The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-17
European Affairs,


mats 50 we'll as those of the Emperor and
ina French peorle France is making giganuc
strides in the path OF material prosperity, and,
g. 8 consequence, her peopie grow less ana
lass desiraus every day to rust their future TO
tbs dacision of the sword. The Emperor him.
self one Of the most sagacious statesmen anI
able administrators that has lived since the
time of JULlUs CRsAg, very we'll Knows that
the true source of national power is national
wealth. and he would be very 10th TO divert
the minds of his people from their present
pursuits, aud 10 check that spirit OF en- terprise
1, which he has himself given such powerful
impulse. Blu, it is very much to be doubted
W h. her 1t is in his power, or III that OF his
people, or in the power OF any other person or
persons upon earth, 10 avoid being dragged
into the struggle which is evidently preparing
in all parts of Europe. When GEORGE CAN
MING said more than forty years ego, that the
next war IN Europe would be war OF prin-
ciple. he spoke what has proved TO be strictly
trua. There are no y, as there Have been in
every European war since the establishment
Of the holy alliance two antagonistc princi-
plea perpetualIy III operation. The one Is the
shirt OF modern improve ment, which would
Mace the world in Il condition adapted 10 its
,,raseut state OF Knowledge. The other is the
suirit of The l.tl century, which would fetter
the human mind, and prevent 1t from ever
asniring beyond the point IL had reached at
that far distant era. knowledge, enhghten-
lnent The steamship, the railroad, the tele-
graph, ans, above all, the press, are the allies
gf tue first. Ignorance, darkness, arlstocratic
privilege and brute force are the main depend
ence OF the la;ter. This war of TWO prlnci-
pies commenced with our revolution it
balhed all Europe in blood during the last ten
wears of the last and the first fifteen Of the
present century. 1t has always been in a state
OF Concentrations ii is now raging in Italy; If
the sigus OF the times are not deceitful, it will
soon rage over the greater part of the Eastern
Hemisphere
The question of 4 general war simply de-
ponds upon The opinion of the Emperor Of
Austria as 10 his ability to interfere with sue
cess III Italy. II his advisers assure him that
his finances are in proper condition, and he
receives urances from Prussia and Germany
that he will be backed by all their resources,
military and financial, he will most assuredly
not wait for the invasion of Neneta before he
commences it. He will al once put to the ties
the quarrel between the barbarism Of the mid
die ages and the civilization of the nineteen tn
century However pacific, therefore, the in
teutions of the French Emperor may be-and
We have no reason TO doubt that they are fully
rs pacific as he says they are-it will be i'm
possible for him TO avoid the issue already
prepared. Nor Is the danger confined 10
Ilaiy and the questions springlng out of
the events now in progress there. The Sultan
is al this moment making every effort i'll his
power TO impress the rulers OF European
christendom with the belief that every thing is
once more quiet in Syria. He would have
them believe that his emissary FUAD PAsHA
has made superhuman efforts to crush the in
surrection, and that all the bloodshed was at
Iributable to the Druses alone. The interven-
ton Of the Christian Powers to ayenge the
massacre Of the Christians, and prevent the
recurrence of similar atrocities is the thing
uC all others upon earth that he breads The
most, and that he most earnestly endeavors to
avert Ia 4 word, he is eXerting himself TO
tie utmost TO avoid investigation, which he
knows very well would draw down ruin upon
himself and his empire. For the Druse
chiefs, upon whom the Sultan is DESTROYS 10
iasteu the whole guilt of these terrible MUIR
Cers avow their perfect willingness 10 be
tried in the English fashion, provided the
English Government, or rat her Admiral MAR
TIN, the English naval commander in those
seas, will guarantee them against the con-
sequences Of speaking the truth. They de-
clare they prove that in all they did
they had the authority of the Turkish Off
GERS, and IL Is absolutely Ger tain, from the tes
tlInony OF the victims themselves, that in all
The atrocities perpetrated upon the Christian
women, moi single Druse had any part. All
the Uutrages OF that nature were the deeds OF
Turkish soldiers, or of Moslems of some
description. Ia ali their fierce wars and in
tA4 midst Of their most terrible cruelties, the
DICses have never been known 10 offer vlo-
Ieuc- to q woman. Ii is positively stated that
The Publish soldiers acted under orders from
Coz aauuople in ali they did, aud all they
neg.rc ed 10 do, and that the Drnses Were
cured from tbs same source, that the soldiers
should not be allowed TO interfere with them
in the prosecution OF this exterminating war
against the Maronites. The osteIsibIe iHsti-
gator OF these outrages-KURsCHID PAsHA
the commander at Beyrout-has been sent to
Cgns,antinople for trial but according 10 all
accounts, ABDUL MEJID dare not bring him
before the Diyan, because he can prove that
he acted under direct orders from the Porte
These are only symptoms that appear on The
surface. If the Sultan did give orders
which led 10 The outbreak at Lebanon and
BeyrOut, il was doubtless because he could Uot
resist the outside pressure applied by his own
subjects. The whole Mohammedan popula-
ton of Turkey is foaming with fanatcism-
Il their biso ed eyes. the intimacy OF ABDUL
MEJID with the Christian princes is a deadly
sin, Tor which lie deserves the execration of
every honest NJ ussulman. He can OF Iy retain
his throne and lie by yielding TO the irresis-
tible torrent Of fanaticIsm, which is fast pre-
cipitating him into crisis OF fearful aspect
He feels his situation, and keeps double guards
around his palace. So thoroughly stirred up
/. the great deep of Mohammedan life that
the residences OF foreign ambassadors are
guarded, as though in the presence OF hos
tile army, and the Christian Inhabitants are
al armed 10 the teeth, prepared TO defend
their ilses against an outbreak OF the popu-
lace which may take place any hour of the
day. Nor is this uneasy feeling confipad 10
OohsU'u unoPie- II extends all along the line
OF the bauuoe' "here the Christian popula-
ton live IL daily fear OF an outbreak. and NOR
vadea herzegovina, where massucres resano.
bling IA atrociy those OF Damascus, though on
smaller scale, are matters of daily occur.
Fence. III Bulgaria, near as il lies to The Rus
sian frontier, the Turkish authorities openly
conhise at all manner OF violence offered 10
Tue cnii suahs' la word, 1t is evident 10 our
MINDS that Christianity and Mahommedan.
Ism Is on the eve of one of those deadly con-
nicts IN when they have SO often bsen en-.
giged, and thft neither the prudence of the
Emperor NAPOLEON, nor his evident wish ~
remain al peace, can prevent or DELAY tho
bursting of The impending storm
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