The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21

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| head OF an army Of fifty thousand men.
He made war upon Babylon, killed us
Sultan, annexed his dominlonS, 1nva-
ded Arabia, made war upon tho no.
mans, and the cythians, and, IN snort, |
established the Turks as ono OF the
world.
| They appear to have had q success
sion of able Sultans, skillful lighting
men, who believed that the glory OF
man was to conQuera neighboring
country, and force it to accept the
conQa eror' law and religion. It was
lin tho spring Of 1853 that Nohammed,
Sultan Of tho Turks, entered upon tho
final siege Of Constantinople, which
for centuries they had been approach
linz. On the land side Hohammed's
armies covered the plains, and feet
OF three hundred vessels blockaded
1.-THE harbor. He threw up mounds as
high as the city walls, from which ar
lroWs were showered continually upon
the besieged. He had with him
piece Of ordinance which the chroni-
clers Of that age describe q the most
terrific engine Of war ever construct
ed BY man. II the besiegers used
great diligence and energy they could
Are it OF once or twice in twenty
four hours, and throw sgainst tho
walls of the city ball of hard, black
stone weighing a hundred pounds.
: Brooches were made in the wall by this
; awful bomb; but by the time it was
ready to 60 OH again the besiegers had
closed up tho aperture. The gsrri-
son only consisted OF three thousand
Italians Greeks, but they kept Mo-
manned and his host busy for many
weeks. The Sultan was obliged to
raise new leyies, untils his army was
, said to consist Of four hundred thous-
, and men. While the Turks filed up
. the ditch to make an assault, tho gar
: rison built new wall, and when the
) besieged were beginning to suffer Tor
, want Of food, FIVE Christian ships fore
ed their way through the great Tur {
: ish feet, and brought in abundant
j, supplies. Mohammed conveyed eigh-
: ty galleys over land for the space OF
f eighty miles, and this enabled him at
!, length to destroy the fleet OF the
9 ChritianS.
At three on the morning OF the TWEEN
: ty.ninth of May, 1853, the assault be
= gan which ended in the capture OF tht
= place. Twice the Turks were repuls
e ed. Constantine, the Christian EN-
n peror, defended the city with tn
y most splendid constancy and valor
e After hours of slaughter still he KEEP
r. his post, surrounded by a few OF tn
s. brayest of his mobiles. AT last over
g whelmed by numbers, and seeing hi
n best friends lying dead around him
N ne cried aloud:
ID "What! is there no Christian lei
70 alive to strike off my head!'
IS AS soon as he had spoken these wore
n a Turk, not knowing his rank, cut hi
" across his face with his sabre, and al
le other struck him on the back OF Il
IS head a fatal blow. The emperor fe
to dead in the midst of tn 9 bodies Of h
nobility. For three days there wa
as massacre and spoliation; and Consta1
ne tinople, from being seat OF learnln
of and refinement, became the possessl6
es of the Turk, who has only two quail
he ties of a dominant race, courage, al
ey pride.
n With the Mohammedan Moors sea
W ed in Spain, and the Mohammeds
A Turks in Constantinople, it was Il
of many wears dreadful question, whlt
be should finally prevail in Europe, Il
lal Crescent or the Cross; and before tn
en- question was finally settled, tens
in thousands of brave men on both sid
it persisted.
it. The Turk remains in Constantinopl
pie and he is by no means so easy to
he mel or suppress as some Christians
he pear to think. Twenty-One mllhO
en- of people to-day call the Turkish -
nd tan master, and revere him as the v
on ible head of their religion, and
rd, reigns over territory nearly sew
ors times as large as that of the Unit
ted States. The Turkish people morrow
the possess elements of strength. Phy
re- cally, they are healthy and strong, a
ce. their religion obliges them to be Gle
ar and temperate. You cannot lind
ur- the world finer human animals tn
rdy the boatmen of the Bosphorus, m;
the nificent models of form, broad chestt
the clean-limbed, of almost unequal
rid muscular power, washed every q;
the and never polluted or lowered in to
,iv- bv an alcoholic drink. They are
ost honest people. Throughout the 4
ar hammedan world, as an Amerlc
Irly traveller tells me, there is a gene
on, spirit of honesty. A shawl dropI
'ert upon the desert sand will be hung
len- on the next bush by the next trav
irst er, and there it will remain unless
'ibe owner takes it away.
hey Their weakness present seems to
itch their religion, which causes tneIn
hey hold foreigners in the most compi
val contempt, and closes the door TO
in provement. 1t is Impossible lot Us
ers, realize how they despise the CnIlt
DOr- and the Jew. A recent traVeIer =
lrkS us that if Turk OF the lOWesJ e