The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-09-06
Ietters from the Cast.
Correspondence of the Nec York Obserer
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
BY HENRY DAY, ESQ.,, OF THE NEW YORK uAr

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By HENRI DAY. esq., VI THE NJ" fo"N BAR
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set,ins 'neh 70 uesdUy que ano'her, III ~
oruef ~ 'iae ea'h anu an may pe 700 weak
snu inoaPapie Vi r cumming, 70 5esis'
ioreisn tyranny. 10 ion,en' tnese diVis-
IONS, 70 cui.isase naIu''l na'reu ahons
snc PeoP'e, mas Te. peen 'ne s,ea' arr Vi Tue
Governments ms pohcy mas peen carried
70 sucn an extent ior centuries .nat as
',us' anu na.Iea exist among an l's peo,
pie, ana ua'ii tnere exists no common ooha
Oh sympathy, no ,eiiowship OF suherihg'
no mutual . 'ie' OF iIse OF ireedom' no or
gsniza',Sn or popular sentiment capable
ol IT, Not spark Oh pa'riot,sm exists.
IL Ii now wen u~poerseooo ~ that the mas
sacre OF Onris,ians IN looo py the Druzes
was ins'iea'ed Dy 'he turkish uovernment'
because ,ney feared tne growing power
ana numbers OF the Maronite christians.
Inc telegram from oonstantinople 70 Ia,
mascuS was: fut aown the Snristiaris'
l. was carried further tGan the doyern-
men. wished, wnen aii Vhristendom was
hor,ined at 'he terrible slaughter.
Such government cannot exist In this
age Gvll,Tation ' Is pressing it on every
side' Inc turks themselves are TOO proud,
700 stupiu, TOO sensual, 700 eneryated as a
race 70 advance without IT, Inere Is no
cohesion among the various nationailtles
Oh .he Empire Inc army Is gathered Dy
conscription among these different races,
ana cannot be depended on. The Gov
ernment Is purdened by terrible debt,
ana is yearly endeavoring to contract
more, IL Is Offering a loan now OF nifty
mhiions oil dollars at discount OF forty
per cent, ana no one Is wiiiing 70 take 1t.
Inc imbeciiity OF the sultan IS well known.
ms narem ana ms palaces engage all his
as1ention, his cfrand Vizler has been
changed iour or nve times within year,
probably At the solicitation OF some favor
,te IN ms nsrem' Inc Government has
nad no head, no policy, no ability to meet
the overwhelming difilculties which are
now gathering around 1t. Its imbecility
Is now cuiminating The days Of the Sick
Man are numbered, and soon the Ottoman
Empire wiil fal IN unutterable confusion.
IL rs now mere shell, aud ON the slightest
.ouch VIII iaii 70 pieces by the weight OF
Its own corruption.
Look at few facts, which will show