The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-10-14

oi intorett and to every fuctustion Of thc
English shire mirkc,s. Ia view Of thc''
/ cnouous inspirations of tho past three or
| four years. II Is easy tu see ~ whit mnn-
nar our three hundred millions OF dollars of
I foreign debts on account of State. city and
/ railroad bonds. has been incurred. Thrse 1
I debts ure nov pending. aud Whenever There
/ is an Urgent demand Tor monet in the Old
/ world and the Bank Of England mlicnnlly
increase H. rate Of interest We shlll be
/ called upon Tor the proceeds of which hive
/ been invested IN foreign ARTICLES Of luxury
/ whrh tend rather to iopoycrlsh the coun.
/ Try than to onnch It by fostering habits Of
| dsply and extravaganza. Are We pre-.
( pared to meet the demands Of our foreign
: creditors z"
TuETUHKsAsAwA PEOPLE,
! II Is un Impression quite current based
: probably ON the lack of rehl knowledge.
4 rather ilnu on any actual flcts-thnt the
! Turks are degenerate people, easily 10
be overcome and incapable. either IN mill.
iary skill or personal endurance, for Sc
we're war. The facts are quite otherwise.
! The following from the \. v Courier not
euly puts tins matter right, bat iuptrls
| somo very Interesting Information:
=
| ,hi, the races aud tribes which make up
the Turkish nation are either degenerate
or cf'mnatc We have been among
them; we have seen them; we know them.
There Is no, in all Europe or m Western
Asia people capable of woging such des-
peraie warfare. Thcy are strong and har-
dy in body, and nre skiliul in the use OF
weapons. Their religious ianaliuism is
easily excited, and when once fairly arnus-
ed, ii knows no bounds. In war they
deem sacred, they rush ton bloody death
as the surest road toparhdise. Tins their
Koran teaches and with them faith i. NJ
idle word-it IL fate. 1'ls very Russia,
at whose name all Europe ,rcmblcs. they
hive before met alone aud siug,c handed.
Through tue whole Of the last century the
possession Of Turkey was the constant OBJ
Ieci of Russian ambition, but yet in spite
! 81 several wars that object WIS not gained.
From ioOc to iei9, the Miiscoviios. some
Tunes bflHgiup TWO hundred thousand mcn
into the field, fought the l'drlss but gain
cal little. Al Rondschonli they Sustained
one Of the worst defeats of mtharn times.
so that not without reason did The. Turkish
General write TO the Sn'ln that he. had
taken enough iniidcl hcad5 10 mike a
bridge i-r the souls Of The laiihful from
E'hh 10 Heaven Froa is95 jn l-2s,
Z Turkey hold ouI against The cti'wispuf e'l
l-ih' principal powers IN favor Of the Greeks,
and ~ the Inst year conducted two c1m-
pmgns pgllu.t the Ru-sitns without MD
from any quarter. Tho very lAcf iliut the
Turkish RICE penetrated from the dcseiiA
pi Aubi1 10 IA" blahs II The Loire, aud
that Il es,ablIshed IN Enmpo 40 Empire
winch h1s endured for four crnlnries-
ionr centuries this very year--ln spite of
attacks again and agaiB roprnted bv the
two strongest Of the military powers Of
! Europe. shows an Inherent sigur Of no or
binary kind, And Turkey nov IS not IN
her decline. "lasscn." said Lord Palmers-
ton, not leng since, IN tho House of Com.
mons, "wiihont fear of contradiction. that
Turkey, 90 FIR from having gone back
wlllun tho last thirty years, has mad.
greater progress snd improvement in every
posslhlf way, h'7n perhaps ic1s erer ma h
Us any ot'fr country during DE SANE ~.
rOA" With the anciug ciyiliz ton OF
the Turks, The rmllitfry skill and military
RESOURCES have Increased; and vet Their
temper his not become so so0enrd hy
civilization, That twill not, when provoked.
exhibit all its original iGrceBess. Trne.
NOR religious spiql If MOI what il once
"h-; u has lJst u, prosayling zesi Il
wages 90 wlrs oi conquest. but II liyos:
- feels II ran be gosded 10 madness: II
( can eight 10 the last extremity. Turkey
D. yet able 90 r"pest The deeds Of tho o.
: maninys. And i must be remembered.
too that she has allies ia ~ The VI han.-
med1ns of Weston ASH and Nouhem
I Airica-wlip far exceed IN their aggrc.
( gnie even the mulutndinous hordcs of the
! Mu-coviin empire. From Tums, Fgyp,,
/ SYM and Pcrsi1--fr1rn the saud- Of Lib
! va IN The snows of the Ciucasus -contin-
( grn'r are already on the march FOR the
scene of strife
We believe that war between Turkey
aud RUSSIA Is inevitable, and such h4s been
i our nntnrying conviction from tha outset.
/ hc four PoEors uny side with Tnfhcy
I Or Troy may desert hfr-ii matters not. ihe
war "hl speedily come. RUSSIA may mus
! hr an overwhelming force. may uako
4 dnu'nsi alton which h would s~oin mad.
Z pos % rfsist--f matters MT, iha Tn-ts
vail hrlI' end iigh' desperately. The Sui
. TN. surrounded BE- ho b. by Tie rcprcscni1-
+ two oi Western EUROPE iow .bnsoeeh-
my. and nov "br.oigine.' cannot yield #
~ would. he could scarcely soy Sos be-.
+ tufo Doe would lind his brother on h,sihfonr.
he l1i not yci given Che lcast sipn "
. yif.dHug. lie hss exhibited a spirit
. unourA1lt. that Nih seclfe the respect n
. Doe aA.le CIVILIZED Sold. IT. D. m ne
ugih L,fn fhsse sho Laye bclu labor
me - move hiHi irpu his l,osiipDn Na,id
I hr.ly adwH u, Being ugii. be- be-
claim % iie MORT support 81 Chllsirn4 m.
/ True he .8a M7homnadan. bat IN ~ Con.
un mal Europe there % nj one co1HfIy
ln which 7lI religions sfr So freely tDlert
I'd ku--is csils itself Chrisisn bt ~
heaH D. ~ ihr niig isn 81 Chrst for d
. D. o pefr'euilng rr.i gon. Il lea rrhgi0n
"Hirl -h1as mefry 20 nai'her Prrsesf NE
nr tsih9lis---neidi,erE sionis s5r i'aisrid.
htrsH "1uld uHi be Doh p1sses-lou ~ 1uf-
. k'{ "enk, bfI.se all tis pfototsni uas-
tiri es'ih .slinefss, eshich Laye rc-am-
p.t'i . surq great hcncffs, would O. lls-
y n hf iHr t1rle eEfrni.il ilur sinae
"inriI .i alrt rurl fsfal - 81 ufnn ihe
'hisions in Itsfais. Turkey. phrti4fr
90 ID litrd " 80 % fi.r ~ sirugei,,'
- anY RI lhr fsnr Poser. al ssye Ia
=, npailH N 81 H.fH ~ lua', Aheui sai
'Ai -iiz" '-li-~ipir sBi n -.- lsis, -
NJ on sii8 isssbs.