Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-06-23


occupations and passions, compatible With
pastoral civilization such as love, reyery, re-
ligion, sometimes, though rarely, war, when
space becomes too narrow for the swarms that
seek to overflow the human hive in the exccss
Of its repletion. Astronomy, that views the
heavens in the serenity Of night; epic poetry,
which rceounis, in mixing them with fable, the
traditions Of the tribes, are almost the sole arts
of these people. Thnir morale arc pure. be-
cause they have few laws to violate, and be-
cause they follow, without restraint almost, the
simple laws of nature The paicrnal authori-
ty, that monarchy Of the family, is their only
authority their voluntary submission is an in
stinct, rather than a submission to a tyranny
This government, Of which the inheritance is
in the blood, not in social compacls, is trans
mitted from generation TO generation. When
the family is extended, it becomes tribe, the
chief Of the tribe becomes then political
power--a Sheik, as in Arabia Khan, as in
Tartary. A collection Of tribes forms a race,
a nation. But these chiefs Of tribes, Of races,
Of nations, although invested with the absolute
paternal authority, summed up in their persons,
never exercised il bot in imitation Of the man
ners Of the family, that is TO say, in council
with the principal chiefs Of the tents or tribes
They become dynasiies and monarchies but af
Ter the great armed emgniions that they sue
coed in leading to victory, and after establish
+ arms rhor ,ho, .l,or he ,;u,o and Iu,lo
,he;, ,o,nnor. Tho ,r;hes d;s.nro,r ,ho noo'
MIA Commence ,bs ,0on,rch;,s nro G,.sd Tho
dyn,s,,ss ara corsoor.,od and hecono .,nos,
d;v;n;,ies Of roli,icaI ,o,,or sh.ds. of Goa
b;mself such arc ,hos, Tor,,rs or ,h, o,e,,
T,,,a,v from ,,ho,, ;ss,od ,uoce.s;volv hv
d;vers ,or,o. and d;,,s,on, .,y,r,n,no. ,he
, tven,v-conr Tn,kisb ,r;hes Tar,ars hy h;r,h
non,Je hv manners idol,,ors nv ,oI;o;on shsn.
, "on'".' W "'@""o'si 'u''a'o'S y, ie"e'o"' S"eP
ards oy occupauon' warriors oy circumstance
and heart.
lhe reader must not accept all the latter
: portion OF this description Of The Turks as
tru'h' lamarilne Is too imaginative for obedi-
ence to the stern dictates Of historic truth
: But the general features Of this picture are
y well and truly drawn, and the rejecting reader
e will find the painting suggestive Of important
y considerations.
q We have referred to the oblivion into which
d the Turks sank, until Gilman led them forth ,C
s conquest. They reapPeared upon the world
- S-otS WV" '"O hN'ie" h p"o manu- anu thS S"oie
Q OF determination in the other. They overrar
u Asia Minor as the Saracens had overruu Syria
II Palestine, and Persia. Gilman seems but ar
), enlarged Omar-the Saracenic and Turkish
= troops were of similar material, animated BY
c the same spirit. A single hhaed led the ear
= ly Mahommedans from victory to victory hun
+ dreds OF hhaleds appeared among-she subal
e terms OF Gilman. The same imPosture guIde'
c both people, and they believed their delnsion IL
+ all things. Thus the fiery khaled, when h
; discovered purse Of silk and gold in the cine
= iure Of the son Of the Persian Governor OF kir
d demanded to know lis contents. Is A dapi.
ana ue-uy pO.s'h, ';Is O ,'S ~, - IA Kh.,sd
" u,T er, ~ "'e s.H.,,iIe.S ,hoo n,,iIo.s ,
: .a,;aS ,ro ,on,h Khalsd an,s,,ainsd ,be doc
q ,rino Of ,bc oran. ina, death has i,s fixed INC
20 -, IA H., No nan can re,,,d ar hasten /,
and 70 nrovo bis e,i,b he swallowed the en,ir
M Joso nt1n,r.d G,r tho Persian. He stranpel
Il To.ovarod This doc,rno of fa,alism was IN
= ,er,,.a,, ,;l do va, I;e, ,nd ,bouob,s of IN
i M.La,un,.d.a. IA r. in 6iI corco al This mc
: -, 7, ,,..s ,ha .n;,,rs oe 4, long c,ree, ,
!. o.,,o., al ,n.in,,;,od ,beu in their 4,
,o r,nnLs
H. ,rho ;rnno,,,n, doea oe o,hm,n in ceundin
"A A., no,, ro,arL,,lo dyn,s,v tho world has ser
IA ,.as in conrncr;ra Rrnrss, one of those cat,
w. wS;oh do rn;l;,arv oenius Of Belisa,ius 6tte
,v e,r LETTING tho Pomans loose upon ,he barbar
- 49, &c Al, ,rd for sbu,,ing ,hose bord,
xe on, from Rome O,bman selected il as the CA
sd ;,ai of Me emn;rc fny which !, was eminent
,se adan,ed orcban was sumnoned from the co
TO- rres, IA ,,,ena The dving moments Of his illu
i, ,r;ons c,,hor A, L;s dc,,h o,chan as Fmi
os, ro.o,,rno,,.od HE ,roAe or ,v,r Ue overr,
a. R;,byn;, 70 ,hc shores Of ,be Uellespou, a,
e,s ,ho Rosnhorns In Iobn,s Apocalvptic yisio
no, wen chnrcbcs were addressed in warning ion
h T.'taa,,. ST., pora,roos Tby,,i,a s,
ro- Az rnd I.odice, were ali ,brea,ened with a
an. s,rnc,;o, Ru, tho seventh pbiladelpeia. W
m. o~oon,od The I,nouaoe toward ,be Christi
opr sLnrrh of ,ha, nlace s "pecause thou h,
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