Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-21
4 HEmARxssLa cAkEga.

Achrnet Ourabi Bsy--or Arab Bey az he
ia called in the dispatches-th new Egypt
ian Minister of War, has had remark.
able career. A fellah, or peasant OF the
lowest class, by birth, he entered the army
90 private but being able TO read and
write, and having an education above that
of the average Egyptian, he was promoted
rapidly. and soon became a Sergeant and
Qaartermaster He was handsome, inteill-
gent and studious, and soon by hard work
acquired sufficient knowledge to enable
him to compete in the annual examination
for promotion from the ranks. He was with
out friends or patrons, and SO owed every
upward step to his own merits. and these
we're so pronounced that he had attained
the rank Of Lieutenant Colonel, when
jealousy or ill.will caused him to be
accused, during the reign of 1smail Pasha,
of having drawn The pay Of men whom he
was said to have kept on the lists after
liberating them. Every possible agency
was brought TO bear TO compass his ruin
bot, although the trial was prolonged
three years, absolutely nothing could be
proved against him. But at the end of the
trial, to his complete astonishment, he was
summarily removed from the army by order
of the Kbedive. Liberal in his ideas, at all
times antagonistic TO the ruling powers,
this act OF cruel injustice made him
savage, and aroused in him a hatred of the
autocTatic system which was guilty of such
a wanton abuse Of power. He was finally
reinstated. bat this did not deprive him of
the reputation he had gained with the PEG.
pie as a martyr TO their cause. In every
Egyptian village his name is known, and
everywhere it IS spoken with tones of re.
s2ect and held in honor. He was the lead
ing spirit of the mutinies of February 10th
and september 9th last year, and the chief
but secret iDstigator of the military
troubles which led TO the fall of the Viii
son Ministry In the outbreak of last
September, he stood face to face with the
Khedive, with his hand upon his sword,
and when asked his business, exclaimed {:
e We cane fer law and justice; SO long
a. you give both, you are our Efendina ;
from the moment you refuse either,
we have your successor ready" In like
fashion, few days ago, Oara5i had an in
terview with the President of the Assem-
bly, of Notables, during which he pointed
to his sword and told that functionary
what the Chamber might expect If it
swerved an inch from the path prescribed
by the military. 0urabi had already early
in January been made Under Secretary Of
War, and the result of this last demonstra-
ton is the resignation of Cherif Pasha and
the appointment of new Ministry, in
which 0urabi is Minister of War and the
ruling spirit. Ourabi has tall, athletic
figure, with soldier like bearing. He
has a natural gift of oratory, speaking
with great energy, and depicting with
remarkable bitterness the degrade
ton Of his countrymen at the hands Of the
foreigners. But he is opposed to any III.
tolerant movement, and no trace of relig-
ious fanaticism appears TO enter into his
autagonism to foreigners To CORE.
spondent of the London Times he recently
said "God is the author of all law. It
came from God fifs-, and by His viii was
adopted into our religious books, and from
our religious books has emsnated the law
which is daily administered. The Jews
have their book, delivered to Moses !;
the Christians have their books, contain
ing Gods commands; and the Mussulmans
have their books, also proclaiming to
them the will Of God. In ali these books
Gods win is the same-that We should do
no murder, that we should not steal, that we
shoald not commit various offenses and
we all, Christians, jews and Mohamme-
dams, have the very same commands of God
embodied in our laws. How, then, should
any man have eumity against another if
both walk by the same law of God? ?" The
correspondent described him as speaking
on this point with remarkable energy and
force. Many of his expressions as to the
eternity and immutabllity of Gods laws
reminded the correspondents very forcibly
of the famous lines of Sophocles acclaimed
by Antigone on the same subject. Such is
the man who has come to the front as the
leader of the National party in Egypt, and
whose future course may exert wide in
fuence on the destiny of that ancient land.