Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-04-28
supplement- to the journal.

We are again forced to issue Supplement TO the
Weekly Journal in order to enable us TO present the
immense amount of matter which is pressing our
columns and which we are DESTROYS OF laying before
our weekly readers who we trust will find in the
Journal and Supplement every element that goes 10
make M a valuable business, family and political
newspaper The news of the day, at home and on
the European continent; the important movements
of political parties throughout the country and es-
pecially in our own State; carefully prepared edl-
torial articles on political and other topics OF inter
est accurate reports of markets and commercial
news generally and also fair amount OF interesting
miscellaneous matter will be found in their columns
We ask only of our friends TO bring the paper 10
the notice Of their neighbors throughout the State
and we feel confident of being rewarded for the eX
penses incurred and the labor bestowed upon its pro-
duction and stimulated TO fresh efforts for the eleva-
ton of the press and the benefit Of the community
The War II Europe.
From the first we were of opinion that the Difficult
ties in Europe must eventually result in war, and
from the first we have believed that war, whatever
might be its event. as between the great beigerents,
must tend to a disnegration or change OF the Turk
ish Empire. That power could not sustain itself
longer as it stood power that submits TO be proec-
ed--that owes its existence to the guarantee of others
has virtually ceased to be independent and If saved
from the encroachments Of its enemies, must pertorce,
submit to the dicaton of its friends. Such is the
position Of Turkey Quite radical changes will be
insisted upon by England and France as the price
of their assistance and protection, were urged by
Russia while standing in a hostile attitude
1t appears that by the late offensive and defensive
treaty entered into between England, France and
Turkey, it is provided that the Kayaks Or christian
natives of the Turkish provinces shall be fully eman-
cipated, and raised to an equality with the Moslem
inhabitants the captaton tax which is paid by the
christians shall be abolished and they endued with
full civil and religious rights, with freedom of wor-
ship Tribunals are to be organized as to efectu-
ally carry these concessions into effect Foreigners
are also to have rights Of property in Turkey.
With a Turkish or Mahomedan population of but
about three million in European Turkey and a
Christian population of over twelve million, it must
be evident that Turkish domination in these provin-
ces is at an end. That so far Europe is concern
ed, Turkey has ceased to be a Mahomedan power
That the sympathies Of the majority in Europe are
with others than the SuItans government the Asia
tic portion of the Empire, and that this latter portion
is in turn aierated from the central government by
the concessions made to the Christians-concessions
so much at war with the fanatcal prejudices, trad
TONS policy and religious faith of the faithful fol-
lowers Of the Prophet.
There may hereafter exist for some time upon the
map OF Europe, the name of the Turkish Empire ex-
tending over the ground it occupies, but it will
not be the Turkey of hstory-It will not be the re-
suit of the Independent progress of the Turkish ma
ton 1t will no longer be governed by the hcredita
ry and traditional power of the Sultan, the represent
atve of the Prophet, and the head of the religion of
Mahomet The crescent has disappeared, or is abont
to disappear, governing power just as fully as
though Constantnople were taken by the Russians
or the Greeks.
Besides, Turkey is now opened to foreign emigra-
ton The vast territories in the richest and fairest
regions of the world, which have been lying waste
or barren, under the influence of Turkish misrule oil
the want Of proper tenures, will soon be developed
by adventurous from the West Turkish inertia mus
recede before the energetic march of the colonzing
Anglo-s saxon Turkey will contract debt to the
Western powers for their assistance given, and tc
them she has mort gagged her independence.