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Show ,' FrjpMlhc tone or ijib.' public journals in England and the debates in Parliament, rfa Well as froni' the preparations for iuler-veutiqri iuler-veutiqri i'n Turkey which, nre Juclngf ,roadc by. Eifance, Great, Britain, ;Iliissia and tho other, Christian'sPowersvtJa .highly probable .'that the land;of Islamwill sooti; become tli$ scenb of ajiiewsprusadeiKThc mass'acrqibyjthDruscs ,bf tlic'iJlaronita Christians the 'cause of thlshelw.4noyc: .mcnt'"rflgdrust ' Vibe f sickr.nian. ' But -Jit "will befbuudpntiiiq are as'' much' sinnedlngalnst-aa einhing, and Xhnt they ;wrtf not thoaggrebrs"'Jn, this war of .religion. T wcniyr,ycara",agoj in'the. strugglebctwecuMehcmjet AH ana tbb Sultan, thorAInrbnic3fcspouscd the, side."ref the: Turkish' ;Emperbr:i. J,Tlic; HiUKvt1;iMc&; ttie for tho . first time in iheir hl5toryt, becamp , religious re-ligious wan It has lieen renewed at in-tc$vuls in-tc$vuls since, and the enmity 'then created ; hasnever died n way. Bey rOut, whost Christian-inhabitants arp now so full with terrors; was destroyed in 140 by. the Anglo-Xustriatf fleet became Jlch'cmc't ; AH, whP then1 iwayed that country, would acScdp to' the propositions of the S'ulta and. the four allied 'Powers., All Christendom' scenis noW- -to , be "" tlurs"tbg for tho'blPodjOf.jhe' Druses -and the.' Turks1; tq.'wiibm theyj are,-tVtirttaryi and would .uiibharitalily.scnd tn.ehl all to;' tlia .libttomlcss pTfctwitli ttieir-sins and1; their errors; on; tbelr-'fiemiVf' i 'Xl is a pnrTous facViff the historyof the" iDrusc'sVthafctp'O.Cjjnt ago" theyawuk-. encd, "the sympa'tjiies of fliClirisCendoni 'as' warmly fts'tVoyiic;w,cxcitoi itiadigrin;--tion'atid wtAtli ' At ihat'Pmg the lutclli 'ence reached WeterilEufbc';th"at altbld ajid gallant jraco in thcmotinlains Of Syr-la Syr-la 'iVns nwlfitalhliig a deperaitt sti'iiglo against the Overwhelming fbrjics,i;o'f"tfid: OttPlnnu'EniprrelIfc Hij knbwji thkt'th'ey; did not belong ftb the fbilpweri'bf "AI if, hammed, whence it waft erroneously cpu-.eludcirtlCthe cpu-.eludcirtlCthe orikino'f''thciamo,t)ruses' becamo"'aiuh. jeetof investigation .Mjtl ;nffordcd .ample. ScopefbruoiOecInre. AtIengt li. air ingenious inge-nious qtymoloistfiuggeatcd thai' they jmd clcsceiidcdfrOin .tlio foljtdwcrsof t)ie Cbunt; 'do j5ren.w'ho.-whs" sftpposed. to hdve sot' .tlcd.-m Palestine iJnritig the, flrstf Crusade. Eakhreddinviire; able -'cliipfbf 4th.eie stftr' jly inoiintninccrstiiking a'drantngS-Vf 'tills delusion; labored hard to projiiigato, it, lu tHo.ope or .gainTng nss.istanCe froiii Europe." Eu-rope." He;yi8itcd'ltsily? nridTepreitCOfcd hiraiclf aa alliedJiy 'descent to, thP'pjQwjcr-ful thP'pjQwjcr-ful honsc bCIrorraine; iW.Nprniu.r Ori-gin.of Ori-gin.of tlitt.Priises' siif instanfly' received thrpughonV uropo 'as bni;e$tabjished fact It is even ititfpduced into thbgVaph-p thbgVaph-p desenptiori of1 this incrcstingypeople glveu in'BishopITebcr's liocm of '"Pales-tfne:"r-- ' ' ' '."-'' '"''' Fierce,, Imrdy, ..proud, ln;coUKioui freedom j . bold, -r - r . "- ' r -,-;'' -' Lniof 0 "toriny e ats-the varrior .Urusek bbld From NprwariblocHt tbclr.lofly tlue tlley tract, TUelr liiin courng proves .tbclt generous rucc, lliey. oaly they, vUHe aU aronod.tljjrm kneel In sailed homage to tbe Tliracinu attci; "r Teach their pale'despot'i waning oon to fenr! TUeptttrlpterrqriof tho mountain speaT. " Jt was soon proved' .that 'the1 theory bf their 2forrrian originwas afable arid that they were a remnant !bf the swidespead Ismacllans. . They call themselves Unitarians,, Unita-rians,, asserting that they' aloW.jigbtly' understand the doctrine Of .the? Divine Unity. The chief difference,, -between them and the ptheIsraacllan sects is. the authority they attribute to their prophet, AljiTakem, for; tjiOiigh: they belipvbja the Koran, they argso far fronj 'fctereucing WTdhammed that they never prodoun'ce. his name without cursing his' raembry, They" h,re fdivlded intov hp Initiated and prOfaneV and -alF'jthe ceremonies of iheir religibnrare- studiously enveloped in myV-tery;- Their 2?tfybrfUbdges;.afe Ispla?' ted, suaUy built pii,the "tops' of. hills, and none -"but 'the initiated are' admltted'16 fbenf. AIIwriter35cpmphIn of the .difB-l cfilty 'bf "''getting Sccnratei'lBrormitidBi 4abnt thtm,, and their Turkish neighbors J and rulers art jtt asIgnyUnfoo the Suli-. Sect, as the Christian triyciers, for the Druses outwardly cpurormitp the. established estab-lished religion of thoncountry where they may happen to, wliild ithey practice their qwn peculiitr. rites onlyiuthiirsebret meetings. ,. " hey are thorough Democrats h their social, habits, and. .dprueStio, goysrameu't The relations, between 4ho-cii.i?rsand the people are of, a very rcpublicaa charactcr Their chief Emir would not decmitf'deg-radatiou decmitf'deg-radatiou to admit thP.mcan.cst.pcusttnt to his fable. Hence their Jntsrcoitrspis marked by those trait$&f mlii simplicity whlcft recall thelomqryjof' tVtts patrrarcln nl.nges; ThpDrns8igpv'tjiir(4U4i therci fbe, u snccics. ,qf aristocratic:- federal ie-ptiblie, ie-ptiblie, ( 3nc rof ,theshiefs.c!jays nominal supremacy, and Jiasthc lrlvi(eg6 assess-jiig assess-jiig "he ribnt.Pld.(lo .the (ks,oii Jhp, tliffereut chiefs 'of district, m, proportion fo tlieirwealth, . . ; . ; Compared with,. these, wild warriors thtt ifarointe Chpstiansra feelilepuin'l.an-Irabu!? feelilepuin'l.an-Irabu!? race,, The nroyt deadly .strife lias bcqu-foriiejitcd ;betwee.R them by,:ttie. ugcnts.of other Pow.ei; to. qnler to. give them, an opportunity io.?Up iVnjid,di,yide; the posscssjfbns of tlie.-dyihg-'maif ',wlio cannot keep Ms subjects in Prder42V,X |