The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-29
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! 49, 6
Christian ann s5aracsn.
Tho question as TO CHS further tyranny OF
the saracen's rule overC Christians Of Erxope
Is still In debate, with a strong pressure
upon the Turkish Government and o grow
ing desircto the Christian subjects to be
free. and also q growing desire In the Chris.
tian world TO sec them set free. It ia easy
TO see that under such circumstances there
Is much difficulty ID the way OF q settlement
without q trial Of strength. n =, is,...
It's pretty clear that Turkey will have
no more armed support from Christian
powers. !, This is what GLADsToSs md CAR
LYLE demand, and what the English people
clearly concur with them In. The same
sentiment went forth from the rnlng court
OF the continent sts.lesin advance OF GLAD
sfoSE's declarations. 20 ..tII Any, .i;q
A hope for peace "a passed upon conces-
SONS from, the Ottoman Power-conees-
sions which, 1t is believed, cannot be made
without aoutrages upon the creed of the
Mussulman; and tits therefore apprehended
that the concessions cannot zbe made. L
they arsmade, and peace ensues, we are in.
lelined to believe that things win be worse,
morally ard politically, ID the Tarkish pro-
yinceu In Europe. II we are right, there
would be only q postponement Of the day
oi expulsion OF the "unspeakable Turk "
from Europe Civilization win ultimately
grow 30 indignant at the unnatural political
relations between Islamlsm and Christian.
ty-relations wrongfuny prolonged by the
unwise policy of England-that the Turk
will be driven across. the Bosphorus by q
whirlwind Of uncomfortable disgust.
Some exceedingly pious persons, who
have cherished great aversion towards
some forms OF Christianity. have affected
comparative admiration for the Turk as
rather gentle and proper sort OF man.
That became at one time feeling with the
English people who, governing India, had
learned to be more tolerant abroad than she
was disposed to be at home. 't:",a. .3'.
SO now, under the belief that the Turkish
King Is about to make concessions at war
with Islamism, there are men who count
| largely upon extirpating the Mohammedan
religion through the triumph OF Christianity,
not only in European Turkey, but even in
the Asiatic part OF the Turkish Empire.
That contamination must be so far in the
future that the sufferings of the present
generation Of Christians in European
Turkey ought not TO, be continued in the
hope of it. Christianity will be greatly
more accelerated by establishing it in its
integrity and completeness at once. The
force of example and the influence OF politt-
cal relationship, OF strong civilized, and
Christian nation fronting upon Turkey,
would do more to weaken Islamism than
anything else. =" g @"t,.. 90 80.
It is not practically philosophical to ex-
pect great alteration Of the Turk in Europe
by reason OF concessions to Christianity.
The effect upon the Turkish mind would
| be rather to increase aversion Tor Christian
ity. People are not reformed by treaties.
Nature and education can only be reformed
by time. II even we may suppose that the
Turk will give up his religions thing as
hard as life itself to part with-we should
not forget the old proverb that "arenegade
is worse than ten Turks p; and we should
have interpretation that body OF Asiatic
men who had cut loose from their religion
would become civil governors and amiable
and exemplary neighbors. On the contrary,
we should look for social decentralization
in the Turkish provinces unexampled-a
decentralization involving both Christian and
Turk. I..,:.ts.. ....s. s...
We 20 heart and hand with. CARLYLE fol
the expulsion Of the &c unspeakable Turk y
from Europe as the best solution of the
liberation OF the Christians from Turkish
rule and their establishment as real and
thorough Christian people. We 60 for il
as the best means for spreading Christianity
beyond the European boundary. War
would be better for the civilized world and
for humanity than that the anomalous poll.
tical condition Of the population OF the
Turkish provinces should continue.