Earlier text: REPORT FROM WISCONSIN.If we give full credit to the cable dispatch from Constantinople, in regard to the demands of Russia on the Government of the Sultan, it would seem that a European war is imminent. We are told that the Russian Ambassador “has presented to the Porte another note of his Government, which demands the cession of Crete to Greece and the full equality of Christians and Mahommedans in all the Provinces of Turkey. The demand is declared to be the ultimatum of Russia, and an answer is asked within ten days.” The correspondent adds what is sufficiently apparent, if his dispatch is true, that “in diplomatic circles war is regarded as almost inevitable.” Such a note could have but one purpose, nor receive but one construction. It forces the Turkish Government either to make concessions too humiliating to be even discussed, or to prepare to defend itself against the formidable power that makes these demands. There is no other alternative, unless the Czar shall recede from his haughty propositions, as he certainly will not, if they have been actually submitted to the Porte in the form and language described. It would seem that the Czar has determined now to carry out the traditional policy of the Russian Empire in regard to Turkey. And he has managed, in this matter, to commence his quarrel in behalf of a cause and a people that have enlisted the strong sympathies of the civilized world, not less by the unsurpassed bravery displayed than by the barbarous cruelties perpetrated by their enemies. These cruelties, so unnecessary, so akin to the ages of savage barbarity, so utterly brutal and fiendish, have awakened in the minds of all humane men, a hatred and detestation of Turkish institutions and of the Turkish Government, never before surpassed, not in the struggle of Greece for her freedom, or even in the Crusades. The Autocrat of the Russians therefore strikes at a most auspicious moment. He carries with him at once the gratitude and moral support of enlightened men everywhere; he espouses a cause most dear to every friend of Christianity and freedom, and in doing so assails a power whose complete extermination would just now be regarded on all hands as a most righteous retribution. It is certain that Alexander has not taken this decisive step without a good understanding with Prussia. France and Austria, if not in actual alliance, have an equally good understanding, and the beginning of hostilities against Turkey may be the signal for that terrible conflict for which both Napoleon and Bismark have never ceased to prepare with all their might, however strong their protestations of a fixed purpose to remain at peace. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs attempted to explain away the Conference at Salzburg; but since that Conference the Austrian press has assumed a bold, almost defiant tone toward Prussia, quite new to it. It tells us what Austria will and will not tolerate, as determinedly as though there had been no battle of Sadowa. It is stated also, that while at Salzburg, the Emperor Napoleon gave orders by which large numbers of French troops are concentrating on the frontier, where they will “be handy to have” in the event of war with Prussia. A war between Russia and Prussia on the one hand, and France, Austria and Turkey on the other, will be fraught with the direst evils to Europe and the world. Unless checked by diplomacy, it would surpass in magnitude all the wars of modern times, and result in wide-spread destruction and misery, from the contemplation of which one shrinks back appalled. Yet it is evident that in the beginning of the contest, at least, the Northern allies will have the advantage of the moral sympathies of mankind, since France and Austria will stand as the allies of the Turk against the struggling Cretans. What position Italy will assume, should this direful struggle take place, seems at present altogether uncertain. Her attachment to the Emperor of France has been a good deal shaken by her impatience to possess the city of Rome. She believes that Napoleon still supports the Papal pretensions, and is the actual protector of the temporal power of the Pope. Such a war as now seems probable will doubtless afford Italy her long-coveted opportunity, whether or not she shall take part in the conflict? The Insurrection in Spain.
