Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-09-26

pehdence on the 9th INST, that the Bulo,.
rians have just had their independ.ses.
acknowledged by the Porte, and bav.
consequence elected a native Prime. :"
rule them F.; and though this is most MI
ably incorrect, as l do not see il men,;os
ed in any German paper, yet il .hon.
what the tendency Of things i, in ~,
country. II is possible that the TurL;.s
Government may have voluntarily tn
measure, to which it would o,i.rw;."
hereafter be forced.
If we now look at the Bosnian. All.
mans, and other Christian races Of En.s
pean Turkey, whose number alioo,,h.. !.
more than double that of the Mshemn.
dams, we can easily conceive how ,l.ra.-
is the thread by which Moslem power !.
there held together, and how soon !,
might be broken by any thing like d uni.
ted effort of the subject people. Th,,.
people are, moreover, full Of prinit;v.
vigor, which only awaits favorable IN.
portnnity to show itself, while the Tmt.
has become efieninate and weak. VIII,
young and vigorous people can do wien
reused, We have seen in the case Of HIM.
gary. Who would have believed. befor.
the event showed the fact, that 30 m.nv
elements OF national greatness and olcry
| lay buried in the centre of Europe, amonr
a people scarcely known BY name! Rus.
sia sees well the weak points Of The O,to-
man power, and is taking her measure,
accordingly. The question with her |,
not so much how to overthrow that nov.
er, as il is how to establish her own In Il,
place. She wishes 10 see il fall no faster
than she can succeed in rising where Il
| stands. For this reason she suffers the
Bulgarian instruction TO lie defeated
when with word from her il would ri.
umph. However greedily she may look
upon Constantinople, and however conf
dent that il will finally fall into her hands,
LET it not be supposed that she think, Il
will ever be necessary 10 march her own
armies against it, and thus draw down
upon her the other great powers. The
subject races Of the Turkish Empire ere
more than sufficient 10 overthrow il, and
who will interfere to re-es,abli.h power
thus annihilaled? Or who will prevent
Russia from ruling at CoDstantinople by
her diplomacy and influence, until she
can substitute her actual sovereignty?
1t is undeniable that not Only The Sla-
vonian people OF European Turkey, land
most OF the inhabitants of that country arc
Slovenian, but also those of the Austrian
Empire. have secret sympathy for Rms
STA, as the great representative of their
common race, and that they imagine
time will come when all will be united in
one grea, Empire. This feeling in Tur-
key is strengthened by that OF a common
religion, as most OF the Christians there
are of the Greek Church. Constantine
pie is to them what Rome is 10 the Cath
olics, and they look forward with conf
dence TO the day, when it will be freed
from lis presen, polluIions. Every thing
tends 10 that end, and strange will il Be-
indeed If il does not before many years
come to pass.
But it must not be supposed that be-
cause the Slav onisns sympathize with
Russia, that they are friends OF the Gar.
On the contrary, their motto is, Russia
will remain, but the government may
change. They hope 10 see Russia be-
come mighty Empire, uniting all the
Slsvonians, but they hope at the same
time 10 see its present despo,ic system fall,
and liberty take its place. On this ground
ii is, that though the Servisns are much
attached TO the Russians, v ith HON ihey
are closely related in language as well IS
religion, there is strong national party
in Servia, whose object is TO counieracs
present Russian influence. That people
might have sooner become free from the
Turkish yoke, if they had consented 10
give up their fortresses into Russian
hands +; but they preferred 10 fight out
their liberty alone than exchange one
despot for another. There is no danger,
therefore, Of those nations submitting 10
Russia while under her present system,
unless driven 10 it by the force of cireun-
stances.
II the Ottoman power in Europe be thus
destined TO fall, j, should he the care Of
the powers of Western Europe that Il
come into hands as free as possible from
the letters of the present Rus.isn despot-
ism. An attempt TO uphold the rotten
fabric at all hazards, would perhaps tend
more than any thing else TO throw il en-
tirely into Russian hands, by convincing
the subject races that this is the only
means Of succeeding in throwing off The
yoke of barbarous as well as despotic
power.
As far as America is concerned, see
no ground oil alarm in case Russia should
get possession OF Constantinople, provided
she should first charge her present polii-
ical system. If, as many believe, Russia
suddenly change from q despotism TO .
republic (from lack Of the elements OF
limited and constitutional monarchy, ] then
we should rather salute her as a sister
power, destined TO revive civilization IN
the decayed Empires of the ancient world,
as We are carrying it into the primessi
forests Of the new.
The news of General Taylor's sudden
death has been received with feelings oil
sorrow in all Europe. His firm, patriot
ic, and equitable conduct while fulhll'ng
the duties of his high office, had gained
him the respect of all, and the only wish
expressed, is, that Mr. Fillmore, so une1-
pectedly called TO succeed him, may lot
low the same undertaking line OF conduc'.
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