The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-05-09
THE VAR, AND SOME OF ITS
CAUSES.

rests enlisted In the war which has recent
~ 6soken out between Turkey and Russia'
BY one Of those influences which would not
have been fsl. under q less advanced civil
lizatiOn Influences which speak most slo
qsensly Of the growth Of that community Of
nations brought about b, tha. potent aeen.
ey # human PROCESS. commerce. Self in.
terest is the influence that acts upon our
concern in the grand drama Of . war just
opened. But for the demands upon Ame-
rican agricultural resources. obtainable
through the agency Of commerce. we would
have been as indifferent 10 the details Of
conflicts 10 Europe as If they took place be-
tween the barbarian hordes Of interior Afri-
ca. As it is, the sound Of war reaches eve
ry ear. and touches every nerve. because
We end ourselves directly and personally af-
fected BY it. . 8
The causes Of present hostilities lie deep
il the history Of the past five hundred years;
foo many and too great to comprehend in
brief article. Ii will be enough to allude
TO the most tssgible and apparent Of them
all-antagonisin Of race and Of religion. In
both. she Turks are offensive exotics upon
European soil. Originally an Asiatic horde.
brase, restless and enterprising soldiers,
.terce fanatics 10 the religion Of Mahomet,
they grew up in the l4th century into a
people sufficiently str ne to enter upon ter
ritorial conquest and the propagation Of
their creed. A strong foothold was soon
Obtained 10 that part Of Europe which now
constitutes Turkey in Europe. and 10 1853.
Corstantinople. the last relic Of the Roman
Empire. the Capital Of the Greek branch Of
that Empire. fell into the hands Of the inf.
del. and Moslem empire was engrafted
upon Europe. e e#@4uas
That empire was erected upon the ruins
Of the grsndest nationalties the world had
ever seen-of Greece. the mistress of art.
Of science. Of taste. Of intellectual culture
and refinement, and of Rome. which had
absorbed Grecian territory. and all the ad-
jseent peoples aud which was itself absorb
ed By these barbarian hordes when she had
ceased to respect public virtue, and com.
nitted her defsDces to aer suhjugatsd pro-
vinces. @~ '8m s~&# ''
In the pleDitude Of its European power
Turkey embraced a large area. extending
from the Black sea on the East to the A.
driatic on the West and from the Austriau
aud present Russian Southern boundaries
TO the waters Of the Mediterranean. Sue
eessive rerol,s against her tyrannical rule
have either abridged her territory or altered
The conditions Of her sovereignty. wuIla
cha, Mollavis, Ssrvia. Herzegovina. :ud
other provinces. are ouly mediately subject
% her. recognising the rule 81 the Porte on.
y BY the obIgsticu Of paying annual Fri.
butte. but choosing their own provincial 60
yernors. Greece has been an independent,
kingdom for many years. Still he ALSO
lute sway ofihe Turk extends over large
population. #mm @a@ .s... a... @a
This population embraces several race,
and several religious eroeds. II is the foun.
dalton Of much misapprebension 10 suppose
that the inhabitsBts Of Turkey are all
Turks or oil Mabometsns. The total 20.
pukiiOn Of Turkey 10 Europe Is estimated
a.sbsul sixteen millions. OF these about
four millions are Osmsnlis or full bloOdsd
Turks constituting the dominant race.
The other twelve millions are mostly oI
the sclavie race, and constitute the work.
Ing and producing classes.
10 religion the 0siDanlis are Of course
MahomstsBs. But the sclaves are not al
Christians. Uader the policy Of the con.
queron. al who accepted their creed were
entitled 70 retain their lands or favorable
tenure. and thus there are Christians aud
ip6dels Of the same blood. The forn oil
creed adhered 20 BY the Selasis Christian,
10 ibs, q The Greek church. though there
are many Roman Catholics. Tie Greek
Church 10 the state religion Of Russia. aud
il 10 through this bOni Of sympa,hy that
Russia rluims 10 act on behalf u he ~.
pressed and perecmel t'irisisss q Tuf,
KEY. III tss*~
The Turkish element. .. VI asW salJ. j.
the dominant one. idle, imprpvIispi, iiito.
3. erans and iyrpnniesl. The sclssle ele
men, il tie one upop whom the Whole our
den Of the St.ls islIs. aud that, 10 the B,-s.
segrsyaiiag and oppressive form. Turkey
las no yasm q fnssce. 70 regular mode
AZ fa.atioa Tarss are Iegied n Kind. and