uu,gar;,ns and poles u7s,l, a orc ,,no,n
whom wore K,es,,b nanli,sti Un, and n ,,hian,7
were ,ecaivsd with = b,sni,,l;,, INV NrssuIr,,,
'rbay ,reta all mr. v;iJ r., os ,vlI "a !, Was ,os;
NJ ,b S,I,a, ara ,ha 49, a,, ,a, aI n,;,
,s ii. a,n ,4a,r onl Al Y ssh ,' % " s,;r ,roa,
cd ,s tho Corornpr f IInnoa,, h;s ,.s M, al ,rho
/ w., - ~ W Nv" gu, nS vas Nv" az, "
Sovereign Of ano her country, who DUNG the Struggle,
against the wishes Of his own people. had renamed
wholly neutral and though they did not invade his ter