The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-11

THE GO VERNlMENT OF MOROCCO.

The Repe Contemporaries says the Boston POST contains
interesting article by NJ Narcisse Cote the poiti
cal and social state of the empire of Morocco from which
condense the following account of the administration
of that country
,.The whole system is compared by the author to
wine press of which the political hierarchy is the
and the Sultan Abderrahman the motive power. What
the said press is required to do is to produce torrents Of
gold Obtaining treasure is the sole object Of the gov
eminent. The army is but a fiscal engine there is
navy the administration OF justice is one Of the
chief sources of revenue, and the public works
are limited to stopping up the crevices in the tot
tering mosques with few handfuls of mud and
mortar All other edifces are allowed to fall
to ruin Houses fall in frequently, crushing the
inmates to death, and yet elicit other remark but
that it was wrten AS to foreign relations they are
in principle regarded pestence to be avoided as
much as possible The Sultan does not desire any trade
with Christian nations, the encroaching spirit of which
he breads above all things; nay he would willingly
give up all his maritime towns he but that the
Christians would not encroach any further He wants
to remain at peace in the midst of his wives and Golfers
but his greatest desire Is to be kept in ignorance of what
takes place the points of his territory which de-
fled by the presence of the Nazarenes. Tangier the
residence of the Christian consuls, is particularly odious
to him its very name Is pronounced with contempt,
and its Mussulman inhabitants COMPOUNDED in the
same class with the Jewish and Nazarene dogs with
whom they converse
1.-THE sultan has vizier, called Sid Mahomcd ell Ka-
tb This man, grocer, and now honored with the
title of exceency desires nothing more earnestly than to
complaint of the consuls general who satisfied
and the instructions of his master which simply
these to promise everything, but do nothing; to gain
time to raise constant obstacles to their wishes in
short to tire them out and above ALL to mention
word about them to the sultan The financial system
recommends itself by its wonderful simplicity there
no costly government Offices, clerks and book
keeping nothing but good stick and few yards Of
rope. The sultan says to of his pashas, Il want
100 900 pastrcs The pasha calls his kads govern
ors Of towns and says to them, Sna Jour lord wants
money whichever of you does not bring 100, 900 p
astres shall die In prison. The Sads each convoxe the
richest merchants and notables of their towns, and say
Sidna wants money let each of you bring me 900 pi
astres he that fails TO do shall die under the bastna
do BY this the royal exchequcr receives the
required, being but small portion of what has been
extorted
1.-THE pashas of COURSE get immensely rich but their
turn fails to come AS soon ~ ore Of them be-
evod by the Sultan to have rather too much property
detachment of the black guards 1--WE offence to
tfx rcspcctHbic force Tor such n IT'S official nalnc) is
sent to surround the palace of the unucky official he is
seized without ceremony, thrown the back of
mule tied down like bundle of straw and thus taken
to the capital exposed ali along to the most brutal treat
ment He IL then thrown into prison. and bastinadocd
daily until he reveals where he keeps bis -Four
years ago the kaid of DarelBcd underwent for whole
month the daily torture OF being hoisted up between
poles and let fall again upon heap of branches OF
the Barbary fix tree which are armed with long thorns
penetrating deep into the flesh STILL all that got
out of him only amounted to few thousand pastres
and he expired under the babarous torture prescribed
without telling The place where he had buried his inn
rcnse treasure But the Sultan seldom proceeds To such
cxtremitcs When he has extortcd sufficient sum he
restores his victim all HIS former honos and waits till
he is ripe for fresh operations II his Majesty has resol-
we'd upon Kidding himself of of his dignitarics he
sends for him. receives him with extraordinary favor and
offers him cup of coffee. few hours after the au-
dience the favored expires in violent commissions,
and the bystanders say, 1t written =" 'aF