Some years ago it was commonly reported that Louis Napoleon had proposed the recognition of Spain as one of the Great Powers of Europe, and her admission to the Conferences which undertake the peaceable solution of great international complications. Spain, at that time, had an area by far exceeding that of Prussia; her population was only about two millions less than that of Prussia, but exceeded it if all her colonies were counted in. There is no reason why, under an able administration, Spain should not have exceeded Prussia, and have asserted, without any formal recognition, her right to be respected as one of the most powerful nations of the Old World. But Spain has been declining for centuries from want of good administration. Her natural resources have not been made use of, and the people have grown in ignorance and indolence. Thus the Government has come to be despised abroad as well as at home, and the idea of admitting Spain among the leading nations of Europe—if the proposition has ever been really made—could only be laughed at. There have been a few lucid intervals in the general gloom of modern Spanish history. Such an interval was the brilliant administration of Espartero from 1837 to 1856. Since then Spain has been alternately ruled by Narvaez and O’Donnell, who, if not equally despotic, were at least equally opposed to a truly constitutional form of government and to all thorough-going reforms. Spain, as every other country of Europe, has its Progressive party, which demands freedom of the press, freedom of religion, extension of suffrage, and in general the carrying through in legislation of the popular will. This party has worked with great energy, and not without success. As long as it was allowed to publish liberal papers, the party was strongly represented in the daily press. They were a power in all the large cities, and in particular in those of the Eastern provinces, Barcelona, Saragossa, Valencia, Tarragona, and others. Their efforts for the regeneration of their country are worthy of the highest praise, and though they were not successful, inspired a large portion of the people with confidence in a better future. If the Government had given them a fair chance at the general elections, they would have fought with peaceable weapons; but as despotism deprived them of all possibility to show their strength at the polls, nothing remained for them but to show it in insurrection. And in this, as the recent history of Spain shows, they have not been remiss. Twice during the year 1866 an attempt was made to rid the country of its despotic Government. Both attempts238 failed; but they showed that discontent with the Government prevailed throughout the kingdom. In December of that year a stirring proclamation to the Spanish people was issued by the revolutionary Junta of Madrid, and widely circulated in all the Provinces. Ever since, the utmost efforts have been made in the preparation of the insurrection which broke out about a month ago. We gave, a few days ago, a full statement of all the intelligence that has thus far been received. As usual, it largely consists of rumors and contrary reports; but the declaration of siege throughout Spain, and the proclamations of the generals and the governors of provinces, leave no doubt that this time it was not a military revolution exclusively, but that in many places the people took an active part in it. The insurrection has now been in progress for more than three weeks, and according to the latest Cable dispatches, it was meeting with success in the Eastern provinces, and even held control of the city of Saragossa, the capital of Aragon. We shall probably have to wait only a few more days to learn the final result. The Government has concentrated all its military power to crush the movement; if it fails in this, the insurrection will probably march to an easy victory. The head of this, as of former insurrections, is Gen. Prim, the acknowledged leader of the Progressive party of Spain. Prim is on intimate terms with Garibaldi, and it is stated that a number of Garibaldian volunteers are already fighting in the ranks of the insurgents. It is certain that in case of success, the insurgents will not be satisfied with a change of Ministry, but will expel the Bourbon dynasty from Spain, and call a National Convention to decide the future government of the country. A year ago the Liberals were mostly in favor of a union of Spain with Portugal; but since then the Portuguese Chambers, as well as the king, have declared against this plan, which, therefore, is said to have been abandoned. Probably the leaders of the Liberals are at present not fully agreed on this point, and will leave its decision to the majority of a National Convention.—N. Y. Tribune. Mr. Field has brought out to this country a number of very interesting specimens of the system of telegraphing now in operation between Paris and Lyons, and Paris and Bordeaux, by which exact copies of the message are produced at either extremity of the lines, solely by mechanical means. The message is written on prepared paper, covered with a lead-colored surface, which is a non conductor of the electric fluid. The writing, or drawing, in the ink furnished for the purpose, changes the points touched by it to the opposite electrical character. The pendulum is swinging at each end of the circuit in unison. Its upper end is divided into points—say, like a fine-toothed comb. The message being passed over these at one end, sends a current to correspond with the writing or lines, and produces an exact copy of the original upon the prepared paper held to the vibrating pendulum in the distant city. Thus a fac-simile of writing and signature is furnished without any skill of the operator. A drawing of the likeness of a thief or absconding clerk is reproduced with minute faithfulness. Patterns of machinery, patterns for bonnets, hieroglyphics, messages in Chinese, or in an unknown tongue, are copied with as little trouble as the simplest letters of a familiar alphabet. Some notices of this have been given in foreign journals, but no mere verbal description can convey a full idea of the wonderful process. The Hibernian who insisted, some years ago, that the telegraph operator should forward his photograph over the wires to his sweetheart, was only a little ahead of his age, since this can now be done without the slightest trouble, provided the likeness be taken on the proper material.