The Morning herald., 1877-04-30
V1ImNoTos. April -. ls77s
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rA.v.r betveen Russia ard Turkey Isl
o,.;n which every lover Of civilization has
), interest The choicest parts OF the oid
World are .ubjec. to the oppression and
cruelty Of . barbarian and fan'tieai race'
vho cannot advance one step in the march
of civilization. The Turk has v'rtues-so
h.. the Congo negro o.the Indian OF 'ne
Rl,cl Hin. bu. be is nevertheless, a cruel
;,por,nt man, Who robs and murders ms
Christian neighbors, whenever his avarlce'
limit. or f,n.tacism are excited. Improve
n.,. !. ;mpossible. Montesquieu, in his
esprit of Law" thus pictures Turkey
aUpder this sort ofsovenment, nothing Isl
rep.ired or improved; houses are built only
for the necessity of habitation, everything
i dawn from, but nothing restored to the
..,th. The land lies untitled, and the whole
country in time becomes desert" This
N. written century ago and its truth Is
now apparent. One Of the reasons .n5
Turkey cannot prosper, arises from the TACT
that the Sultan is the sole owner OF every
rood of land in his vast empire; inat no
matter how Christian may act as regards
his earnings, on his death they are In iac
the property Of the Sultan, if any one de-
u,pds an escheat; and full often the chill
dren of comfortable Rajahs, are robbed
md driven upon the world, at the instance
o + some petty ruler-safe if lust has no''
uined a. we'll as plunaered the females Of
he family. Every writer and traveller
matter Of what creed OF race, all
agree that such is the rule under
which ten millions Of Christians
eroan, suffer, and die. We select one pas
SAGE It random from "Keppeps Journey:
Acroo the Balcan:"
Kizderben,, or Virgin Pass, derives iis
name from the gorge Of the mountains IN
which it is situated. II contains about one
hundred houses, and the inhabitants are
all Bulgariana. The manner in which ii
is disposed Of, will e1emplify one Of the
numerous impolitic abuses which exist IL
the country; and describe fate common
to many tswns in Turkey.
It's one of twelve villages, which Fave
been granted BY the grand signor TO a lady
of the Seraglio. This lady sells them BY
Wholesale to her Armenian banker. and be
again retails them to the Turks. The new
purchasers come down, take 1.-THE OF the
silk, the principle article here, and o.
every other commodity. They, besides,
live entirely on the property Of their pur.
chased tenantry, BY which means the pro-
duce of the land ia taxed for the emolu-
meut of three descriptions Of persons, who
have DO other interes. in the soil than the
gains that can be wrung from the labours
Of the unfortunate cultivator; who has
besides these burdens, to meet the heavy
impoet laid on him BY the Porte, which il
this village amounts to eight thousanc
paistres.
Js not such system a curse from which
the world ought to be freed.
The balance Of power, will influence tn
great nations of Europe; but it will be
great gain to the world, if any Christian
people will assume the government of coun
tries now cursed with Mobamedan rule
Cons.antinople, if in Christian hands
would be one Of the greatet Commercial
cities in the world, it now ranks in abou
the twentieth class.
A comparison with Philadelphia, an
Constantinople 1868 will tell the tale c
Turkish misrule. The one was the POI
through which the products of an extende
empire passed, having no rival for i,
trade. The other city with it's gres
competitor, New York, Baltimore, an
Boston, within very few hours jour
ney; and having no Imperial commerc
.2,1A vessels entered the port of Constar
tinople that year; there came into Phil,
delphis during the same time 3s,4o coas
wise and foreign craft.
1t is eNy to figure out the immense lo
% the whole world of commerce, by II
encampment Of the Turks in Eusope.