New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-24

AhO kVPN"eAN. -
raj. And such agriculture-cut of from Ms
tive mechanical and manufacturing arts. sug-
gesting how to win the affections of our mother
earth, who, well treated, loves man to her in
nermost depths. Virgil describes the plOE
they use it is not sub-soI one, and belong
ed, too, to the age of Apis.
There are contradictory accounts of the con-
dition Of the Turkish Empire. Some assert
that it is perishing; others, that new blood is
beginning to boil in its veins. They are q
good people enough" said to Us an American
chemist who was decorated out there by the
Government, and they only need some of our
IDEAS" Now what form TO put those ideas in
is the question. We think the best way might
be to send the Sultan some Of our agricultural
and mechanical Instruments, and get him to
open an imperial mandatory for their pro-
duction and dissemination. To this shoald be
added one for new firearms. Each such inno-
yation would be an ukase that would strike
Russian and Austrian Flibustering to the heart
Turkey withoutsuchnative industry mustfalter,
fall. and die, and the Christian Powers of Europe
are resdy to swallow her. A slight departure
from gospel practice, such as the bombardment
Of Constantnople and the sacrifice of million
heather, would form no obstacle. That would
rather be piqusnt sauce to the dish of shames
and sOrrows.
We are led to these remarks by recent arti-
Gle on Turkey in The London Tunes. During
the presence Of Sir Stratford Canning at the
Turkish Court, it was always understood that
England was friendly to the Empire. Heinter-
ested himself much in her history and statistics,
and was considered most learned and astute
politician on all those points. The real spirit
Of England however toward Turkey-her dis
position to sacrifice if required the integrity of
that State for political reasons, We never
doubted And now We are told openly that
she is ready to take her place and chance with
the other Fillibusters, Imperial and Royal.
The Times which reflects opinion If not au-
thOrity, in England, hands the Empire over to
the Internal gods. Here is an extract;
awe have already minated that the time is, in
opinion approaching when the maintenance OF the Otto
Er pure In It's present form vii be found 10 be i'm
practicable end ACKNOWLEDGED to be undesirable but
whs.eveF political vcisstudes the Christian and Scla
provinces Of Turkey may witness, they can pass
under form OF Government more barbarous, wasting
ard OPPRESSIVE than that which has so long over
whelmed them. We profess, therefore, 10 feel no
anxiety for the maintenance Of the Ottoman Empire,
which bt the stamp Of tyrannca pasta worthless
present. and extinct future. Our sOlcitude on this
question excited rather by the effects which the dsso
luton OF the Turkish Empire may have-whenever that
period srrive-upon the Union ana the pacific relations
of the other States of Europe That the subject
should rather commend to the reflections OF our diplo
natsts and statesmen, who have hitherto averted
their eyes from what they consider an insuperable
difficulty, 1t is a difficulty, however, which will
one Day force itself upon us, and the question
is whether to leave the totering edidce
TO fall mole snG, TO provide against such caam-
uy IL is matter Of far less Importance 10 mankind
to preserve the integrity Of Turkey than TO preserve the
friendly relations OF Europe. But from the moment
that relations Of any the great Powers with the
Porte separate, and perhaps, menacng char
acier u IL possible that their next move may bring them
into direct collision with the rest OF Europe That an
evil 10 be avoided possible by frank explanations and
by collective action"
Now the meaning of this is simple. Cutup
Turkey; and may We be there to see. and get
a slice, or an equivalent
Il not this a charming declaration on the
part of The London Times-journal ofjournals
which has been reading us a three years
course Of Lectures on Flibustiering Ameri-
can ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Yankee raPacity, demo-
cratic vlanies-tit bits of rhetoric TO be read
in the Clubs, to fortify the politics Of blue
cravated members against surprise during the
day Beautiful evidence OF aristocratic sever.
ity and sentiment of justice! We have felt
sometimes in reading the alfPaul, half-Jere-
miah articles of The Times on our Flibustier
ing operations, in another sense like the plain
tiff who heard his cause pleaded so eloquently
that he burst into tears, crying ~ didnot know
what an injured man was before so We
have been prone to exclaim, we did not know
what backsliding scoundres we Americans
were before" But now the scene is shifted.
Ii is not Cuba bounded on the North, &c J but
Turkey. Ii is not Cuba, home of morality and
virtue, batting the Slave trade and its profits
batting the corruption of officials whose only
merit is that they acknowledge that their daily
bread is their daily sbame-bating the civil list
supplied TO support chaste queen and impecca-
bic Court-no, it is Turkey-not far from the
Ionian Islands, with other geographical peculi-
aIities. Turkey, forsooth, bears " the stamp
of Urannica past, worthless present and
an extinct future" Epigramatic lenses are
here given as perfectly as good writing can
supply. But, politically, how far does Turkey
differ from the owner Of Cuba, Spain, even ac-
cording 10 this summary mode of defining ex-
issence past, present and future
The strength OF the English Government
depends on foreign possessions. The happiness
Of the people on the reverse. Annexation
must be normal career with the English Gov
eminent. From its very nature it is the chief of