Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-04-18
u.TPe or ADvFRTIsING.
Religious Progress In Turkey.

was commenced prOicsSt4iJ OA -~'-0
grounds. our readers may be glad to no
ice what has been thu result on Turkey
herself It is well, perhaps, TO say that
previous ts the commencement OF the
war. Christians we're allowed limited tol-
GRAFTON, and that Pagans, Catholics,
Greeks and Armenians, were free to be
come Protestanis, but Tor q Mahomedan
30 change his religion and become a
Christian was death, and the penalty was
actually indicted bat q short time since.
As Christian powers aided the Sublime
Porte il his contest against Nicholas and /
Russia. bis eyes have been opened to the
sbsurdity Of that law, and it has been re-
uealed. Hence, now, the government
1aay be eaid in the fullest seRse 70 be tol-
Grant. Ia other respects also, there ap-
pears a. least a wide opening for the in
PRODUCTION Of Christianity into that here
iofore hostile nation.
We copy from an imperial frmar IS (
sacd FEB. Is, 1856, and translated into
different languages, the following items
promising that the Firnau insures 10 the /
Sal,aa's subjects wiihoat distinction the
free enjoyment Of the religious opinions
aad rorsAip:-
BY the efforts Of ny subjects and
those OF my allies, the external relations
Of ray government have acquired a new
force. and l wish now likewise to aug-
ment It's strength in the interior, and to
make all M subjects happy, for, united
al they are by their common sacrifices
and their patriotism, they are all equal in
ny eyes; my viii Is, therefore, that the
following points be vigorously enforced:
II confirm all the assurances given by
the Hari Sheriff Of Gulhsne, as to the
security Of the lives, the property, and
honor Of all classes of my subjects, with
ont distraction Of rank or religion, and I
will that these assurances be infinitely
observed.
a council chosen by the clergy and
Iaitv Of the Christian and other commu-
mites. Will be entrusted with the direc-
tiou Vt che r,etsor,uI o.ils.lr5- ss.= eesu-
21nity.
No objection viii be made to repair
ing the churches, schools, hospitals, and
cemeteries in the different tswns, villages,
and hamlets, according to the primitive
design which may still exist. If II be-
comes necessary to erect new ones, and
the patriarch or chiefs of the eommuni-
ties approve it, the plan viii be submit
ted TO the Sublime Porte, IN order that ]
may give my sovereign appreciation fol
It's erection, or else that the objections Il
wh;chitis open might be made against.
If in some places there Is a commu
rity quite isolaled-that is 10 say, with
ont people belonging 10 another religion
such a community may celebrate pub
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different religions, each may in its ow
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