The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-19

ened to excommunicae him whereupon the emneror drew
pistol from his belt cooked it. and covering the patriarch
requested his blessing which the terrified preate dropped
upon his knees and gave it to him with the speed possible
Roman Catholics he would tolerate within his dominons
because they acknowledged obedience foreign potentate
and Mussuans he hated of their doctrines not
diminished in their from political considerations
Space will not permit us to enter upon the question of the
Abyssnian capves further than few words isi-
caton of the character given of the emperor by Consul
Powden
According to his own showing Mr. Stern had published
respecting the kings parentage which he could not
expect him forgive if it his knowledge Of the
mprudence of publishing this he must have been well aware
he could have been ignorant that the emperor claimed
all preceding emperors did, direct descent from King
Solomon and if remember rightly the Queen of sheba
Whether he of this not there foreign in
guers about the Abyssinian who did fail let
emperor know what he had written Them again. the
In which the kings conduct was sgmatzed account of
the vengeance he took rebel leader for the murder of
Consul Plowden and the slaughter of counryman Bell
the latter his and to both of whom he
warmly attached enough rritate even less absolute
monarch Indeed his friends might prove that according
Abyssinan law Stern liable DEATH and that his being
spared is proof of the emperors clemency.
AS regards the death of counrymen Powden and Bell
may mention in passing that the former attacked and
murdered by large body of rebels for although he
actually killed the spot and lived long enough to be
somed by the emperor the speedest way of getting him
out of the clutches of his enemies he died very shortly after
wards of his wounds Bell and the emperor fastened
attack the rebels The former sought of the leaders
the field of battle and killed him with his hand and
himself shot in return by relative of the chief he
had killed Another the rebel chiefs was sought out and
killed the battlefield by the emperor That fifteen
hundred of the rebels put death by order of the
peror might be paed by the circumstance that is
legally punished by death and at any rate it is not for
Englshmen call him murderer because he avenged the
deaths of countrymen in manner which to
barbarOus.
The of Consul Cameron is different There very
little doubt that the conduct of consul (which has been
officially blamed by governmen in visiting the
tribes paying tribute to the emperor bitter enemies the
Turks and Egyptians has been grossly msepesented But
remembering how much the king disposed rely
Captain Cameron as he had done on owden and Bell
have Of
between hem if what they said had seemed be
med by the fact that acknowledgment either from
Queen Government sent to him of the receipt of his
letter to her Majesty of which, specimen of the royal
style of Abyssinia, we suboin copy
In the of the Father of the Son. and of the Holy
Ghost God in Trinity, chosen by God King of Kings,
Theodoros of Ethiopia to Her Majesty Victoria Queen Of
England hope your Majesty is in good health By the
power of God am we'll Ny fathers the Emperors having
Gallas and Turks. But God created me, lifted of the
dust and restored this Empire my rule He endowed
with power, and enabled me to stand in the place of my
fathers By His power drove away the Calais. But for
the Turks have told them to leave the land of my
eestoTs They refuse am now going to wree with them
Bell used to tell that there is great Christian
Queen who loves all Christians When they said to this
We able make you known her. and to establish
friendship between you then in those times very glad
l gave them my love, thinking that l had found your
Majestys goodwill All subject to DEATH and my
enemies thinking nure me- killed these my friends But
by the of God have exeminated those enemies
leaving one alive, though they of family, that
may gel, py the power OF GOd your friendship
81 prevented by the Turks occupying the
from sending you embassy when was in difficulty. Con-
sui Cameron arrived with letter. and of friendship
By the power of God very glad hearing your well
fare and being assured of your ami have received your
presents and thank you much.
fear that if send ambassadors with presents of amity
by Consul Cameron, they may be arrested by the Turks
And now wish that you may arrange for the safe pas
sage OF my ambassadors everywhere the road captain
Cameron had been previously authorized to bring his am
bassador to England
wish to have answer to this letter by Consul Cam
eron and that he conduct embassy England See
how the Islam Expresses the Christians"
Why no answer sent to this letter is not explained in
the papers presented to the House of Lords but the arrival
OF dispatches from Foreign Office in Abyssna more
than year after the emperors letter had been dispatched
without single word being said relative the royal letter.
pretty well explains the of the harsher treatment to
which our consul had been subsequently, exposed treatment