The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-12
"OHINESE" GORDON.

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The English newspapers are coming all.
ed with articles in praise Of Gordon, and
ffa letters are finding their way into print.
In Khartoum May 1, 1877. Gordon wrote:
II have no easy task before me, but 10
W l have solved the difficulty. Ny scheme
Is not yet mRtured or approved. You have
little Idea OF the great difficulty and the
many questions involved III it-viE., in
domestic slavery. First, l have to disband
some six thousand Turks and Bashi.Raz.
ouks, who are the frontier guards, and who
must be replaced, for they let the caravans
pass. Now, think OF disbanding suddenly
six thousand men. You must do II meath:
you must zee to replace them with trust:
worthy men. Let me ask who that had
not the Almighty with him could do that ?
have the Almighty with me, and l will
do it. Second, consider the effect Of
harsh measures among an essentially
MuBsulman population carried out
brusquely by q Nazarene-meas.
ules which the pocket Of every one. Who
that had not the Almighty with him
would dare to do that? l will do It; Tor l
value my life 'as naught, and should only
leave much wearine8s for perfect peace,
No man ever bad q harder life than /, un-
aided, have before mt; but it sits as a feath.
er Oh me. As Solomon asked, / ask wis.
dom to govern this great people; and not
only will He give me 1t, but ali else be.
sides. And why? Because l value not
the "all besides. am quite as averse to
slavery aud even more 30 than most peo-
pie. l show it by sacrificing myself in
these lands which are no Paradise. | have
naught 70 gain in name or riches. I do not
care what man may Say. l do what l
think is pleasing to my God; and, as far as
man goes, l need nothing from any one.
The khedive never had directly gained
any revenue from slaves. l now hold his
place lere, andI who am on tho spot with
unlimited power, am able to Judge how i'm.
potent he, at Cairo, is to stop the slave
trade. have the conviction He has destin-
ed me to do II; Tor it was much against
my will l can't here again. What i have
to do is 80 to settle matters that l do not
cause q revolution on my own death-not
that I value life. I have done with it's
comforts in coming here. My work is great,
but does not weigh me down. | 10 on az
straight as l can. l feel my own weak
ness, and look to Him who is Almighty.
and leave the issue, without in%ordinate
care, to Him. expect to ride 5000 miles
this year, if | an spared. lam quite alone,
and like it. l have become what people
call a great fatalist-viz: I trust God will
pull me through every difficulty. The SOL
ltary grandeur Of the desert makes one feel
how vain is the effort Of man. This car.
ries me through my troubles, and enables
me to look on death as a coming relief,
when it is His will. The heat is some.
times terrible, but / am now accustomed
to the camel. l is a wonderful creature,
and so comfortable, with its silent, cush.
ion.like tread.
ut is only my firm conviction that 1 am
simply an instrument put in use lor a time
that enables me to bear up; and in my
present state, during my long, long, weary
rides, l think my Thoughts better and
clearer than1 Ehould with q companion,
DEAD TO II WORLD.
II died years ago 10 all ties in this world,
and to all lis comforte, honors and plories.
but for my sheep in Darfour and else.
where: do not believe in you all. You
say this and that, and you do not do it !;
you give your money, and you think you
have done your duty you praise one an.
other, &c. / do not wonder at il, Godha
given You ties and anchors TO this earth,
you have wives and families. I, thank
God, 1haye nonec Ct thin, and am free.
Now understand me. II 1t suits me l will
buy slaves. l will let captured slaves 20
down to Egypt and not melest them, and |
will do what l like, and what God in His
mercy may direct me to do about domestic
slaves; but l will At last break the neck Of
slave raids, even il it cost me nv life. I
will buy slaves for my, army; Tor this pur.
pose l will make them soldiers against
their will to enable ,ie to prevent raids.
l will do this in the light OF day, and defy
your resolutions and your actions. Would
my heart be broken II / was ousted from
this command? Should I regret the etey,
nal camel.riding, the heat, the misery l
am forced to witness, the discomforts OF
everything around my domestic life? Look
at my travels in seven months. Thousands
OF miles on camels, and no hope Of rest
Tor another year. I am constantly in snx.
iety. The body rebels against this con.
slant leaning on God; it is q heavy strain
on it; it causes appetite to cease. Find me
the man-aud Twill take him as nv hello
who utterly despises money, name,
glory, honor-one who never wishes to see
us home again-one who looks to God as
tho source Of good, and controller Of evil
one who has a healthy body and energetic
spirit, and one who looks on death as a 70.
lease from misery, and ii you can not find
him. then leave mo alone. To carry nv
self is enough Tor mel want no other
baggage"
My life is burthensome and weary; but
| feel that it is better to be employed here
than to be idle elsewhere. l a1u striking
daily deadly blows against the slave trade,
and am establishing a sort OF government
Of Terror about ii. | have hanged a man
for mutilating a little boy, and would not
ask leave TO do 80. I do not care il H. H.
likes it or not.
AN INCIDENT. .I
"kHARTouM, September IA steamer
coming up from Berber caughta quarter Of
the caravan of slaves, which refused TO
obey the Mudir Of Darfour. The sight OF
these ninety slaves waa terrible. I did not
see them, but q friend Of mine Bays that