The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-18

seqpehty it passes Spencer Wood the delightful
residence of the Governor General There is another
place worth visiting, to which | shall audc III
conclusion; it is the Indian village of Lorette in
habited by the remnant of the gallant Hurons, the
lace having been all but exerminated by the feroci-
Gus lroqu0is. w.
The Sultan bdnl Ne q lid, Rely ming sove reign
or tne Ottoman EMrl. e.
Tfaps,t,d tr m the Pans C.nsIilp,ioppel
The complications which have lately risen in the
East attract universal attention to that part OF the
world. The ambition OF Russia has suspended the
Eastern question over Europe like u permanent me-
lace; that ambition pursues the accomplishment of
its designs without taking amount of the march Of
tine, OF the new wants which IL scatters over the
earth, the unooktdfor prospects which IL opens TO
humanity; but the idea uf right detaches itself with
more and more distinctness from the thick darkness
around it; and it is because Turkey is the persoDf
cation of outraged tight that Chriatan Europe at this
moment ranges Itself on her side
Happier than in 1928, Europe in the present day
has not to choose between the question Of ha-
mainly and the question Of policy she has not to
renew tie sacrifice accomplished at Navarino where
sLe inundated her gravest interests to tue neces-
sity Of defending o Christian people against
the oprressloIs Of q government OF different
race aud rel gion The reform undertaken by the
Sultan Mahmord with the design of giving unity to
the Ottoman Empire, and pursued with an implac ca
BILE will through fire and blood, has been continued
with singular coed fortune by his successor, but by
neaIs quite dliieleht The mere exercise of jostice
tempered by touching goodness has sutficed to tn
Sutan ABDUL Mejid fur raying around his throne al
the diverse races subjected to him, and which ttl
while ago mplored the succor OF Europe; reform
has been pursued with unwearied ardor. The anne
location OF the discipline, the equipment and the or
gar ization OF tie army concessions in favor of tn
establishment OF railroads and the creation of bank
were about to place turkey in position to encounter
force as we'll as civilization; once entered into the
family OF European interests she would have eluded
all dangers by the transformation To prevent this
result al any price is tie object Of the attack
made upon her.
1t is impossible to contemplate without emotion
the character Of the Sultan Abdul Medjid Called,
while yet child, to the exercise of absolute power
in an immense empire his father bequeaths to him
the overwhelming burden Of . country weakened
by disastrous wars, under mined by secret in
trigres, ruined by deplorable. system Of
finance. The active hand of Mahmoud reached all
abuses but it only effected demolition the time and
the repose necessary for reconstruction were want
ing to him. What, meanwhile, is this child to do2
How is he to discern perfdiOus counsels from those
dictated by good faith2 How is he to escape the
dizziness Of absolute power? What means is he to
employ to heal the wounds Of this empire to open to
himself amidst all these shoals to escape all perls,
to repair all disasters, he had only tasman-but
it is nalihle-an unparalleled goodness, which in
spired all who approached him with religious venera-
ti0n That quality, which some statesmen will con-
slider futile, If they do not blame it dangerous,
was in the situation of Abdul Medjid, the most fit
policy: it disarmed his adversaries by taking away
from them, one by one, all the pretexts which they
alleged for intervening in the administration Of the
empire, and the rtle of protector, SO much used
as political capital disappeared completely in pres
ence Of the nee6essness OF protection Abdul Medid
with the utmost liberay, granted to the Christians
privileges and immunties; he founded schools where
Catholics, Greeks, Armenians, Jews and Mussulmen,
live side by side instructed each by the ministers of
their respective religions and attended each by per-
sons OF the same religious persuasion; and the CRATE
full Christians contributed the aid Of their expert
to all the reforms OF the young sovereign; they
assisted him to establish his Schools they organised
his armies, they exercised his navy. Thus has been
realized by the son that great saying Of the flher
. wish my subjects to be recognised the Massul.
man only at the mosque, the Christian only at the
ch,;.ch. the Jew only at the synagogue"
The Sum Abdul Medjid was born in 1924. He
is tall and well.tormed his head is fine and regular
his department graceful and noble; bis auburn hair
is always covered by red callotte, similar 70 that
wern by the meanest Of his subjects his ewes are Of
o grayish blue, soft and peletlatng. His habitua
costume is the military dress of his empirea dark
coored tunic, buttoned up to the neck; no warlike
and similar to that which every citizen may grid in
the hour Of danger; no golden embroideries daz
cling colos ION his habtual dress.
Tie decorations which the Sultan confers have the
form Of sort Of gold medal, on which is engraved
his signature and the importance OF which depends
upon the number and value Of the diam 1nds which
surOundi it. The supreme mark OF favor OF this kind
the most enviable decoration, is the mniqtpre por
ua!, W Wv H'len' su.!ootasA ~ jeWels, ana sls
pended to q gold chain; women may receive this
decoration, which they wear attached to the left
shoulder. Three Christian ladies possess it at this
snoment. One of them, the Princess v, lately
received this august present in Nodava, in presence
of young Turk in high Office. who had been
brought up near the person Of Abdul Mejid. Be-
hold him r. said he inclinipg himself profoundly
before this portrait; 90 behold him that master
wlcm we revere, not because he is powerful, but be-
cause he is good Never" ad ced he, has that an
geIc heart permitted drop Of blood to flow, either
to extend to secure his power the life OF Others is
so sacred in his eyes, that when 1t behoves him to
pass sentence of DEATH even on criminal, he takes
refuge in the retirement of his apartment, secludes
himself there and becomes inaccessible to ALL there
he in gusb, asks within himself II God can have
given him the power to blot out forever man from the
number OF the living On his accession to the throne
it became necessary for him, in accordance with the
custom, to sacrafte lamb; he refused to do it, "lf
that is the price Of the throne" said he, laughing
II chcoe to TenOunceI 1t.
The Greeks have always been represented as i'm
placabe enemies Of Turkey, as the natural allies Of
bis sdversares that it is not quite exact The real
Greeks 30 far from desiring in the present day. the
fall Of the Ottoman Empire would prop 1t up in case
OF need. Well aware that their nationality would
disappear in the conquest of Turkey, they prefer,
unquestonaby, that tolerant neighbor to any other
neghbor, who sooner later, would absorb them by
celebrating their customs and by compelling them
to submit their faith to the religious supremacy of
those who, not content with governing men, would
edly Greeks ever ready for intrigue, the natural
agents Of all the peldious agtatons which ore in.
cessantly fomented in the Ottoman territory, and
whose lanes have IN turn subscribed every treason
but they are not, properly speaking, Greeks they
descend neither from the ancient from the modern
heroes of Greece. Sprung from the dregs deposited
by the last years of the Eastern Empire, the refuse
Of Byzantil IN, they have not abandoned that
city they lave appropriated to themselves the
quarter FAMED Phanar, and from it have &C
quired the name of Phanariotes. So far from COM
batting against the Turks they have served under
them; they have filed all empoyments from those OF
secretary and dragoman to the most degrading Off
ces, even such il is impossible to name; poor and
vain they are necessarily rapacous and immoral,
provided it be well paid sku, moreover, in shelter
ing their perdes under the cloak Of patriotism, or
OF the legitimate resentment Of an enslavcd nation,
they have attributed them to the same motive that
had armed the mountainecrs of Greece in the cause
of independence They have enjoyed the ephemeral
advantages Of hypocrisy; Europe has accepted some