, 1860-06-19

cosszASz11or1k, May 8, 1sto.
Mohamned vas once asked by certain of his
a;r 11uo:rs NC" ~ u c2nld be necessary to employ
answered the thread I=hu,,rlite, phy yscians are
also tn:ed: The Mohamucdan :popnla,lod:pf
the Turkish Empire, 4. The present div. seenn
to be In about the! frame Of il,ind indicated bT
The question stated aouve. without seeming:
prophet - :
= FATAL nrsrAsE or SICK 4rRxzT.
Yhe Turkish hody polite is diseased beyond
semeoy' ana fae disease is fated but there
-seeus 1ot Tue faictest idea thai paIitical recne
-dtea be ta:ed Il watt u pofi.tczt dtsezse7.
: Aoaapnedans, Christians, Jews and Dfuses,
moreover natagonistic on other points, agree with
n nmelancholy unanimity that the government Of
-aaltsn--Ahd.rE FL =-Aedji<i~-Kh
i6i suo !99a: soS3sfsS3 ot ths tTS Ssa, is
dahs.dectT Tie saitan fot' biz in1deli.y to the
se:gio4. lay o. The Koran. and hin onctssions
70 inddels, and The Christains complain that
.ae neg Iauzluaat, OF reformed code, placing all
ses's IS on strict equality, i not eniosced- The
o'9 sehool Aas'ims long far the return Of the
paAny days OF such Sultsns as Soleiman the
G,eSts OK. Ahmed II. who, in 1886, compelled
y - Cns1stlans to dress in black. and forbade
tuer I1d'nE tn horsebAek. The narpnite3 and
otaer papal sects OF Christians, earnestly hope
70 aee Syr}a and Aaia Ainor under the protecto.
tate Oh ths trench, while the Greek Church,
With one aeeor: , nake it part Of their rel;gi-,
ous faith to believe that Turkey IL vet to Be-
coMe Russian ptovhce.. Is;cabnot be denied
tnat m the Turkish Government is weak, and the
:@astsuan populations, while they are the
areatess sufferers trum its weakness, and
Ssoan under the oppression and disorder
fesui:ant from rsriod of d. cline, vet rsuard
tne a'xo1 Of decay with e4ulatioa rather Than
o.usfMise' as EtriuS proof that their deliver
anee IS nea7- The Muslims. Oh the other hand.
VITA ta.ai istic iEditr rence. console themselves
Win lhe 1houXht Tint there are tho latter daya
sPoksn . q y. their propae:, when there shall b
rupr men thal ill afl posts of oific,. md inAn-
. ence, aud lsamism shall disappear from the
easlos ana many othtF events occur as necessa.
y precursors Of the day Of final Judgment.
oome o1 tee more suncrstit:aus CHIN that one
ot tue elearetf proofs that aheae are the latter
days, is the fact that y u men ara becomioo
more and more like The wcnru. md The wons6
nks t,e men: 20 that ere long It will be difficult
70 aistnneufAn between them. TEerei is no kha-
Ie1 III 1nese Gays to summon the fnithtui to a
aoiy war, aud even Should leader arise. SO
s!fone Is The cnnyct !ou rGa: the latter days are
=. 1auo, toat theFe wcuEd BE- littieor no popular
y dead. 3's''A' - en''!e-
socu!d the present Sultan die tomorrow. and
als brother. Aba cl aj.z. sho il. IN old school
leuattsd Auslstn, take shs throne, it might ap-
ps1s stas there i s1id enough of fire lett ID the
a:ck=tihg taper to lesp cut Of it's socket, and
fo'l oFer tie empire In d tide Of deso]a1ion and
deaih. IN the month Of October LAST ac6uspir-
acy was formed in censtan .inople to -drthroue
I've pfesent Sultan and restore the old regime.
II e:abracsd nuatitudes Of men il the miiitarv
anu civil sersice, aud would no doab. have been
successful had It remained undiscovered tn ea.-
ty-four haurs longer. >.
LATTER DAYs OF 1s1An1su.
There are signs Of dissolution On every s;de.
and It IS the general opinion that tho present
state Of things carnot long continue, II Tia
Mohammedan fataliss believes that these ara
the latter days of Islanie,n, the Christian mil.
anthropist will accept tie fact with gratitude as
En- Incentive to labor for the establishment of a
purer fntth on the ru,ns cf this mieL,y error.
fa'te religion IN the last stages Of dec.y, acor.
rupt s:ate Of pnh!ic and private morals, semi
to!ce code Of laws, which has been the grosth
OF centnr1ea IN Europe. upon IN intoIera1t.
se1nl.eisllized and unpr grcssivo people, furnish
aspectac'e to the civil ID and Christian World
which may well aSasen the dsepes. interest.