The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-23
RUSSLA'SRULE Or Ruin
POLICY:
Vte.rs Of the English admiral Bho Conn
'0"ds the Turkish Macy.

80 at last the farce is played out
diplomacy retires on its laurels, and
Russia, forsooth, is to have the task Of
teaching the Turks how to rule their
peoples. Cleverly has Europe been hood.
Winked' ~eleverly has her persistent enemy
played her game. Now we shall see
what an oppressed nation of 1 $4,000, 900
can do against a powerful (if a somewhat
diVlded) nation of $4,000, 900, when it
mas to do battle dor It's very existence {;
no" we shall see Poles. Circasssa1s, Geor-
gians, and tie brave Hungarians setting
aside all questions Of religious differences
ana rallying round the Turk, thinking
only OF revenge for past injuries inflicted
on them by this would-be instructor in
me art of governing; and we shall pro-
badly gee enough blood foW to satiafy
even the most raid humanitarian. let
us he7e no more rawlings about fanaticism
and Turkish misrule. The war now 10
imminent (if not actually declared willie
| Trste4 VII te d war waged on one side
TOR aggression and spoilation, based on
GATHERINGS dream and Peter the Greats
will; on the ether, by & aation which is
not satuated by fanatical reasons, but
which will fght-aye, and fight hard
for the hearths and homes of its peopIa
and its honor as a nation. It is q grand
sight to zee an army and navy such as
the Turkish, without pay for month";
aye, you might say for years-sacr1hc1ng
all Tor their country; no tobacco, often
snort r~ations, but happy as children and
Brave as lions. However, thank goodness!
are veil armed and clothed and
ready for anything in the way of hard
work. Sir, | have been accused of espous-
ing the cause of the Turks with too great
warmth. No man has more openly con.
1emned or more deeply regretted the
'ad events IN Bulgaria. No one has CEN
'ured the bad system of government ex.
sting heretofore more than myself. But
find in history many parallel cases
civil wars, and, as / know that
here is SO much real good in the Turks,
have always urged that they should
ave a chance given to them, in which !
ace l foresee happy times and a great
uture for this country. The lessons they |
ave received have not been thrown l
way; but I phrophecy fearful results if
his war (supposing it to have been de-
Jared while ] write) is allowed to 90 on.
he Turks ask, with reason, " What does f
want? Is it guarantees of re- E
'rm ?" "Can we, they say, "begin +
strict regime of government by accept I
lg at the outset humiliation in the eyes /
+ those we areco govern? The only d
l~arantee we al offer is immediate a
'Eon, and this We cannot put into prac-
&c till we are free not Only from war, I
ut from intrigue" I fear that no p
.1arantee would satisfy Russia. Let e
urope guess what she wants and look Il
her W interests while she (Europe) p
ands gravely by and sees abrave nation
smembered. But we have not Come TO
lat yet. Turkey viii prove a hard, a
cry hard nut to crack. One hears IRE Z
'rts are always magniied) of the dis. '
lrbanees here and there even now in c
provinces. How can you expect Z
else while every subject Of 2
turkey has to give almost his last farth- E
g in support of the army and navy? v
our obedient servant,
HOBART PAsHA.
silistra, Danube, April rs. T
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