The New York herald., 1869-01-19

century. rOr TOUR uuuurcu years tn0 Ao0-
lens have ruled in the city Of Constantine
and been masters Of the empire Of which Con-
stantine may be said to have been the founder.
But while the Slaves, the Roumans and the
Greeks have submitted to the authority Of
their new masters, they have clung tenaciously
to their ancient faith and maintained the
characteristics Of their respective races. The
line which separates the original races from the
Turks is not, perhaps, so broad or 80 sharply
defined as 1t once was; but it is broad enough
and sharp enough to convince the most scepti-
cal that final amalgamation is impossible.
After well nigh five hundred years rule in
Europe 1t has still to be admitted that there
are twelve millions Of Christians to Eve
millions Of Mussulmans. The Rayahs, as the
Greeks Of Turkey are named, differ in nothing
from the Helene Greeks Of the kingdom but
in this, that the former are the subjects Of the
Sultan and the. latter are the subjects Of King
George. The Slavic races between the
Balkan and the line Of the Danube, though
they speak in other tongues than that Of
Greece, have been a. little Influenced by
Turkish ascendancy as their Rouman and
Grecian neighbors. The Turk is known to be
the ruler; but in no part Of European Turkey
is the ruler loved or does the belief exist that
his rule shall be permanent. -Four hundred
years experience has not convinced any Of the
European races now within the bounds Of the
Turkish empire that Christian should be
governed by q Mussulman. The love Of life
in the general case is stronger than the love OF
country, the love of race or the love of re-
ligion; but all over European Turkey better
time is looked for and anxiously awaited, when
the love Of life shall be compatible with all the
other nobler instincts Of humanity. 1t does
not follow, from anything we have said, that
Turkish rule is necessarily bad. It only fol-
lows that it is the rule of the stranger, and
that to that rule time has not reconciled the
governed.
These facts are not unknown to the govern
ments of Europe. In London, in Paris, in
Vienna, at Berlin, at st. Petersburg, it is
known and understood that the continued in
tegrity of the Ottoman empire in Europe is an
impossibility. They know that no assistance
from without, no treaties, no armed inter
ference can save it long from internal col
lapse. They see that the Christian elements
Of the population are being stirred mp; that
they are waking from long sleep and reveal
ing some newness of life, and that time only
is required to make them masters Of the situa-
ton. But the governments Of Europe cannot
see beyond the deluge. The Mus Sulman Power
destroyed, what is to follow? This no one can
answer. Russia is as ambitious as ever to
sit enthroned in Constantinople and to "water
her horses along the Hellespont; but to this
the Western Powers viii never consent. There
is smaller objection to the enlargement Of the
Greek kingdom, but the kingdom is not yet
ripe for any such enlargement. The time,
however, may come, and may come soon, when
aSouth Slavonic empire along the line Of the
Danube, and Greek kingdom, stretching north
as far as the Balkan and east as far az the
Dardanelles, will reconcile Europe generally
to the downfall Of the Moslem empire. That
time, however, is not yet Intrigue, therefore,
is busy and deceit is everywhere. The West
ern Powers are jealous of Russia, and Russia
is impatient of their resistance Russia has
acquired new power in Asia which makes
Great Britain more fearful than ever. Another
Crimean war would place India in jeopardy.
II will not surprise us to learn that the fresh
difficulty between Persia and Turkey is the re-
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all appearance to the contrary, we are willing
to believe that the result OF the Paris Confer
ence viii prove the means Of preserving peace
for the present, and that the final settlement
Of the Eastern question VIII be postponed for
at least another decade.
TIE PRESIDENTS AMxKsrY PROCLAMATION
AND rHE SENATE's QURmRs.-In reply to the
Senate's resolution requesting the President to
communicate to that body copy Of his am
nesty proclamation and the authority under
which 1t was made Andy johnson yesterday
sent in brief message. He furnished num-
Der Of precedents TO justify his course, dated
as far back as 1895, when Washington par
doned the whiskey insurrectionists in Penn
sylvania. But the whiskey ring Of that day
was nothing compared to the whskey ring Of
the present. Then the government was only
cheated out Of few hundreds Of thousands !;
now the government is defrauded by the whis-
key ring Of hundred millions year, and no
questions are asked, no amnesty solicited for
the criminals. The Senate having been graft
fed in regard to the authority for the amnesty
proclamation, II wonld not be surprising to
learn that II next applied to Andy Johnson for
his opinions respecting original sin and The
necessity for infant baptism.
BOHEMIAN FISANCIERs.--The B0hemians Of
the press used TO confne their explorations
to the ordinary walks OF life and contented
themselves with forays in search Of items and
whiskey--the latter particularly. Recently
they made bold onslaught upon the mer-
camille communty Now fbev Arc dovn In