, 1876-11-19

TO the Editor ar The Tribune.
Cu1cAGo, Nov. Isl am told that you are u
Just man, possessing that quality Of fairness SC
rare among your countrymen, who are, in my
opinion, in general, the most violent and unrea-
sonable of partisaus.
Relieving that my information regarding your
disposition is correct, hope to be allowed suf-
f1cicnt space in your columns to express opin-
Ion directly ut variance with those stated ii,
your. paper in reference to the character Of the
Turks, and the Justice Of the war they are coll
ducting.
The articles that have appeared from time to
time in The TRIBUNE leuting to thus subject
have invariably been characterized by the gross
est ignorance, as any unprejudiced person cog
infant OF the facts in the case will readily
admit.
understand that you are philosopher; and,
such being the case, caunot conceive 1t pos
sible that you have instigated the malcvolence
displayed in the articles in question
You have been abroad. Did you ever meet a
Turk? If SO, eau you state that you did not find
him the equal of the Frank in culture in polite
ness, in all the traits that mark the character OF
the polished gentleman
An imperfect knowledge Of the English Ian
guage will dctract from my ability to write &C
ceptably In defense OF my malfnged country
men,-my brothers in the Faith; for am q
Turk by natiyity,--a follower Of the Prophet by
religion
/ Should deem it, however, fitting punish
ment were the to,nhs Of my ancestors to be de-
filed in consequence Of my silence, did l not
make an attempt to refute the calumnies heaped
upon the aloslcm.
abused for doing that which, IL the case OF all
other nat:ons, has ever been deemed rl3ht and
neroica / mean the attempt to keep her terri
tory inviolate, tt preserve her national exis-
trnce. threatened BY tue machinations
OF designing foreigners and rebellious subjects
/, Was the Morrill, in your own war; esteemed the
cruel oppressor, or the just aTenger, when 1t
crushed the rebcllious Southa
Seryia and Bulgaria had no more right to re-
fuse allegiance to the Porte that had any one OF
the seeding States il. 1850 to break their con-
uection with the United States.
ment is oppressive. The Servian and Bulgarian
pcasantry were well-to-do and happy--prosper-
Gus villages and teern1nT fields bore witness to
these facts-beforc an irritatcd soldiery over
ran their respective countries:
Although differing in religion, the TURKS
meyer showed toward the Christians OF the
Greek Church one-ha1f the luminosity that Cath
olic does to Protestant, or Christian to Jew.
4 great outcry has been raised over the out
rarcs said to have been committed By the Bashi-
BazouEs, venture to affirm that nine-tenths
of the alleged atrocities were perpetrated only
in the imaginations Of designing Russians aud
living correspondents
TIE Bash1-Bazouzs are wild and brutal sol-
d;err. obout like s.Billy Wilson's Zouaves," and
anyerncd with difficulty; but, as they are off
cered by Turks you may rest assured that the
remainiug tenth Of the bloody deeds accredited
to them did not go unpunished
It is we'll, says the Koran, to pity the mlstor~
tunes Of others, even though they may be ae-
served; but, did you Amer!cans realize the
loose religious principles OF the Greek Chris.
tians OF Scryia and Bulgaria, you would feel but
little sympathy for them on account OF sa1nl~
larity Of worship.
They nav no revenue to the Pope. Long
since theY dissolved their allegiance to the Ro-
mfsh branch OF the Catholic Church, and are
now under its ban.
For one, do not entirely approve Of the Sc
verify OF the punishment meted out to these
rebels; but war is always cruel, and We Turks
do not wage it with Quaker guns
The Moslcms have always believed that q
protractci war is the most terrible OF all; time
{tself cannot efface its handiwork. He there
fore prosecutes war with relentless VIgor. His
seeming cruelty is hidlen mercy.
It Is said that many women have been slaugh-
tered by the Turks. The Ser7ian women
are known throughout Europe as the
mems of their sex. With the beauty OF
Hours, the, combine the courage Of the Turk,
the flrmuess Of the Englishman, and the octivi-
~ of the Gaul. I do not doubt that many Of
tne,n have accom- mpanied their relatives to the
vars. and have unavoidably been Sian. Rest
assured that accident, aud not design, has
caused this unhappy result; for, although the
TUX may use the bow-string in Jealous rage, he