Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-21
Will thore be q Partition of Turkey p-Is
1t Probablop

Several af the parsian journals nrc contending
that the days of Turkey are numbercd-that the
Ottoman Empire is dying-and that there Is
prospect, however remote, that IT will bc ultimate
Ily npportioncd by PARTITION. among the great Eu-
ropean Powers wit: Russia. England France,
and Austria 1t is thought by many politicians
gho profess to read the signs of the times: that
this line Of argument is hot without the knowl-
edge, if not absolutely published Mt the nstigation
of the Emperor, Louis Napoleon. II may be So
The Sovereign If France may. ut this moment, be
casting cuvetuous eyes towards Turkey -wshing,
perhaps, to succeed Nicholas in ambitious aspra-
tons after the Moscni inheritance OF the sick
man" But no---nhIlc we admit that Turkey
shcws ieoblcncss tina, is generally the precursor
of n national decline and fall, yet We do not for
moment believe that, in the present condition OF
Europe, such II measure ~ Partition can be CON
temp lated. True England may desire portion
of tho Turkish coast and another island or two in
the Mediterranean, also u part Of syria and all
Arabia, the last named country commanding the
Rcd Sea, and laying rpafc for lndla--franc"
may wish for more ports and islands also IN the
Mediterranean including Smyrna, and, perhaps,
the command Of the acknowledgements would
coyct the Danuban Provinces or most of them
aud Russia would boldly demand possession If
the Black Sea and its As,ntc shores. free ingrc,s
and egrcss with tho MciItei rnnean through the
Bosphorus and the Dardnncllcs. On any aud all
| of these points, jealousics would arise between
the four Powers, anu claiDs oi 80 chhnlctlhp IL ma
turo that any thing like concord, would appear too
fabulous for probability Yet will suppose
for the sake of argument, that the high contract
ing parties could agree upon policy of III Justice
that would infer division Of the spoils there
would still remain one great PRIZE. the possession
of which, at time. split the ancient Empire IF
ancient Rome in twain. aud at another transferred
the sccptre OF the Great Empire from u Christian
to u Mahommedan monarch and totally changed
the religion OF large portion Of the East while that
revolution from the Cross to the Crescent has been
lperpetuatcd hy the scimctnr and the bawsring,hy
Turkish intolerance and persecution, down To the
present day. Wemcan fonstantia",H'' SInecus
capture by Mahommcd H., on the .9th Of May,
l4j3. this grandcat port of all the world. tins
mighty metropolis which commands the EuNinc
and all its circumai accnt regions hls fortress aud
gate which guard the narrow highway between
Europe and Asia, has been the great capital and
fountain alike Of the political and religious power
of the followers Of the Prophet Of Mecca. To
what European nation would itbc awarded? The
Allies. fighting far the purpose If saving it from
Russia, would never permit so influential II city to
belong to the Car. Who in his turn. would not
consent to its being Il stronghold Il either Eng
land or France The two latter. also. would be
mutually jealous Of any such an extension Of sway
lin the Mediterranean. Austria, with her Danube,
would object to all ar any nation possessing tue
modern Byzanum albeit she could have no hope
iof it herselt-and assuming as possible all other
appropriations ofterritory. still .Samboul' would
he the stumbling block Therefore it Is that
wonder at the tone Of the French press, limiting,
as has done Of late at results that are mpractI-
cable. At the same time the recent increase Of
the French navy would seem to give a culoring to
the Vaccinations of the Partisan journalists. The
hatred of Mahommcdans Ia Christians increases,
and has recently broken ont in several massacres,
the last of which mcmorahly avenged by l}ri-
fish mcn-of-war. That Christian Powers will
check such outbreaks. there can be no doubt; and
perhaps improve and consolidate Turkish nscen-
dancy over distant Provinces But ~ civilzing
light breaks in upon the darkness of lslamism and
all its denominations, the vas, realms of the Sultan
will feel its influence. and his kingdom may, per-
adventure. fall away by picccmeal, instead of be-
ing forcibly riven into fragments, by the monarchs
of Europe. 1t will die. dissolve perhaps, of its
own accord, by virtue of the great law by which
truth will ever in the end prevail over falsehood.
The false gods may be ovcrthrown; but the hand
writing is not yet seen On the wall Philadelphia
Mq'drer.