American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-24

Conqueror left it, he at once subdues the sell
and the savage The farmer, at length, plants
himself ON the land that the Ranger wrests from
the Indian. The merchant covers with his sails
the seas that were scourged by the pirate. The
dollar dulls the edge Of the bowie knife. Where
the pioneer treads the missionary follows. Ele-
ment by element, civilization drops in Peace,
like cooling shadow, follows the blaze of war.
Death closes the career Of the primeval forester,
and the law Of God, vindicating by its perfect
ultimate success the merit of peace, whose tri-
umphs are the only true ones, plants the trader
and the farmer on his grave, aud that which
was wildly won is quietly and permanently en-
joyed, - Brantz Meyers Discourse before The Ma
ryland Hiatoricat Society. II 'esss
+ KossurH has written long and eloquent
letter addrsssed "a the Charge d dAffaires of the
United Etatss at Constantinople, In which be
speaks in very sad terms Of his present situa-
tion Of the treacherous and cruel manner in
which Turkey has dealt towards him, and of
the desperate chances of his liberation. In re-
ferring to the Intervention Of our Government
in his behalf, and of the policy directing its
conduct towards foreign States, he utters this
pregnant passage:
81 must frankly tell you that I have antici-
pated the failure of your negotiation. The
Turkish Government yields but to fear or TO
protection, and it must be fully aware that
whatever may be the power Of the United States,
Turkey has nothing to fear and no protection
to hope from them; nothing, because your Gov
ernmept, your Legislative bodies, all your or
gans of publicity, are very anxious to proclaim,
every one again and again, that non-interyen-
ton in European matters is the first fundamen-
tai principle Of the political system Of the Uni
ted States. To be sure, wise were the men
who established this principle, and wise were
the men who followed it, 1t was necessary
one for the foundation rs well as for the growth
of the United States Neither would it be con-
venient to me to investigate whether the dress
which is so well suited to protect the childhood
and to develope the youth will still prove suit
able when the much promising youth had be-
come full-grown man-nay, mighty giant,
as your country is. Time is going on, and
every hour may bring its own convenience, as
| it brings its own necessity. May be that even
your glorious country may soon. be called to
feel that every position has its necessity--has
its conditions-has, | would almost say, its un-
avoidable fatality; the more, the greater, the
mghtier that position is. God acts, not by
special will, but by general laws, said an Eng
lish philosopher. May be that even your coun-
try will very soon be called to feel that it is
determined las surely it isl to uphold, nay, still
to heighten the glorious position it already
holds. 1t will scarcely be possible, should it
even be convenient not to put a weight into
the balance, where the destinies of the Old
World and its civilization are to be weighed, il
viii scarcely be possible not to give any thing
more to the sufferings of nations than the noble
sentiments of sympathy to the struggling, the
commiseration to the fallen, an asylum to the
prosecuted, or, at the most, generous offer,
| but which even a Turkish minister may dare
to decline"