The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

OF the Prophet, and Is to-day held with
surprising tenacity by three-fourths OF
the subjects Of the euftan. IL. is the
very divenjty OF these conquered races
and their Almost stotal separation By
inountain-rAnges, by deep, broad wa
ters, and ~ lack u IoAdg, - much -
the uAsrCiless opprvastsn Yhlch kives
them no chance 10 revolt, that have
kept. the Mootem nnipOsttS in % full
and continued power. The 6erviani
and Albanlnns1 Gre dIfYeEent tribes,
With dtnervnt Tongues , 20 with the
Greeks and Bulgarians, the ARlnenlans
md 81 fians. y Betwben many districts
even q similarity Of religion does not
exist, and cen,panionship In misery
forms the only bond Of unity In inter,
est. Besides an this, the Moslems
alone possess arms. It has always
been q fundamental principle that the
entire military force shall be drawn
exclusively from the ranks sol the
faithful. and, although recent reIbrms
Ihave'set aside this maxim, yet the com
dition Of the Christian. seems not To be
altered, or altered for the worse. The
Turks have the fortresses and the
harbors. the arsenals and the treasury,
Incompatible Constantinople and all
the cities. The Kayaks, poor; and
crushed by centuries of slavery, are
scattered far and wide over the counJ
try, and have only their humble
homes and little patches Of ground
covered with taxation. Even these do
not belong to them. No Christians
family IL inviolate, nor can he own D
foot Of the land on which he tolls out
his days. It should be said, rather,
that this latter statement was the law
for four centuries, until abolished by
the recent Tdnzinaat Of Abdul edjid
in 1855. Reforms OF recent date have
usually failedup0n approximation.
The Tanzindt itself, q constitution of
which any Christian nation might be
proud, has produced pitlably small re-,
suits, although 1t promised q perfect
Utopia. No Christian, then, however
wealthy In money, however powerful
In his tribe, could be Q landed pro-
rsietUr The tllled fields, the bound
less pastures, the luxuriant vineyards,
all remained In the grasp Of the Turks,
who are unusually poor In money
lacking, IN enterprise, and unable to
do anything With their possession? but
tciss thsa CT e the dsspissd Chris 1ds.
I6kb0luk w e1A8eA&HysI 4hCny WnCtl
they come round On THAR TOO frequent
visfts Of collection, they invade the
sanctity -of. the. home, and make the
Christian feel the heaviest, yoke that
ever CALLED the neck OF man No
beautiful wife or daughter Is safe from
the slustful Turk. The victim Of his
fancy IL Yuthlessly torn from the weep
Ing and stricken household, and, des-
pits all the dpe edicts and, promises Of
recent years, the ruined husband or
father Is fortunate to come away with
his head II he goes to make complaint.
But few weeks ago an aged father,
whose daughter had. fallen under the
evil eye Of the collector, refused to
lodge him, ~ IL the custom, until the
village taxes were gathered. The en-
ragged Turk saddled and bridled the
man, and rode him back, and forth
until hel psnk with exhaustion. Nor
does the foul tyranny cease with the
wives and daughters; even the boys
are dragged TO ruin. 1t was an infam-
GUS proposal made by Turk to Q
Christian boy, at the fountain, Of Bel.
grade, that led to the horrible lombard
ment Of defenceless Servians in 1862;
and, finally, through the Indignation
aroused in all Europe, to the deliver,
ance of the four walled cities, to Servia.
But he who would write the deeds of
Turks must dip his pen In the springs
Of Gehenna.-FF0a Appteton's Jour-
nal for June. 7