—Journal of Commerce. THE crisis in the Eastern question has come at last. The Ambassador of Russia at Constantinople, Ignatieff, as we learn by a special Cable dispatch to the Tribune, has, in the name of his Government, made a formal demand for the cession of Crete to Greece, and for the bestowal of equal rights upon all the Christian subjects of the Porte. These demands are declared to be the ultimatum of the Russian Government, and an answer is asked for within ten days. Supposing the Cable dispatch to be entirely correct, as we have no doubt it is, the great turning point in the history of Eastern Europe has been reached. Whatever answer the Porte may give to the Russian ultimatum, the power of the last Mohammedan dynasty in Europe will be forever broken. Should the demand be granted, Crete be united with Greece, and the equality of political rights for Christians and Mohammedans be established, European Turkey, in which there are over 11,000,000 Christians against only 4,000,000 of Mohammedans, will at once assert itself as a predominantly Christian people, which will soon use this newly-gained influence for the establishment of its entire independence. A submission to the Russian demands involves, moreover, so great a humiliation that it will hardly prove any respite for the downfall of the Turkish rule; but Greece increased by Crete, and now governed by a king who is nearly related to the Czar, will at once make undisguised efforts for the annexation of the Southern Provinces of European Turkey, Thessaly and Epirus, in which the Greek race prevails, and for instigating the semi-independent princes of Roumania and Servia to co-operate with her in expelling the Turks from Europe, and in partitioning the European dominions of the Sultan. The Government of Constantinople is fully aware that no reforms whatever can prevent these movements from taking place, for they are now more than a struggle for religious equality; they are like the similar movements in Italy and Germany, the yearning of a nation for self-government and National Consolidation. Will the Turkish Government, to which this character of the national movements among its Christian subjects is by no means unknown, gather up courage for precipitating the decisive contest? A single-handed war against Russia would, of course, be ended almost as soon as it was commenced. The only possible help for the Turks would again be foreign aid. The Governments of England, France, and Austria undoubtedly sympathize with Turkey against Russia; but will they dare to help Turkey? In England, since the Crimean war, the popular aversion to interference in foreign quarrels has been steadily on the increase, and it is not probable that the Tories are willing to defy this popular sentiment, now especially when the passage of the Reform bill has so largely strengthened the Radical party, which is almost a unit in its opposition to a new Eastern war. The emperors of Austria and France have but recently exchanged views on the present aspects of the Eastern question. The step now taken by Russia was undoubtedly anticipated, and formed one of the subjects of their conversations. If we could rely on the boastful language of some semi-official organs of the two Empires, France and Austria are determined to make a stand against a really aggressive policy of Russia in the East. Whether their boast will be carried out must soon become apparent. Any move of this kind on the part of Austria and France would at once bring Prussia to the side of Russia. Thus a war of the grandest dimensions may break out, with Turkey, Austria, and France on the one hand, and Russia and Prussia on the other. The further development of this Russian-Turkish complication will be awaited with intense anxiety. If Turkey declines to comply with the Russian demand, and if Russia, in return, threatens with war, efforts will undoubtedly be made, as was the case before the German-Italian war, and in the Luxemburg question, to attempt a peaceable solution by a new European Congress. New delays may thus be caused, but the tide of events will not be turned. Isolated movements in European politics may be novel and surprising in their origin, and uncertain as to their end; side issues may for some time draw off attention from the great questions of the Old World, and lead to strange, ephemeral combinations; but the final goal toward which European society is drifting with irresistible force, appears in ever greater clearness to the eyes of the interested nations. We have no longer an isolated Italian, or German, or Austrian, or Turkish question, but one central question of the reconstruction of Europe. What wise seers predicted as many as fifty years ago, is now becoming a fact. The people which were so haughtily looked down upon and despised by the council of monarchs and statesmen at the Vienna Congress in 1815, have learned to understand its power. It summons the heirs of its oppressors before the bar of universal, eternal principles, and demands to know on what authority princes can dismember nations and dispose of them as of chattels, according to their will and pleasure. The decisions of 1815 are declared null and void; the right of every nation to restore its national unity is more and more acknowledged, and thus the way prepared for a reconstruction of all Europe on the basis of the nationality principle.—N. Y. Tribune. The Publishing Association.
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By Joseph Bates
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. DIED, of consumption, in Otsego, Allegan Co., Mich., Sept. 9, 1867, sister Rocksilda, wife of Bro. George Leighton, aged fifty-five years. In 1854 she enlisted in the cause of God. About eleven years since she with her husband fully embraced the keeping of the commandments of God and faith of Jesus as taught in the message of the third angel of Rev. xiv, 12, under the teachings of Bro. M. E. Cornell. She was then, and had been for several years deeply afflicted with a cancer in her face. One day while presenting her pitiable case before the Lord she said “If it be thy will, O Lord, that I should be eaten up alive of this cancer I am willing, but if it be thy will for me to live, I have faith to believe thou wilt heal me.” From that time she affirmed to many of her friends, that the progress of the cancer was stayed with all its excruciating pains, after which another form of disease appeared from which she was raised more than once or twice by the Lord, in answer to the prayer of faith by her brethren. She loved the precious truths of the angel messages, and we believe that God loved her. Well may it be said of her, “she hath done what she could.” God’s dear people always found a welcome at her house and table. The church have lost a covenant-keeping sister; the husband a dear companion; the only son a dear and affectionate mother, who was often pleading with God for his salvation. For herself she prayed, “not my will but thine be done, O Lord.” Some four months before her death she requested if she died, to be laid out in the reform dress, which was complied with. The evening before her death she wanted prayer offered to the Lord to smooth her passage. Her last words were, I want to go home! I want to see Jesus. Bro. L. left the room for a moment; when he returned he found that her spirit of the breath of life had gone to God who gave it. Her funeral solemnities were held in the Baptist meeting-house in Otsego village the 16th inst., with a discourse from these words, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth,” &c. Rev. xiv, 13. JOSEPH BATES.
