New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-24

latest accounts confirm in every worst particular
the earlier reports. They have aroused and are
strengthening here not only an intense sympathy
with the oppressed Christians and indignation
against their Immediate butchers, but feeling iast
running into conviction, that the SICK man,
Turkey. is diving, ought 10 die, and, to anticipate
, further mischief from the violence oil Ms DEATH
struggles, must be throttled. -,
Ailthnking men have been long since agreed that
SO far as it's osensble puTpose-the confirmation OF
the Ottoman Empires concerned, the Crmean
war was worse than failure. And WHILE during
its continuance one of the nominal principals was
mere cipher in comparison with its allies, the con-
ditions of reform imperiously imposed upon Turkey
by allies and enemy alike at its conclusion, left
permanent cause Of irritation to rankle in the heart
of Isamism. The logical instinct of Mobammedan
fanaticism rightly interpreted the Crimean war as
war upon Islamism. To pass over important re-
suits of that war; such as the breaking down of the
phantom prestige of Russia and the furnishing Of a
base Of operations for Cavour's Italian campaign
against Austria, which latter Power committed the
immense bungle of not taking sides and securing al
lance with either party, let US come again to the
present state of feeling and opinion in France. Of
the next ten men you shall meet upon the BOule-
wards nine will feel, and two or three think that
this Intervention is not to be limited to six months
and to six thousand French troops.
When Napoleon entered the Italian campaign
last year, few sympathizers with the cause OF
Italian independence, few who hoped that OUT Oh
il would spring the revived spirit of revolution tna
might react on France. few historical thinkers,
faithful TO the secular anti-Austrian, Franco-ita
ian policy, few intelligent NapoeOnists, who saw
that the only possible of anticipating rev0u-
tion was 10 lead it. and the official ri-raf OF Napo-
eonsts 0uend meme, were with him. Had lne
nation been called to vote yes or no for the war; IL
would have returned negative answer as ngmer,
ons as the affirmative one it rendered 10 dnerent
question in 1852. Were the question OF Syrian IN
teryention to be now put to the people, 1t would be
RESPONDED to by unanimous yea; the few thinkers
and calcuators mngGng their voices in the chorus
cry of the tcelerS In the Offices OF nearly all the
newspapers in the churches, IN the schools IN the
bureaus of all sorts of administrations subscriptions
are taken up for the relief Of the surviving sufferers
of Mussulman persecution. Not less significant of
the national sentiment considering that we are in
France are the announcements of drama in pre-
paration by Victor Sejour in collaboration with
Mocduard the Emperor's secretary Sejour is one
of the fayOrite and most successful OF the Boulevard
dramaturges, and is, with MOcquard, author of the
famOusly popular melOdrsma founded on the story
Of the little Mortaral; Of another by Mr. Derosne,
and still another by one LIE Sire, "a piece In nine
tableaux," all having for their subject the late
" dramatic events" in Syria.
Unhapply they are not limited to Syria. Through
out the rotten Ottoman Empire tragedies on lesser
scale have been occurring for the past years, are
now going on, and are threatening at any moment
TO assume as FORMIDABLE proportions of bloody horror
as at Damascus or on the slopes of Mount Lebanon.
ANY time since the affair 0f Jiddah, good deal
has been said and written, in loose sensation style,
about a deeply-planned Mussulman conspiracy
whose central Office and bureau of directors is at
Mecca. There is no satisfactory proof at hand of
any such conspiracy; is it necessary to suppose
any such common understanding among the fanati-
cal priests acting upon the fanatica mob of irri-
tated Mussulmans. But that, whether guided by
superior intelligent organization, or sprnglng from
an instructive common feeling, there IS general
movement throughout the Ottoman Empire, if not
throughout all Islamdom, of active hostility to
Christians within it's limits is lamentably evident
Jiddah not long ago. Syria week ago, CANDIDA
COnstantinOple, Belgrade, all Turkey in Europe,
may be said to bristle with proofs of the irrisitibe
conflict between Mohammedanism and Christianity
to state the case more largely, between barbarsm
and civization-to state it politically, between the
integrity of the Ottoman Empire and its impending
dismemberment.
Honest John Bright blurted out his opinion in
Parliament the other day, that the said Empires
integrity was not worth saving, and was hopelessy
past salvation. To whom Lord PalmerstOn, in his
inimitaby arrogant STYLE replied that Turkey had
reformed itself more extensively than any other
country since the time of Mahmoud H. a. D.,
lS40), and that if she were let alone with nothing
but good advice she would come to be quite a
model country in time. To support this enormous
assertion, uttered in the very face of $1,000 mutt
lated Christian cOrpses Just reformed to death with
in this happy realm, Lord PalmerstOn, carefully
avoiding proof and argument, brought his wOnted
trick Of mOckery and Off-hand jauntiness. John
Bright, well meaning, but stupid was ass enough
to believe all the preudiced, false reports he read
about the dilapidated condition Of Turkey; but he,
PalmergtOn, could tell him, Bright, that he, Pal
merston, had his PalmerstOns, information, OF the
most reliable Sort from the infable Foreign Office.
Lord Palmerston had his accustomed success of
turning the laugh on John Bright. Whether il was
q proper laughing occasion, is question on which
fonr correspondent and quite numerous body of
nominal Christians differ from the smiling majority
of the House Of Commons 1t is to be noted that
Lord PalmerstOn, IN spite OF his eulogy on lufkey,
approves of the present Intervention in her practl-
cat reforms; and that his setting up the Foreign
Office above the sources of information accessible
TO John Bright however facetious is not tecitOus.
ANY general reader" of the better class of Lon
don and Paris newspapers was repeatedly, before
and during the CTimean War, before and during the
Italian Campaign, and after both those series of
events, informed respecting numerous important
facts defects and purposes military, admlnlstra-
tive and diplomatic, earlier and more accurately
than the ministerial chiefs of said Ofice-unless
said chiefs disguised and denied their knowledge.
To take one instance: Lord John RusseIrs sOlemnly
stated ignorance and disbelief of the French policy
of Savoy annexation, week after it was an open
secret to every general reader of the newspapers
Palmerston's bOutade will not save the Ottoman
integrity. There is fast spreading conviction that
it is past diplOmatlzing for. Even Lord Stratford
de Radcliffe half gives it up as hopeless case;