, 1876-08-16
THE LAST KICK OF TIE SICK MAN.
From Reyaolds's Nctc2paper)

Its a pity that when Sultan Abdul
Aziz went to heavcu-for Of course we
must not be so rude as to suggest that a
royal prince could possibly go to what
Ham}ct deljcately referred to rs "tho
other pIoco"-he did not take oil his
Turks with him. At tie best, th6y are
only squatters in ~Europe-Gke all squatters
living on the industry Of otacrs,or upon the
appropriation Of land not lawfully theirs.
The Turks camointo Europe by conquest,
and have remained in IL by torbearnnce on
the part of the great Powers OF the West
but that forbeagauCo would have ended In
an hour, could tho Powers ever have
agreed. The copquoTing race has 50 fur de-
generated 0s to bo outnumberod by Gle
conquered Christians, who to-day are cxer-
cisiug in some districts the sacred right OF
rebellion. The Turk, as q Mussulman,
is a ~fataiist, and merely looks upon this
world as q caravansary, where he has to
be provided with board and lodging. He
has no principle except that Of sensual
enjoyment, and 10 desire TO procure the
means Of enjoyment except by plumber.
lie carries pIUnder into government, SO
that government in Turkey only be-
comes a series Of acts Of oppression, any
one Of which would sting Ensliabmea in
to rebellion. The Turk got g good deal
ofcredit for honesty at one time but Eu-
ropo having been simple enough to lend
about two hundred millions, tho Turks
fad It convenient to repadi4to half the
interest, and SEEK to collect the other
half by oppression from Che Greek Chris
tians. It is upon rooard by British con-
suls that she Turkish soldiers used to be
sent into The premises Of tho people Of the
Herzegovina to carry Away The produced
and tho cattle Of the people on protenco
of taxation unp3Id. Vhe people took up
arms. rs they hod Il ,ishtt0 dc, for every
man is auth0rizad By tuo Law Of Nature
0pd every law known to civilization, to
resist oppression. Euglisbmen, who have
alwags uractis-d that doctrine, orc there
fore bound to syupathiz9 with a people
struggling for liberty, just as we struggled
succesSfuliy-!0r is not the history Of
England Gle history Of successful rebel
lion ? The Turk cannot comprehend how
his right 10 put Wh3t taxes he ple05o8 upOr
"Christian dogs can be limited. His
passions are reused by resistance, and he
does not understand that he is 10 obey q
Sultan who does not suppress q rebellion.
We have saved the Turks from the external
pressure of the Berlin memorandum and
they, therefore, have rushed to the con-
clusion that they can do as they please
with their OVID subjects. The f%erocity OF
the Turkish nature is shown by the news
from Bulgaria where armed Bashi-
Basouks, acting under the order Of a pasta,
have destroyed thirty-seven towns and viii
lagos, killed the men, and carried off the
women, whom they did not kill, and all be-
cause the people were Christians, and sus-
pected to be rich. All the specious expla-
nations forwarded to Europe cannot
conceal the fact that Turkey is, at the
least, so hopelessly gone, that 1t is unable to
ksepit own subjects in order.
The war in the East, when it breaks
out, will be found to be a religious war.
Apart from ell political questions, the
Turks and the Christians hate each other.
The Turk is merely an idler ; the Greek
has energy and enterprise, and he would
maka HE ooupfvu Tho Garden cF tho world.