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The works upon this important subject to which we would call especial attention, are, The Prophecy of Daniel, The Sanctuary and 2300 Days, and The Three Messages of Rev. xiv. The first gives an exposition of the plain and thrilling prophecies of Daniel ii, vii, and viii, showing from the course of empire that the God of Heaven is about to set up his kingdom. The Sanctuary question is the great central subject of the plan of salvation, and yet there are but few, comparatively, who have any acquaintance with it. It gives a new interest to a great part of the Bible, leads to an intelligent view of the position and work of Christ as our great High Priest in Heaven, completely explains the past Advent movement, and shows clearly our position in prophecy and the world's history. The three messages bring to view present duty, and future peril. All should read these books, and ponder well their teaching. Immortality through Christ Alone.
We call the special attention of the reader to the subjects of the nature of man, his condition in death, and the destiny of the wicked. More than ordinary importance attaches to these subjects, at the present time. We would confidently recommend to all a thorough reading of the work by H. H. Dobney entitled, Future Punishment, as advertised in our book list. The reader will find it a work exhaustive in its investigations, and remarkable for its candor, and the strength and clearness of its reasoning. Which? Mortal or Immortal? is a lower-priced and more-condensed work on the same subjects. While “The End of the Wicked,” and the one, two and three cent tracts may be found sufficient to awaken interest with those who would not commence with larger works. For the convenience of those who may wish to purchase books for general circulation, we have put up assorted packages of tracts in two sizes, which we will send post-paid at 50c., and $1.00, respectively. The 50c package contains Sabbath Tracts Nos. 1, 2, and 3, End of Wicked, Mark of Beast, Sin of Witchcraft, Objections to Second Advent, answered, Death and Burial, Positive Institutions, Much in Little, Truth, Preach the Word, Law by Wesley, and Miscellany. The $1.00 package contains The Three Messages, Which, Mortal or Immortal? Prophecy of Daniel, Saints Inheritance, Signs of Times, Seven Trumpets, Celestial R. R., Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts, Scripture References, Wicked Dead, Sabbath by Elihu, Infidelity and Spiritualism, War and Sealing, Who Changed Sabbath, Seven Reasons for Sunday-Keeping Examined, Institution of Sabbath, Thoughts for the Candid, Appeal to men of reason, Personality of God, Seven Seals, and Time Lost. Those who order these packages, save their postage. We cannot too strongly urge upon all the circulation of our publications, books and papers. Many, now rejoicing in the truth, can attribute their first interest in these things to these silent preachers; while in some instances they have opened the way for the formation of well established and flourishing churches. PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
By John Norton Loughborough
This work, which has occupied considerable of my spare time for the past year, is at last written, and placed in the hands of the printers, who will probably have it ready for delivery in a few weeks. I have been broken off by cares and affliction, or the work would have been completed ere this. To those who have subscribed, and have patiently waited for the book, I would say, I hope the book has been made enough better, by taking more time in its execution, to pay for the delay. Instead of writing a work of 150 pages with no illustrations, as I first proposed, the work contains nineteen illustrations, and about 200 pages. It is proposed to have it in two forms only; paper covers, and muslin binding. The paper covers for a cheap book, and the muslin a durable book for those who wish to read it many times. It is not a book on the treatment of all diseases, but as its title page states, a “Treatise on the Structure, Functions, and Care of the Human System.” It will undoubtedly be followed in due time, by another of similar size on the specific treatment of different diseases of human kind. We trust this work may prove a source of good to those who peruse its pages, and follow its instructions. And that we may be led, as we view the wisdom of God in our formation, to exclaim with the Psalmist, “O Lord, how manifold are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all.”
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.