The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
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ded Arabia, made war upon the Ro-
mans. and the Scythian3, and, IN short,
established the Turks as ono Of the
world.
They appear to have had success
sion of able Sultans, skillful lighting
men, who believed that the glory OF
man was to conquer neighbOring
country, and force it to accept the
nQderor' law and religion. It was
! in tho spring of 1853 that Mohammed,
Sultan OF the Turks, entered upon tho
final siege Of ConstAntinoplc, which !
for centuries they had been approach
inc. On the land side Hohammcd's |
armies covered the plains, and fleet |
OF three hundred vessels blockaded |
the harbor. He threw up mounds as
high as the city walls, from which ar |
rows were showered continually upon |
the besieged. He had with him a
piece of ordinance which the chroni |
clers Of that age describe as the most
terrific engine OF war ever construct,
ed by man. II the besiegers used
Igreat diligence and energy they could
Are it OIL once or twice in twenty
four hours, and throw against the
walls of the city ball OF hard. black
stone weighing hundred pounds.
Brooches were made in the wall by this
awful bomb; but by the time it was
ready to 60 or again the besiegers had
closed up the aperture. The garri-
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 le7ias, until his army was
} said to consist Of four hundred thous-
, and men. While the Turks filled up
the ditch to make an assault, tho gar
risOn built new wall, and when the
, besieged were beginning to suffer for
, want of food, five Christian ships fore
ed their way through the great Tur I
: ish feet, and brought in abundant
, supplies. Nohammed conveyed eigh-
: ty galleys over land for the space OF
eighty miles, and this enabled him at
&, length to destroy the fleet OF the
ChritianS.
/ At three on the morning OF the TWEEN
! ty-ninth of May, 1853, the assault be-
y gan which ended in the capture OF the
= place. Twice the Turks were repuls-
e ed. Constantine, the Christian en-
n peror, defended the city with the
y most splendid constancy and valOr.
e After hours of slaughter Still he kept
:. his post, surrounded by few OF the
J. bravest of his mobiles. At last over
g whelmed by numbers, and seeing M
n best friends lying dead around him
n ne cried aloud:
d ssWhat! is there no Christian lef
e alive to strike off my head!
IS AS soon as he had spoken these WORD
l. h
y across his face with his sabre, and an
le other struck him on the back OF III
Is head fatal blow. The emperor le
20 dead in the midst of tn e bodies or III
nobility. For three days there wa
rs massacre and spoliation; and Constan
le tinople, from being a seat of learnln
Of and refinement, became the possesslo
IS of the Turk, who has only two quail
10 ties of a dominant race, courage, an
~ pride.
n With the Mohammedan Moors sea
r. ed in Spain, and the Mohammeda
A Turks in Constantinople, it was 10
of many wears dreadful question, whlc
be should finally prevail in Europe, tn
al Crescent or the Cross; and before thu
en- question was finally settled, tens {
in thousands of brave men on both side
1t persisted.
it. The Turk remains in Constantinopl
BE and he is by no means so easy 10 G.
he pei or suppress as some Christians a
he pear to think. Twenty-one million
an of people to-day call the Turkish 81
nd tan master, and revere him as the VI
IN ible head of their religion. and l
rd, reigns over "a territory nearly seVt
)rs times rs large as that OF the Unlte
ed States. The Turkish people morrow
he possess elements of strength. Phys
re- cally. they are healthy and strong, al
ce. their religion obliges them to be Gle;
ar and temperate. You cannot lind
ur- the world finer human animals tn;
'dy the boatmen of the BOsphorus. ma
The nificent models of form, broad cheste
the clean-limbed, of almost unequal
rid muscular power. washed every Ola
the and never polluted or lowered III to-
'iv- by an alcoholic drink. They are
ost honest people. Throughout the NJ
ar hammedan world. as an Amerlc
rlv traveller tells me, there IS geneI
on, spirit of honesty. \ shawl dropp
ert upon the desert sand will be hung 7
en- on the next bush by the next trav'
lrst er, and there it will remain unless
ibe owner takes it away.
hey Their weakness present seems 20
ich their religion, which causes them
ney hold foreigners in the most compile
val contempt, and closes the door to
in provement. 1t is impossible for Us
ers, realize how they despise the Chrltl
,or- and the Jew. A recent traveller tie
rks us that if a Turk of the lowest ia
Ba- should see Mohammedan WON
stoop so low as to speak to aChrlstl'
zish or make the slightest sign to hlm'
'ere would fall upon her with SUCK,
ned anything he had in his hands or (
arly her, and everybody who saw the
. to ton, especially women. would appia
:. him for it. So devoted are they
an their religion that the Sultan ana
AVS mosque are allowed to absorb aim
ling all the surplus revenues OF the co
gro try. In Mohammedan city eve
4 of thing is squalled and mean and sta
hut ed excent the ruler and the prIe