The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-20

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The AlyIAncS 81 france and England 10 uphold |
he inteksity u The ottoman Empire, and secure |
Il agaiuA ne asAHition OF Russia, was one Of the
moet naeniAosnt exhibitions Of national onixot |
Ism that shss world han ever seen. -Four Year, |
have nav slApss1 siaes that memorable comei. |
natioa wss sstablsbea aud the only practical be.
nett whIeh Il has predacsd 10 keener apprecia- |
ton Of the aAsardity ~ we'll ~ atrocity Of the
var macAias,l - regulator Of the balance OF
power. The memorial work OF Cervantes gave lie
qaietus 70 modern chivalry, and the Crimean cam.
paigu, though 90 exhibition Of . different kind OF
genius, asd Erittca with pen Of stsel. 10 letters
Of blood, accorded 40 illustration ofsthe blended
impotency, folly and cruelty Of the sword, which
may possibiy secure TO Europe another half cen
tory Of peace. &. gssss.tfs. -
France, Raglaud and Russia, mQst have consu'n-
I'd 10 the crimeaa graveyard, aud the various ave-
nues thither, the larger part Of million Of men.
and horsess and cattle without number, all Of
whom might hare bssn engaged In cultvatiug the
coil and making Il produce the staG Of life for
themselves aud others. The expenditure OF trea
sure was immense, and the two Western Powers,
to whom the cost was enormously enhanced by
the remotsAess Of the scene Of operations, con-
ssnted 70 cocciude she war by paying their own
expenses. ssbastopoi, which threatens Turkey, as
Cherbourg menacss England, was left in Russian
hands, demelshed IN part, but capable Of being at
any time rebuilt The Black Sea 10 40 completely
under Rpssian domination as before the contest,
and the Navy OF Russia has received formidable
accession Of strength In new ships, and the most
efhcient appliances OF modern warfare to naval
science, whilst . network of railroads will ere
long enable the Emperor to hurl his enormous
masses upon any point of the frontier, that the
spirit Of aggression and aggrandizement may die
tate. Russia, In short, pronting by the experience
Of the Eastern war, h stronger, more formidable,
more capable Of injuriug the Sultan than before
while, on the other hand, in what condition has
the Interpolation Of the Western Powers left Tur
keyf SIS - sssa5iaa 4.it
To this question there can be but one answer
'~The sick man" IL the sick man still, only more
enfeebled; his vital energies becoming every day
moro and more exhausted his doctors W ithdrawn
and more profoundly absorbed In considering how
each ID to collect his little bill, than In devisins
means for recovery which all concede to be hope
less. Even If there were no such power as Rus
STA in exiatence, the Mohammedan world Is evi
IDENTIFY % the eve Of great transition, which Cal
scarcely snd In its regeneration, but must eihel
terminate 10 its subjugation or its breaking VI
into several prinsipalities. The old framework o
Turkish society 10 shaken to It's foundations by 90
siai and financial problems of fearful magnitude
and the excessive rottenness and exhausting exac
tions Of The central government threaten to pre-
eipitate crisis which at farthest cannot be yer.
remote. vsfssta
Perhaps, Of all conditions Of lite in Turkey, tina
Of Agriculture, which Is the most essential Of all Il
national welfare, strength and stability, is mos
omnous OF civil war and revolution in the Otto
man Empire. Twenty millions Of the Sultan
subjects are engaged In agricultural pursuits, o
whom about ten millions are Turks and ten mil
lions Christians, but who are both more estrange'
frsm tho governnent with which they have u,
connexions except tax payers than they ar
from each other by distinction of race or religion
Indeed 1t 10 said that the feelings and Interests
the Christian landed proprietors and cutivators C
the soil 10 European Turkey are identical, as ia
a. they depend on their industrial positions an,
their fiscal relations to the Turkish Government
with those Of the Mahometsns in Asia Minor. TIL
condition of agriculture remains in state of me
dioeval barbarism; the land taxes, at least one
tenth Of the gross produce Of the SOIL still confirm
to be paid in kind all promises of reform au
amslioration have melted into thin air. In spite @
the amiable intentions Of the present Sultan
powerful body of officials at Constantinople han
ike hungry leeches to the old sources of revenue
The imbecile ruler Of Turkey has not the nerve Z
shake them OF; but, in the end, the Greek ar
Turkish peasantry will rush from their thresbipg
floors and S<erk out their own social and polite,
salvation. There are other moral and polite,
evils there is the stupendous venalty and prof
gacy which prevail both in civil and military life
there IL the shameless inequality which is sti
manifest in the award Of justice to Christian an
hussulman there 10 the universal defcienc
among both classes of equitable code of civ
procedure; there 10 the singular and ominous eli
cumstance that In every province and every tow
Of the Ottoman Empire the Inhabitants differ /
nation, language and religion. A hundred othe
disintegrating elements are at work and no out
side pressure Of the Western Alliance can muc
longer preserve the vitality Of this sick and dyin
man. The next generation will rejoice to behol
the last eln,mer Of the Crescent, that symbol {
barbarism and bigotry, and the establishment
civilized and Christian empire upon the ruins
government which for centuries has paralyze
the industry freedom and faith of one of the fairies
portions Of the globe.
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