The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-02
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CORRECTION OF A HISTORICAL Err
ROR.
The Wing, CT yesterday, defending Gen.
Scott from the charge being ''Proscriptve
RomAn Catholic" says:
When in Mexico, as sound policy, not less
than humanity and justice, dictated, he caused
the people of that country to be protected in
abe free enjoyment Of their religion, and would
not permit their churches to he plundered.-
This was his duty as General quite as much
as Christian. By an opposite course, he
would have exasperated the people, and rem
dered his victories more difficult. He did not,
however, like Bonaparte in Egypt, turn Nam
-aluke /; he contented himself with concilating
the population by respecting their mode OF
worship and restraining pillage-by this con-
duct lessening the horrors of war and height
ening the lustre of American arms.
1t is a mistake to say that Bonaparte turned
MameIuke in Egypt. The Mamelukes were
the very persons upon whom he professed to
make war. In his address to the Egyptians,
soon after landing, he said, "You will be told
that am come to overthrow your religion
Believe it not, | am come to restore your
rights, to punish the usurpers. and that have
a much higher respect than the Mamelukes,
for God, His Prophet, and the Koran
At the period of the expedition to Egypt,
that country was inhabited by three distinct
races of men, to-wit the Mamelukes, Tor Cir
cassians,) the Ottomans, and the Arabs. or
natives ofthe country. Speaking different lam
.guages, and not resembling each other in man
ners and customs, they had nothing in com
mon but the Mohamnedan religion. The
Mamelukes and Ottomans spoke Turkish, the
natives Arabic. When the French arrived,
they found the government of the country in
the hands of the Manielukes, who ruled it with
a rod of iron. and were, for that reason. detest-
ed by all who did not belong to their CASTE
They were ruled by twenty-three Beys, all
equal and independent among themselves. and
all subject to single chief, who was selected
from their number, on account of his superior
valor aud success in war. These Beys were
recruited from Circassia, being slaves pur
chased at the Bazaars of Constantinople, Or
the slave market of Cairo. The number of
Mamelukes was, at that time, about 10000
The Otomans were established in Egypt, in
the sixteenth century, by the conquest of the
Sultan Selim. They numbered about 100000,
and formed the corps of Janizaries, Spahis,
&c. They were despsed as an inferior race.
by the Mamelukes, who oppressed them be-
yond all bounds, and lost no occasion to insult
and degrade them. They formed the mass of
the population. They were governed by
Grand Sheiks, who claimed to be descended
from the Sheiks of those Arabs who conquer.
ed Egypt under the Caliphs tina, Immediately
succeeded the Prophet.
The great object of Bonapart- was to win
over the Arabs-the masses-and he hoped to
do it through means of these Sheiks, who, not
less than the people over whom they ruled.
were the deadly enemies of the Mamelukes.-
la order TO accomplish this object, he issued
The proclamation alluded to, In which he said,
I'VE, too, are true Mussulmans." mot Name.
iukes) "Was it not we that destroyed the
Rope. who said that war must be made uuon
the Mussulmans7 Thrice
happy they who shall side with us. Thew
shall prosper in their rank and their fortune. =.
Wo, threefola wo to those
who shall arm for the Mameiukes and 6sbs
against uss For ts4esn there will be no hone.
shey shall perish
10 bis soldiers Bohaparte said, "The people
with whom you are going to live are Mesome.
Aans; the first artic.e of their faith is, where is
no God but God. and Mahomet is his Prophet
10 not conffadsct Them. - =. The
Roman iegicss protected all4rlisiens."
The maeaelukes paid but very equivocal
sort Of obostence to the Ottomas Porte, and
lor that reason Bonaparte hoped that the
Nfand Seisnor would wink ct the invasion of
TINS, ms nouinal provin ce- He wrote letter
20 the 1raad Visier, in wdich he announced his
aif'Vai with powerfi IL force, to punish the
y a'''e'ake beys for il juries offered to French |
and expr ssed hope that the good |
exist ing between the countries
,sa' NOT De Inle rupted. He even asked for
f'."1m Ihat ne might send an agent to Con-
70 settle irreyocably, the destiny |
( HsJp, and TO arrange every thing to tie. |
n'y " 'ns allan, and that Of his most faith.
:, any, tne French Republic, and TO the eter.
- con'osh IN Of their common enemies, the
'eys a9d lamelukes." When advancing into
yria, ne vent a letter Dezzar Pacha, in which
info, ,meA him that his sole object 10 in
lding the coSptry, was to chastise the Name
kcs -. ~. s.~aed Al an,eluke - II ssa.iA