The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-14

fears they might entertain with respect to a
procedure to which they we're not yet accus-
toned, requested the Patriarch to nominate
two learned and competent eCelestastics, to
whom he committed at once the inspection Of
these tribunals for the space OF year accord
ing to some. and Of three years according
to others, with orders to render an account
of their labors TO him. 1t Is established
that these priests, after having fulfilled
their mission, betook themselves to the
eign. and in the report which they submitted
to him they added: eff the tribunals which
your Majesty has instituted In the provinces
Of the empire execute the same justice as
those which perform their functions here and
If this system lasts, your Majesty may be as
sured that your powerful and glorious gov
eminent will soon have attained the apUgee
of its glory, that its duration will be long and
that the prosperity OF its faithful subjects
will be great"
But while the Ottoman government was
establishing it's authority, and was consoi-
dating it by justice, from one end of Europe
to the other the people were at the mercy of
the Ills engendered OF revolt and war. The
nations Of the East and Of the North had not
yet emerged from the state OF barbarism In
which they had existed. AS consequence of
this state of things there was an influx of
crowds Of immigrants from all directions to-
wards the Ottoman countries, where they
sought refuge and protection. Those who
Edgrants who fled from Spain to Withdraw
themselves from persecution; Armenians
came over to avoid being insuted
and harassed; and Cossacks to escape
the slavery of Russia. All these fugitives
recovered their liberty on the soil Of the EN- :
pire The hospitality which was offered and
the protection which was granted them
should suggest the reflection that at this very
day those who are still enjoying the same
prerogatives and prosperity which Is in
hup nnYn LODI Il
by our enemies themselves, are the children
and descendants Of these same emgrants
The state of things which have roughly
sketChed lasted until the eighteenth century
During this time Europe was becoming or
gained and was entering by degrees on the
path of progress. Toward the end OF that
century vigorous and energetic effort was
giving new start to modern civilization and
changing the form and nature of gUvernme nts
while the Ottoman empire wanting men cap
realized progress and the necessity OF making
the country take q step in advance, had re-
manned stationary, and had modified in no.
wise it's ancient institutions, which them
selves, 1t must be admitted, had fallen into
such state Of disorganization that change
of system had become inevitable. The mate
rial forces Of the empire were exhausted alike
by intestine disorders and by the periodical
wars which 1t had to maintain against Rus
STA. Thus it befell that, constantly losing
strength, 1t had fallen to the rank of u second
rate power after having been for centuries
one of the first powers in the world /.
and while European civilization made
growth and rose up beneath the shad-
Uw of the liberty secured to 1t by its
new institutions, Turkey, deprived of
these advantages, beheld its strength dimin-
ish, and began herself to be conscious Of the
dangers to which she was exposed. To exor-
else these dangers, and with the object of re-
storing to the empire It's ancient spIendor,
the statesmen of Turkey, such as Rachd,
AaIy, Fuad and others, labored in succession
to endow the empire with new institutions,
and to destroy the abuses OF the old regime.
Their efforts did not remain barren; II they
were not always crowned with complete sue
cess, the condition of Turkey, such as it was
before the last war, compared with what it
was thirty years earlier, discloses the happy
change which had taken place in the state
of the country; it was an astonishing trans
formation, so great that in any other coun-
try a century Of effort would have appeared
insufficient for its realization Midhat
Pasha in Nineteenth Century.