The fate of the Turkish empire, so long hurrying to its goal, appears from a variety of circumstances to be about to be sealed by the approaching war with Greece. In this empire, more than in any other, public measures can be judged of by the public m...
The fate of the Turkish empire, so long hurrying to its goal, appears from a variety of circumstances to be about to be sealed by the approaching war with Greece. In this empire, more than in any other, public measures can be judged of by the public men placed at the helm of affairs. In a despotism so constituted, measures create the men, and not, as with us, the men sway the measures. Thus, if the Ulemas are in the ascendancy, Rauf Pasha rules the roast. If liberality is the order of the day, Reshid Pasha is wanted at the Porte.