Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-23
Decay ofthe Ottoman Empire

This Po.er, AZ enc time, tie terri & Earsie,
IS fast olhng to pieces, and is n i.kelf nue..
l1nser 10 c1i.i as an indepenteu, rs;cTei-uty h.
aluiihs 10 the peculiar condition q the nt.-c,i.
Cd Sublime Port" the New ~. Err, -.
marks that Tutkey, the onee c'~, ar4 = s,.f.
Empire II the Fast, the t,rs.-e 4 fsz-Y
sataceEic exploit Of bravery A. ar TX. 5. y a
t, become like mos, other old a. tre.h#t.5el
countries. among thing. thai Ne.s. e5a.H. f. IA
Greece and Turkey have been la : =. - 5nt..s
scale Of National Imp0tianee, r.tsl naH Sc sse
them only ~. name in y ftzncs -. n, :.
ouy awatiIg The time when .,rle 4 her more
powerful si.'ef Governments sLa.i xres: lie !a-t
se,t,gs 81 safionslily from them. anacf Jumped
mp claim financial political. The Tufk, haze
played lea1 y parts IN the political acts Of Euro
pcau drama almost from time nuIe motiai Tno7
were Tor ceu,urics the terror II Europe ahd Asa.
They have held possession of all the Holy places
IN ASA by turns; bu, fJr tho last few years only
by tho sufcrances al the ether EaraIcan raiion.
During the ptcsent century tho udaf, Of The Otto
man Empire have been CROWN: from lal h
worse. The Sultan HIS been borrowing from atv
and all parties who could be Induced 10 lend uu,ll
now We find the nation bankrupt AID the Sultan
driven into 'etracy. The last great debt incurred
was in prosecuting the war IN tie Crimel in
which financial affair France appears on the
books as Creditor France sends now to Turkey
for remittance. to which Turkey responds hy
! exhibiting n balance sheet, showing that the
state Of her treasury is minus everything ex
| ccpt some two hundred millions of bills pre-
! tod nd Ia 4 Ioi tas
has that treasury any expectations. To pay the
interests accruing upon the public debt, the Sui
tan has gone on increasing tho taxes Turkey In,
but triaing commerce) until the burden is enor
nous, and threatens to be resisted by the Turk,
themselves. There appears to be but one of tw,
things 10 be done, either Of which would srndc
the Government Tho empire must be sold II
pay outstanding claims, or the Government mus
repudiate the national debt. Then, together will
the financial besetments. religious tanaticisn
comes in, and of itself threatens to dslnembe
the Empire. From the Persian Gulf to tn,
Adriatic from the Black Sea to the Meiiterro
mean, the sects are clamorous for change, Wit
the triling concessions which the Moslems hav
granted to the Christians of Syria and to tn
Greek Church, they all alike express thcmsel, c
dissatisfied. The Papal sects in Palestine loo
forward expectantly to France as Protector
the faith, and the Protestants appeal to Englan
and tho United States in politically Chrstianiziu
the land of Judoa. The Greek Church stretche
GU. aer hands implorngly to Russia, while owe
I'll alike tho Moslem rulers are stretching til
cafGsr' INSTRUMENTATION all the more tightly
Turkey cannot pay her debts, but by suirerin
/ ,ar .
stop the progress of religious fanaticism she ha
. not the force, so that with Governmental banl
: ruptcy and religions discord we may safely pre-
, dict the day of her final doom is not very ia
! of.