New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-26

think OF refusing him share Of 'neh grapes
then we their nuts, or even OF 'heir oarley
Nor is this very striking elect OF Aussulman
charity. Charity Is An empty word IN the Us
mani vocabulary. and indeed | doubt If such
wsrd exists there at all
When the Turkish peasant happens to raise
more than he wants Of corn, tobacco, barley,
grapes, nuts, cabhages, or beans, he does not
think OF selling the superhuity. Itwould be such
trouble 10 carry it TO market to fix the price,
to obtain the money 1t would be an lntoieraole
lob. lie prefers putting what he does not want
IN one corner Of the house, aud giving 1t 10 those
who come to pay hIm Visit. II the VISITOR Is
rlch man, so much the better perhaps he VIII
give his hos, Jacksd drink money! or al any
rate It NAV make an opening through which the
roor will gain admttance to the house and the
favor Of the rich II the visitor Is poor neighoor,
a beggar, never mind the superiority must De
disuosed Of. and perhaps the cards VIII soon Dc
turned, and the proprietor OF today aou'i.An
take the place Of the poor neignoor' "hi'e INC
latter will be blessed with abundance OF MS o"h.
Tho Turk who has been deprived OF MS heiu
.nd # his mouse does not starve; anu Ia '"O OF
,b,ee Years he finds himself as comfortably set
,ed as before, responsible man, to whom Inc
canjtajst will not refuse a little loan And 'he
los, lesson makes him no more prudent lie
will borrow and borrow again, I'll his new prop
erty is involved and taken from him. But why
do blame his want OF prudence No human
nrudence can teach him to live and sustain has
ma
pey where he sows corn or barley Where
there is no circulating money, there cannot be
any way for the poor TO get 1t. 1t they seek 10
sell what they have produced they can only sue
coed III exchanging II for some other product OF
the soil but they need not think OF obtaining
money for It, even should they content them
selves with one half of ITS worth. Even what call
the CAPITALISTS are not much better of Than the
Iaborersv They live IN towns, and the exercise
OF some profession or trade puts them IN pos
session of little coin. The shoemaker, the
tailor. &c, OF the Pacta and OF the members Of
the DIvan, now and then receive money.
But They form an exception, and not a class
Of citizens The greater number OF the mo
rey-lendors are hereditary capiialIstS-that
is. they have inherited theif capital from
their fathers, who inherited It from theirs, and
SO on, TIL we reach remote bat happier period
IN the history of ASA Minor Some employ
thor capital IN a sort Of peddlers trade, carry
ing rom province to province the special pro-
ducts Of each, such as the worsted manufactures
of Angora. saffron, &c but most of them en-
list in the re giment of Shylock. Satisfied with
a capital OF SIX or eight thousand piastres which
will bring in an income of four or five thousand
year, living under the roof olhs own house, eat
ing the produce Of hisOwnields, the lenderdreams
not Of more brilliant existence. To be con
tented with mediocrity can be reckoned virtue
but it may also be the result OF Ignorance and
of want OF energy. At any rate, II It is a pr-
yate virtue, It il the most unfortunate DISPOSE
ton for a people, condemning i. 10 everlasting
misery and never-clearlng darkness. There Is
no money circulating in this country, where no
foreigners come not even as they go to Italy TO
look at the landscape and depart. No energy IN
the richer classes, no notion OF better con
dition, and consequently 10 wish to amehorate
that OF the poor. Such are the causes OF
the extraordinary poverty which devours this
rich coustry. where the soil gives the finest
fruits to those VINO ouly take the trouble 10 open
il; whose climate IS as soft as it is healthy;
where such scourgcs as cpidcmics, inundauons.
hall stouns and volcanic eruptlons are I'M
known: where all and everything breathss
bamy gepose and promises abundance Of goods.
The remedy for such a state OF things VIII form
the subject o. another letter.
CHRISTINA TRIvULZlO Di BELGlolOsO.