The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-18
MoURAD v.

sENsIcAL CRY.
PARIS June !, 1870
Should the decent order and sobrley OF the present
revolution in Turkey continue to be maintained they
will DC the best Justification yet offered both OF the
crmcan and OF the political sagaciiy OF Lord Pal
mcrston. The veteran statesman always held that
Turkey worth helping. for she learning to help
herself and could be considered lin tho in
OF the Gar Nicholas laborng under incur
able paralysis. The Turks degenerate; they
were simply msgoverncd. II may, indeed, be doubted
whether such thing as
DEGESERAcy NATIONS
can be taken into serious account either by the his
toran politician. 1t was once the fashion to con-
slider that tho Roman Empire broke up through the
encminacy OF the Italians Who 1t was alleged, werc
cnervated and corrupted By luxury But the weathcst
Roman dincd well tho New Yorker can
dine at Delmonico's slept in so soft bed as may
be had at the. Fifth Avenue HOTEL The Americans
OF great cities have had ample time to be corrupted by
GOOD living, and yet is generally understood that dur
ing the civil the tho towns displayed
more pluck and endurance than those from the coun-
try Certainly the Ottoman showed no lack Of courage
at Siiisria, at snopc at Kars; and now he would
to give proof OF intelligent political capacity
for which the world had assurcdly never allowed him
credit So far US it yet be understood,
THE LAST PAGE or TURKISH HISTORY
that has been written Of tho brightest There
have been instructions at Constantinople before now
In old times tho ianssarics would camor till the head
OF an unpopular vzier was thrown OF tho palace
window, a sultan would be strangied and all the
males OF his family with him. But such rough
gerry has nothing with the recent delicate
operation Ccnstantinople has ut length seen dec
and proper revolution Of the Occidental type.
Neither Eugene nor Isabella was more respectfully
h.t,xi A IN,
chiefs OF the soitas bowed low they asked the
Caliph tho Commander OF tho Faithful to divest him.
self OF his pontincal attributes this done, he was
asked-per haps little brskly-to abdicatc the
imperial power. He then led prisoner to one OF
his own palaces Prince Mourad was next informed
that the eldest OF the House of Othman he
sultan by divine right and the law Of tho land.
The Prince, who has learned French, forthwith
adopted the exact tenor Of
NApoLEoSIC DECREE,
ard had himself proclaimed sovereign by 1.-THE grace
Of sod and the will OF the people,. Duo orders fol
lowed for illuminations; the national and foreign
squadrons were dressed with flags and royal sautcs
Numbered from iron-clad after another What
could be civizeds The Turks have only TO wear
tall hnts to learn to cat ham and to content them
selves las OF them do) with wife, TO BIO per-
feet Christians OF the modern type
PROMPT WORK
Nor is this all. Tho Turkish revolution deserves It's
name not merely because 1t effected without blood
she'd, without riot and with almost minute at
tention prcscripve etiquette, but because the
sprators who carried IL out had the good to per-
ccve that transfer of the sceptre would BIO of
little benefit to the nation without radical change In
tho constitution and government. Accordingly the
abolition OF the seraglio is dccreed; the now Sultan
must meet his personal expenses with a
SNUG MoDERATE
civil list OF some So 600 600 year. But the most por
tentous OF the contemplated reforms Is tho convoca
ton OF an assembly Of notabcs to sit in permanent
session. There is even talk OF IN elective chamber
being summoned. This last rumor may or may not
have any foundation In fact but the words asscmbly
Of notabes'' naturally carry the mind back to that
sul,ry period OF French history which preceded the
terrible storm OF 17sa Tho Assembly Of Notabcs
devised as means of avoiding the grant OF reprcsen-
tatve institutions the people. Yet 1t proceeded the
States General by only two years Absa omen; for
know what the States General themselves preceded by
an extremely short Interval. Probably the institution
which the reformcrs at Constantnope have in view is
tho Russian Senate II must DO remembered that
there is
AN EDUCATED CLASS TURKEY
which reads tho NEw YORK HERALD aud is fairly con-
vcrsant with European politics There patriotic
Turks who that wealth and power with til cir
country and who at the time cannot comp rehend
why such state Of things should continue. They may
justly argue that there difference OF between
themselves and tho Russians; both arc Tartars, and
the Russian according to the well known proverb, is
not slow to discover the instincts OF his birth. OF
course the Turk cordially dctcsts his Russian cousin
and it is whispered that General IenacG is despair
while the British Ambassador was
coxvrps xxr wfru TuH pgoGREss or THE cnvspfp nv
from the beginnings statement which receives curl
Gus confirmation from the that Lord Odo Russell
received the ut Berlin FIVE hours before II was
known at the Berlin Foreign Office Nevertheless tho
Turks probably endcavoring In part to copy the
institutions OF tho enemy whose bondage they seek
avert 1t Is indeei, as l have pointed out,
trcmely doubtful whether Russia has any wish to
takc Constantinoplc at the present moment; and IL
General Ignatief is annoyed NJ the turn events have
taken Ia rather al to loss OF Russian prestige and
influence than at any diminished chances Of conquest
which might result from it. Tho Turks, however can
not yet be expected to see things in this light and
even tho poor spirited Abdul-Aziz, so the story
goes was seen to dash his hand through pane Of
window glass in 1T Of imrotent ragc no saw tho
nrst Russian gunboat enter his waters.
THE NEW NArIoNAL>cRy.
In sooih the Turks wish TO get rid, not only Of Rus
SLAMS but Of tho whole Frankish BROOD whether Brit.
ish, Gallo or Tcutonic.
TURKEY TURKISH
Is the party cry with which the soas successfully
appealing 10 the national sentiment. our iore-
fathers bitterly complained OF tho Norman spoon in
English dish tho Ottoman honestly ericved to sou
all the lat things oil his and--and they many-n
the mouths 0! ''swnish inldc!s' or, rather. he Is
panied TO SEQ them u anybody's mouth but his own.
FURTHER
Further this the sofas have wish TO go and
BY all accounts Mourad v. is bigot. Doubtless he
turned his knowledge OF French and long years OF
enforced s,clusion 70 reading .Candidc." the Rcg-
ieuscv tho .'Unc Grape do Grose" and other works
OF similar dcscr psion which hardly calculated to
impart the stcracss views OF lite to dcvour man
with zeal for any particular creed. Moreover though
the Mussuman chcrshes little love Tor tho Christian
a. the Portuguese Catholic chershcs for the jew yet
the old MAXIM OF
'.rHE KORAN SWORD"
has for ceased guido The policy OF Islam.
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