Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-08
HERZEGOVINA.

The meagre dispatches which have come
across the cable concerning the instruction
in Herzegovina give little indication of the
importance which really attaches to the sue
cesslOn Of troubles that have been breaking
out within a few years in the northern
provinces Of European Turkey. The out
break which Immediately preceded the pres
ent uprising was in Montenegro, a smaller
province adjoining herzegovina, and both
border on Dalmatia, which is 4 part of the
Austrian Empire. The fact is that all the
Turkish provinces in Europe, north Of the
Balkan range Of mOuntains, are alien in race,
language, traditions, and religion to the gov
'ernIng power, who are Turks. This includes
the large States Of MOldsTia and Wallachia,
which have already achieved a sort Of in
dependence Bulgaria, SerVia, Bosnia, Gro
malta, herzegovina and Montenegro are still
under Turkish oppression. When the
Turks forced their way several centuries
ago into Europe, the native population grad
ually receded before them into the northern
provinces. The further north the Turks
went the smaller were their numbers, and
teey composed a lesser proportion to the
whole population. In the provinces we
have named, the proportion of Turks Is not
AA0AE A4Aa4 NAAL-lALA VI Tic CuLuE
population. FOur-ffths of the people
are of Slavic origin, and belong
to the same family as the population of
Hungary and Pennsylvania, which are now
parts of the Austrian Empire. They are of
a race that was among the first to adopt the |
Christian religion, and the present pOpula- |
tiOn is divided in dogma between the |
Greek and Roman Churches, but with a /
There is, therefore, not the slightest SYM |
pathy between these people and their /
Asiatic MOhammedan rulers.
The news that Servia has begun to raise |
TO aid the instruction, and is /
Austria to maintain a strict i
would indicate that these Turk |
ish provinces have determined upon some
thing like a general instruction aud a
blow for independence, if they can
be assured Of the moral support |
of Austria. What SeIVia has done,
Bosnia, CrOmatia, Montenegro, and the
rest, are ready TO do in the common cause.
If England and Russia would keep their
hands oil, there is no question but what the
Inhabitants Of these provinces, in a united
effort, would develop sufficient strength to
throw olTthe Turkish yoke. There would
also be an opportunity here for Austria
to resume something like her
former position among the great powers
of Europe. There is certainly a close af-
fnIty between the provinces ripe for a re-
volt and the Hungarian portion Of the Aus
tTian Empire; and, if they were joined to
the Empire, they would give Austria
population Of from 45,000,OOO to 100000
in all, and add a rich agricultural
district and a hearty people to the
productive resources Of the Empire.
In this way the little cloud that now ap-
pears in the obscure Province of Here
govina, no bigger than a mans hand, may
yet OyershadOw all Europe, and get great
nations by the ears. 1t is morally certain
that the Slavic population in Turkey north
Of the Balkan Mountains will not submit
many years longer to the extOrtions and
abuses which Turkey imposes upon them
for the support Of an extrayagant and cor
-upt Court and Government with which
hey Zhaye no sympathy, and a religion
cfthey despise.