The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-22
THE TURKISH COUP WETAT.
How II Wns brought about ~ lnhattcr'
Ing Account of the New sultan,
Philadelphia Cor \, Y, Herald,

| yesterday upon Hon, George u. EOkcr
late United States Minister TO Russia
who has recently returned to his HON,
in this city, rs one of the few persons OI
this side of the Atlantic at all capable o
yielding such light,
Mr.. Boxer has had special Opportuni
ties for becoming acquainted with the
true inwardncSS Of the eastern question
as well from his residence at It. Peters
burg where, as we all know, the affair
Of the "sick man are regarded with n
peculiar tender intcrcSt-aS though hi
soioum at the metropolis of the Ottoman
empire aS our minister to that nation
previous to his appointment to the Rus
sian mission.
met Mr.. Boxer at his fayoritc resort
the ariStocratic Philadelphia club, Of
which he was long time president, hi
natural allnbility not at all disturbed by
indulgence in one OF the famed dinner,
OF the club. Seating himself beside m,
the poet and diploma, began an interest
ing and pleasant conversation concerning
hisshscrvatonS in the land Of the crescent
and thcrcccnt revolution which costAbdu
AHiz hiSthronc. lie was not surprised al
the transfer OF the rcinS OF power from tho
hands of the hClattcrtot thOscotM Murad EUyn
di. Aycar before he left CouStantindhlc
about year since, the probability of an
intrigue to bring about such change
was freely talked Of and regarded with
general favor, Abdul ,Aziz had long
been extremely unpopular, and was exc
Grated by the people with very little
fear of the consequences of their bias.
phcmy Of their prophet successor. "a
year and a half ago" raid Mr.. Boxer,
" made a trip through the interior, and
found this feeling oven more intensified
and more openly expressed than in Con-
stantinoplc. The condition of the COun-
try was fearful, industries of all kinds
Frustrated, the people ground to the very
dust by the heavy taxes, everything at
a ,tandstll and everywhere Abdul A2ia
was bitterly cursed as the author of all
their ills"
THE NEW SULTAN.
Mr.. Boxer did not believe, however,
that the situation would be ut all i'm
proved under the new sultan, The fault
is in the system of the government and
not in thcman. Murad had cnadOptcd
by the new Turkish party as II sort OF
hgurchcad or standard, around which to
rally as a defiant point, and prrsoniIied
sentiment to catch the national feeling,
He had never impressed him as a man of
special ability or strength of character.
THE NEW TURKISH PARTY.
A cadins mind in the recent rcvolu-
tion was Midhat Paoha, really the chief
of the new Turkish party of which Mu-
rad Encnd was the oStcnSbIc representa-
tive Midhat Fasha was formerly grand
yiyicr, but attempted some reforms in
the sutan's private affairs which soon
brought him into disgrace.
The fact is, there is no chance for the
sultan to effect reforms in the govern
mcnt as at present constituted, even ii
he possesses the will and ability to mt,
tempt them. There is no possibility of
an improved condition until there is a
radical change in the system, of govern
mcnt and until the sultan takes an &C.
tual part in it, rs he does not now. lie
is really the head Of the Mohammcdan
faith, the descendant Of the prophet, Il
sort of grand llama, who is almost dcificd
and is altogether too sacred being to
descend to the consideration Of the tenn.
poral affairs OF the nation he is supposed
TO govern. The grand yizicr is the ac'
tual ruler, and governs as the servant ot
the sultan. The latter has nothing to
do with the details of government, and
does not even preside at the meetings
of the ministers. lie is thus III utter
ignorance of what is going on in his
dominionS, and it is to see what abuses
are possible, in fact inevitable, under such
a system.
As TO TIE SOFTAS,
who have played so prominent a part in
the revolution, they are simply rell-
gious castc-thcoIogical students, they
might be called, embracing all classes
and supported from the immense rcvc'
nlcs of the mosques. They are in prep
aration to enter the Mohammcdan priest
heod, and their rcputcd sanctity gives
them large influence with the !anati-
cal populacc Acting with them were
numbers, of the lower order ot
priests, whose influence is in proportion
to their ignorance and ianaticism. Their
leader, Shcik-ul-IsIam, signifying the
head or chici OF Mohammcdanism, is the
spiritual head OF the nation under the
sultan, as the grand vizier is the tenn
poral head, but like the latter is subject
10 removal 10y the sultan. Backed by
the soitas, and behind them by the min.
istcrs, however, Shcikul-lslam was able
to first compel the sultan to radical CON
ccssions aud finally to demand his abdica-
tiOn.
TIE TURNING POINT
was reached when the sultan refused to
assist the country in its desperate iinan-
cial strait out of his immense private re-
sources, wrung as this money bad been
from impoverished labor. The means by
which he accumulated this immense sum
of 800 600 900, in the condition of the
country, was Enthusiastically oriental.
When he desired certain sum of money
he would order the grand vizicr to fur
nish it forthwith. No excuse was ac
ccpted for failure, and if not speedily
forthcoming the grand vizier was al
once disposed. Consequently his gran'
vizicrs were accustomed to keep him il
a good humor by constant gifts of money
which they were bound to obtain, NJ
matter how, from an oyerburdened anC
bankrupt people. There is no system il
the process. no books or vouchers, anc
the budget is mere sham, in which ne
one has any confidence.
A LITTLE six-year-old hoy went INTO
the country on visit. About the ms
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