Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-11

truly Christian people, The great mass Of them
have strong religious character. know oil no
people i'll the world among whom the religious
sense is more Stikingly developed; aud we may
justly conclude that men who have, Tor SO many
centuries petsevered in simple form OF prayer,
five times day, to the one omly God, sPnlnal
Being, of whom they admit no likeness OF slmll-
tude whatever-when, by the grace of Cod they
shall receive the truth as it lsn Jesus Chtst-"hl
become Christians of no ordinary stamp. AS
body, however, they are still under the cOrruptlnS
and degrading influence of MohnmmrunhSiil'
while al the same time they consider themselves us
the favored of heaven, and all others rs
The game re igous pride and arrogohcei Tue sumo
naughty contempt OF the Christian hallohSi t"e
same Ignorance and fanaticism that pre- Eallsu Two
hundred years ago, still reign over Al'nVS' '"O
whole mass of common Turks ,. c,,,,
True, various acts of government during le"
past Years have tended much to the ameilotatloh
of the condition OF the Christian subjects Vi III
Key: and yet, not day passes that they are net
made 10 feel keenly that they belong tot desPiseu
and hated race who aIe esteemed as not III 70 i've
on the same earth with good and tIue lhuSS
ThoSe who have been long enough IN Inc county
10 Look below the surface oil thinss, KNOW Pei'Tst3
well that the changes in question have been
prOmpted by policy and fear. 1t has often nap
pened that The Turkish Minister OF Stale, VINO Is
called 10 take the lead in preparing and pu9tiSL-
ing frHans and uiziriat letters IN behalf 81 inc
Christian popu ations, retainSS at the same llule'
nil the bitter hatred aud contempt OF tile Christian
name. which are hereditary 10 the Turk. he signs
the charter of their liberties with his hand because
HI. must and at the same time, he curses mem III
his heart: Or If PeTchahce, by WISH " buiHle'
mud n residence Of some years IN PARIS or Loh1oh'
he has learned 10 regard people OF other creeds US
worthy of some consideration and he shows lHal
he really wishes to confer greater lloetueS GU 'Ie
GIeeks ArInenians and Professions oil hs own
country { himself is cursed, IN turn ny Tue h'SS
Of his fellow MuSSulmahS' WHO y 'ha' nc ~ '1S
become gdi0ur.
been gIunt,d 10 PToteStantS IN Turkey Is evidence
of favorable change going on IN the turkish mlnu
towards Christians, or oil auy juSter views oil ;he
principles of religious liberty he is grand ms
inEen The government itself is fully aware OF
its inherent weakness, ard OF IT'S dependence on
the European powers. Therefore strives 10 please
Russia by projecting the Greeks; France by pro-
tecting the Catholics; aud England, by protecting
the PIoIeStantS, while the great mass ui common
Turks bite their tongues in anger, and secretly
curse their rulers for showing the least favor to Tie
hated Christian dogs.
A circumstance has just occurred which wall
be likely TO open many eyes TO the real character
of the Turk IN the middle OGthe 18th century. Il
M,lSSuEHan has been beheddddGt AdTIGHopfe JOTFrO-
Tossing the ChristiGn religion! HnppemnE at thIs
pTrcISc moment OF tins, when the fleets oil E"S-
land nd France are lying in the BoSphOruSI having
cnme 10 preserve the Turkish Government IRON
annlhilauOn, it must be regarded as er'tteGf.
providence is in II, and depend upon II, great re-
suits will follow. The circumstances are briefly
these:
MuSsulman young man, OF the village Of Eski-
Zaghart near Arnanope, belonging IL q sect oil
Turks called Tafani, declared publicly that Ma
numlned was false prphet, and that Tue True pro-
phet was Christ, ond that after HIM there was no
prophet The Turks warned him 10 bewarS' but
e Derseyered IN his profession OF Christianity anu
was at last seized aud thrown into prison. SUB
seuuently, he was removed TO AdTlanople5 where
he was tried before the hg court oil tue PaSla.
He ste adiy persisted in his previous declaration,
adding that $50 long as we have Christ, we have
no need of Mohammed - he also SAID Aloham-
med was false man, aud he exposed the cVrTup-
lions OF tie Mohanmedan system. he was reInan-
ded TO prison and cruelty tortured. 10 induce HIM
10 recant but in vain. He was afterwards brought
out and beheaded, and with his last breath lie pro-
Tested against Mohammed, and said az profess Je-
sus ChnSt, and for Him dr."
In 1913, Lord Aberdeen instructed Sir SiTatioTd
Canning (now Lo:d Slralford TO insist upon II tha
The Suliun's Government should TellnqulSh pTac-
lice SO barbaIuus as that of beheading ren gade
who should return to the Christian iathj and he
declared that England would not allow any more
such acts, winch were in fact public Insult to
CkristIanity-tueT religion of Europe. am curious
10 hear what his ordShip will now say, SINCE this
insult has again been offered by the Turks 10
Christian Europe; and while the fleets OF Chris
tan nations are in the Bosphorus to prevent this
crumblins empire from falling 10 pieces! Shall
England uphold the Turkish Power 10 be thus
barbaTouSiy used, in forcing mems conScienceSJ
under the awful penalty OF death, toIenounce that
faith which Engldnd's sons and dauGht-TS cherish
as deareT to them thin life ITSELF
| pIeSumS there is no doubt OF the truth oil tue
facts above stated, for received them by letter
from trustworthy person now Resident at Adtla'
| nople.