The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-07
XIII---NO. 80.
SOMETHING ABOUT gHE TURKS.
Progress fram victory 70 nIsaater.
Nom ths Ne,e York asme,.

At - just ABOUT nYe nnuured years
since the first terrible Turkish invasion
poured into Europe II the very districts
where the war is now carried on. In
eleven years IL will be precisely Eve hum
dred years since Amurath 1. oyerthrew.
on the borders of Servia, the whole pow.
er of the then mighty Kingdom of Ser
via, in one of tho "world. battlesn---that
of Kossoya--a bloody struggle which so
impressed itself On the imagIuations of
men, and was followed by such immense
consequence TO that portion of Europe,
that the SeFvian and Bulgarian peasants
sill refer to it as an event which affecta
even now their deatiniea. And they dc
not exaggerate its consequences. After
Amureth followed Bajazet, surnamed the
Lightning" and In his track was desc.
lation and hills of human heads. The
Turk was then no ''sick man." but bar
barian of unsurpassed vigor and valor,
with, it must be allowed, q certain talent
for command. He swept over all East
ern Europe, and but for the long and
heroic defense Of Hungary, would no
doubt have conquered and held Senthern
Germany, as he efterward conquered and
held Thrace and the Danubian countries.
It was more than half century from
the battle of Kossova before the Turk
wrested from .he decayed Greek Empire
tie city of the Golden Horn, which he
has held ever since. In the long empire
Of lust and blood by the Turk, whether
in Europe or Asia, It will be difficult for
the most ardent edmirer of the race to
find single blessing or benefit which il
has conferred on humanity. Ir Thrace,
Epirus, Macedonia, the Bosnian Provin.
ces, Bulgaria, Servia, and the Wallacho.
Moldavian districts, the rule Of the otto.
mans mas been nothing but repression or
pluuder and violence. Liberty, ofcourae,
has never fourished under them, nor
science. nor agriculture, nor commerce,
nor trade. Where they have been, there
has been tho slightest progress in all ma
terisl things. Generation after genera.
tion of misery aud submission to grind.
ing. tyrrnny has passed away. The
Christians have been pressed TO the earth,
While the Mohammedans have not ad..
Eanced. Ono Of the fairest portions of
Eastern Europe has been rendered poor
and half barbarous by this long enduring
tyranny. In fact, even in the neighbof.
Ing districts now under Christian sway,
the scars and relics of the former Turk
ish domination may be seen, in barren
fields, poor roads, miserable villages, o
degraded peasantry, and want Of al,
the best appliances of civilization.
Turkey itself, in Asia, seems outside of
all modern progress, and unnatural vices,
such as CONSUMED the pagan Empire Of
Rome, have eaten away the vigor of the
people. Nor does this corruption aud
degradation seem On effect Of religion
alone, though that, nc doubt, has had
much influence in causing IT.; it belongs
alone to the race. For one Blohnmme-
dan people, the Arabs, eucamped for
some one hundred years in Europe--as
the Turks have done-but when they
were driven forth, they left schools, col-
legea and places of learning, palaces, and
an architecture which still delights the
eye, and permanent traces on the arts,
acience, and Learning of Europe. When
the Enrk departs from Eastern Europe,
as soon he must, there will be &c nonu-
dence, but smoking viiiagea, piles Of
human bones,. o peasantry 'imbruted by
his government, aId fair country made
almost desert.
The latest telegram from the seat Of
war was that the Turks were bpyning
,Philippopolis p and other Christian towns
D.
teristic and consistent. The great an
ccstor of the Rultan's family entered
Europe over burning towns; and marked
The degenerate descendant departs amid
the smoke of psacelii hamle.s, and with
his line of retreat covered with the
MANNED and defaced corpees Of prisoners
and of tne unfortunate peasantry. No
sentimental sympathy will follow the
Ottoman, as has attended the Moor In
his defeat. Even England will soon for.
get him. The historical scholar will re-
joice Of the just retribution the legisla.
tor will look for new advances in that
miserable region; and the curses ana
nate OF populations whom the Turk has
for centuries plundered aud oppressed
will 60 with tho last battalion as it car.
.ries the Crescent back from the hills of
the Balken peninsula to the Sea OF Mar:
mora and the Golden Horn"
Ftoa, che Saturday Revieio.
On the rlother's side the rich Turk is
lost in painful confusion, yet he would
be marked "h. b. lin any calendar thas
took account Of human thoroughbreds.
In spite Of this little blot on his es-
cutcheon the Turk answers yery. we'll to
the current idea Of gentleme:. be 10
brave, he detests trade, hefii 'adiferens
to comfort or luxury, he can ee temper.
ate and even ab5t5mi9ua, he has Eep9ee
of manner, he does not lese his temper
with things Inevitable, anu raii in the
calm presence of actual facts. General
Cesnola, who was lately American Cofi-
sui in Cyprus, has many illustrations Of
the gentiemanly Turkish character in
his interesting account of Cyptian re-
searches. a Turkish Governor of the
old school arrived on one occasion iasl
too late TO prevent the General from re-
moving aarcophagus which he had dis.
covered. Finding that the time to ;nter-
fere was passed, the old Turk did moi
fly into n snaseinn ss E:si;7.ii nigh night
have done, but apologized for the late
ness of his visit, smoked the friendly
cigarette, and retired with many compli-
nents, but without q single Siiusion to
thesarsophaaus. This calm sort of re-
H,gnation, this yielding TO the inevitable.
! siis superiority 10 annoyances, 10 GER
tail g one of tho best sides Of the gem
tlemanly character. It 10 the trait of g
dominant race which cnltiyates lofty
disregard Of petty affairs, and perhaps Il
is aided by the fatalism Of Islam. Even
after stripping the gentiemanly charactei
of its moral and ideal attributes does moi
disappear. Most aristocracies como o.
conquering races, or are descended, (;
We trace them far enough back, from th.
ancient clans, and those again lose them
&c. :;:sss :s ca pat S1sii siiTls
FSom Judge Bootns Lec.ays.
| Touching upon the es:ssIssiiss practice,
hv the Turkish T,eot,lnr Is, yve rfara 4..