The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-18
With a Grain Of Salt.

fepnrts of thc popntaf tuthufb I'D
European Turssy arg5to be FREDERICKSBURG
grafaof SILT. We csp reiiter feag upon
whatcomes rem Belgrade por has%wbich
issues from eorstantincpte. As the Nss
York Herald says: .s.1The picture that
presents the revolt without Importance Is
:: NOT to be- trusted. Neither Is that an &C.
+" curate statement which represents 1t az
% sweeping everything ID its path" But lei
ia not waive the Turkish European pro-
yrces aside az things that deserve not con-
sideratiop and as things that once put
down" are to be kept down and never asA,n
to plague the diplomats who, since tnc ho's
alliance. have continued. in greater OF less
deoree 10 control the politics OF Europe.
certainly these politics have gone far oeyono
their control, and there arc strong cons'oeta'
f;ons why they should change their theories
and their political practice. Can this least
urn QUESTION F." be "kept down Z" Euro
ne.n Turkey has 100000 of inhabitants
end If these only 100000 are Mohamme'
danv So we have 100000 of Christians,
~ povohs. ruled by 100000 Mohamme-
dana. Perhaps there is nowhere on earth a
.o,ioious hate more intense than that felt by
the christians towards the Turks, unless, we
regret to say, as may be possible in this
country. where the hate OF some CHRISTIAN
sect for apotber may be more bitter, not
vi,bstandiug that both OF these sects profess
TO believe in the Incarnation, the TRINITY
and the Atonemcnt. That the bate be-
tween Islamism and Christianity will con-
Time. who can doubt? That the revolt OF
the provinces along the " blue Danube" may
be crushed to-day is 10 guarantee that
fresh Instruction will not break out to.mor-
row. There is at the foundation of society
in European Turkey cause of discomfort
which can never be removed until the Turk
is driven out of Europe aud European Tur.
key is left to govern itself.
What sacrifice does England make in c1'
pelIins the Turk? What sacrifice would it
be to any European power to drive him
out: We are led to believe iu holy writ
that Christianity will finally prevail over the
earth. Would it be painful TO any Christian
nation 10 contribute somewhat TO the spread
of Christianity when measures for that pur-
pose would be really so much for the peace
of men and the physical development OF
countries that they could be hardly sus-
pected of religious moiYe9
But Turkey has been an unthrifty and
spend.hrift nation, and the money.sbavers
have made much money out Of dealing in
her bonds. England thinks more of those
bonds than she does oil iberatiDg the Chris.
tians who groan under the yoke of 1slamism.
To avoid impairing the credit Of these bonds,
together with strong Jealousy against Rus.
STA, she has shaped her policy within the last
two decades more to the advantage Of the
cause of tie Crescent than that of the
Cross.
The diplomacy of Europe has to be trou-
bled with This "eastern question until the
Turk is driven across the Bosphorus. These
constant disturbances and the conflicting re-
ports about them only show that there is a
purturbed spirit that will not be qnieted.
Tue end will be the establishment Of an.
other Chris, ian kingdom, or several of them,
in Europe. The large interests of money
sbavcrs in keeping up the unnatural suhJec
ton OF the millions Of Christians in Europe
to Mohammedan rule cannot prevent their
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