Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-08-01
Dailp Tiraiaian.
From the N \. kyur'ng Postl
Who IL Responsible for the Syrian Massa-

ped in Europe. A nomadic race ot Asa, with
more than the usual savagencss vi ncmads. they
conquered one Of the most beautiful nf the three
peninsulas of the Europe, which they have ever
since held as conquest. They have never been
really incorporated in the European political sys-
tenn, although they may have been recognized by
the other nations, and by some ot thcm adopted
and patronizcd.
Tho history Of the Osmnnli ever since they
took possession OF tho Bosphorous hns been tho
hlstory OF ntena, Sdcspotism and ncapar,tv. ol
paroxsm of bloody violence followed hy long
years Of seliishncss, Of cruel couQnests of un-
offending neighboring tribes, leading first /, do.
nestle turbulence. and then to domestic exhaus
tian, Having made themselves master of thc va
lied populations on the borders of the Lower Dan.
nhe, of The Greeks, tho Wullachians, the Moldayi
ans. the Seryians tho Bosnians and others, they
have ruled them with the rod of iron, even while
their own country was falling to pieces in the
t'fraes OF civil war or in tho languor OF utter decay
Oar readers will recall the atrocities which they
inflicted upCn the Grorks some years aga, and
Which aroused tho sympa,hics Of tho civilized
world. till II general cry OF indignation broke
inth in all ,nuds. But they should rcmembcr that
such attrncite' were not nm exceptional but tho
general course Of the Turkish power towards all
ITS weak dependencies Excessively proud. sensual.
ignorant and biggnttcd they have never coale.c cl
with ndy IF tho rcces they have encountered. hut
have held thomsclvc aloot, seeming to regard thrm
all IA interiors on whose rights II wns no offence
but rather duty, to trumplc.
Possessed Of hnds IA fertile ns any on thc
globr washed hy fine seas and with ma gniieent
central city. which the drcamers ni human per.
ireabity have imagined wouil some day be the
capital of II whole redeemed humanity. they huve
dono little or nothing to devclop its resources
u ifh bundles intcrnal wealth, they hn,e allow
I'd tho growth OF extensive industries, haye adop.
ted low oi tho arts or Europe, have nowhere mil.
al. Al
this day. after many centuries OF intercourse with
civilized men, the mountain and desert tribes nrc
as icrorious IN their passions. aud M malignant
III their religious zrnl, as tho were when tho the
teor flag Of the prophet was carried by fire and
sword from Cabul tu tho straits OF Oadg. Indeed,
II my one wished to form M accurate conrcplinn
IT what society was in Europe eight hundred
years ago, when the property was oil in the hands
o tHudal lords aud the exclusive object al govern.
ment wns IA establish and support n military
class, lao should visit the interior provinces of
Turkey Divided into estates called en,n,cts or
timariots which are distributed rs fcts to the
spahuS. or lords of the manor they exhibit nll the
social phenomsna Of the middle neca the insocut
outrage and oppression OF tho peasants, The law
less brutality IT manners and nm Independence oi
oen,ral contrhl amounting 10 Hnurcby. IT the
wild fhnatlcsm oi tho Druses, who are nrw hutch.
ering the Christians ~ Syria cnnrot be restrain
ed by the government. il is because its pachas
and oher agents. while they share in their fanAt-
icsm. have given them no other example ihnn
that Of insubnrdinatiun and cruelty.
1t is this naton, so constituted 50 promo to do.
cline. rHte, that certain European powers,
with England in the rtd, have taken II into their
heads TO hold together. On some inexplicablo
theory Of politics they consider Turkey essential
TO the equIlb.inm oi Eurnpr, anl they will not
nl'w tho integrity Of Turkey to 10 mcnaccd.-.--
Long since it would have gone into cutnpeto dis.
,lu bpen hp pra uI Iha unr r.in
Russiifn, but for this careful proping and nursing
England. France and Austria a few yruis ago,
rather than SEQ iis soil invaded, encountered all
the mserics and hazards Of the Crimenn wnr-
lluntreds Of thousands Of men and millions ol
money were wantonly sacrificed 10 uphold IA de-
crepit and worthless empire, which, In its best
condition, was n cradle for cnctonchug savase-
and in its lowest II nuisance. What is still worse
when that horrible and sanguinary war was closed
by the taking OF Sebastopol, instead of address,
ing themselves 20 the task ufrcgulnting the affairs
oi their profcge on some sound and recupcratye
basis, they entered INTO solemn treaty at pars
TO continue the existing system pretty much ns it
The effect oi that treaty has been TO encourage
the Turk in tbeir original vices. Relieved from,
apprehension on the side of RUSSIA, and conscious
u! the pIwerful friendship Of the western allies,
they bnye rccnrrcd to many Of their charucteri.tc
bnrbarltIcs. lns,cnr of recognising tho cInnty
ot Christians, NJ twas fondl imagined they would
after having received no many services from tho
hands VI Cuistian na,iuus, they have treated tho
Christians with the old Moscm higotry aud lrucu-
enee. Every malignant old taciia or ga Ii ha. felt
at perfect liberty wrcuk what revenge he lleused
npon the offending unufcudug iuGIr No
national Consul could in,erposc. because the arms
ol the tonsnls have been purnIyzcd by the multi
tule of restrictions ,lncsd them in the inierna-
tonal treaties. At the rnMe time the Christmas
have never boon organized at all or provided will,
head to parry the fierce onslaughts of the Mos.
lem, or to give effective direction to II movement
el resistance, Those appalling scenes in Syria,
therefore, which have lately been described to us
those cJntagraions OF towns, converts and church
cs those c'Id blooled massncres If men, women
aud children; those nerailcss rapines and crimes
not to be named those Thousands Of corpscs left
10 bleach upon the sand, and those twenty thous
and Christian fugitives wandering unfed and un.
clad among the gorges OF Lebanon. tho fruits
oi that dug the manger policy which England
originated, aud France AMI Austria were in
duced to sustain. IL hns been policy Of active
persistent. intriguing intervention, not however,
to develop the Of Turkey, but to prolong
aftngnant conservatism.
These Syrian outbreaks were not sudden or n
peculiar and local occurrence. For some time pnst
tho Christian missionaries have complained If
what they suffered, and still more Of whatthey ap-
prebendcd. Months agp, five remembrs rightly,
the Paris Pdlrfe annouDred that the most serious
disturbances were imminent. Months ago, too
Prince Gortchakof' the Russian minister, sum
IN med concavs Of the d diplomatic agents ut St
Petersburg, to communicate 70 them his kno".'cdse
ol the state Of affairs in the Tnrki.h or"H'nces
But these warnings were uph~0ued' ~ mission
arie, were set down -sZe Zealots, and th French
nsner as A mep. noser of mares nests, while the
IN < iety II Russia was ascribcd, with II knowing
wink, to some new scheme for administering u
dose "to the sick man." Ensland's profound self