Diversions diplomat in Turkey / by Samuel S. Cox

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Samuel S. Cox

Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824, Zanesville, Ohio – September 10, 1889, New York City) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives, and also served as United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

Cox was the grandson of New Jersey Congressman James Cox. He attended Ohio University and Brown University, graduating from Brown in 1846. He practiced law in Zanesville and became the owner and editor of the Statesman, a newspaper in Columbus, Ohio. In 1855, he was secretary of the U.S. legation to Peru.

Cox was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1856, and served three terms representing Ohio's 12th congressional district and one representing the 7th district. After giving an impassioned speech in 1864 denouncing Republicans for allegedly supporting miscegenation (see miscegenation hoax), he was defeated for reelection and moved to New York City, where he resumed law practice. He returned to Congress after winning election in 1868 to New York's 6th congressional district. He served two terms, was defeated by Lyman Tremain in the New York state election, 1872, running for Congress at-large on the state ticket, but was elected to the vacant Congressional seat of the late James Brooks in 1873. Cox was then re-elected six times.

In May 1885, Cox resigned his Congressional seat to accept appointment by President Grover Cleveland as U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, succeeding Lew Wallace. After serving for a year as Ambassador, he ran for Congress yet again, in a special election to fill the term of Joseph Pulitzer, who had resigned his seat; Cox was once again elected and served until his death on September 10, 1889. During his last term, he was chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

Cox was a supporter of civil service reform and westward expansion. He was a backer of the Life Saving Service, later merged into the United States Coast Guard. He was also known as the "letter carriers' friend" because of his support for paid benefits and a 40-hour work week for U.S. Post Office employees. In gratitude, postal workers raised $10,000 in 1891 to erect a statue to Cox in Tompkins Square Park in New York.

He was known as an eloquent public speaker. His nickname "Sunset" came from a particularly florid description of a sunset in one speech.

Cox wrote several books including A Buckeye Abroad (1852), Eight years in Congress, from 1857 to 1865 (1865) and Three Decades of Federal Legislation, 1855-1885 (1885).

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The author, who was American minister to Turkey, describes the country, politics, diplomacy, the Sultan, religion, Turkish wit and humor, minority groups, the Jews of Turkey, customs, harems, eunuch, slavery, marriage, the Balkans, Romania, Servia, Bulgaria, etc, and is well-illustrated throughout. Cox, a keen cultural observer, avoids diplomatic issues and seeks to impart something of the relaxation, if not the amusement, which furnished the pastime of a sojourn of unequaled refreshment and entertainment. Samuel S. Cox was United States Ambassador to Turkey from 1885 to 1887. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, he was the author of many books.

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Vorderdeckel
Titelblatt
Preface.
Dedication By Permission.

Contents.

List Of Illustrations.
Chapter I. Arrival At Constantinople.
Chapter II. Waiting For The Reception - Obsequies Of General Grant - The Legation - Residence - The Salemlik Music.
Chapter III. Reception By The Sultan.
Chapter IV. The Sultan At Prayers - Salemlik.
Chapter V. The Sultan In His Yildiz Kiosk - Presentation Of American Books.
Chapter VI. Social Life At Constantinople - A State Dinner And Decorations.
Chapter VII. Diversions In America Over Diplomacy In Turkey.
Chapter VIII. Compendium Of Ottoman History.
Chapter IX. The Origin, Power And Fall Of The Janizaries.
Chapter X. Salient Features In Ottoman Empire - French Influence.
Chapter XI. The Last Four Sultans - Incidents Of Their Reign.
Chapter XII. The Latin Conquest Of Constantinople.
Chapter XIII. Capture Of Constantinople By The Turks.
Chapter XIV. The Upper Bosporus - Diversions At Therapia.
Chapter XV. Possibilities And Actualities Of Petroleum - American Interests.
Chapter XVI. Characteristics of Races and Classes In Turkey.
Chapter XVII. The Jews Of Turkey.
Chapter XVIII. Religions Of The East - The Caliphate And Its Consequences.
Chapter XIX. Religions Of The East: Moslem.
Chapter XX. The Orthodox Greek Church - Its Origin.
Chapter XXI. The Orthodox Greek Church - Its Architecture, Synods, Progress, Condition, And Severance From Rome
Chapter XXII. The Latin Church - The Armenian-Catholic - The Armenian Gregorian Churches - Bulgarian And Other Churches.
Chapter XXIII. American Missions In Turkey - Their Magnitude, Obstacles And Rights.
Chapter XXIV. Turkish Language And Literature.
Chapter XXV. Turkish Wit And Humor.
Chapter XXVI. Stories Of The East - Their Moralities.
Chapter XXVII. Among The Cadis - Mahometan Justice - Humorous Illustrations.
Chapter XXVIII. The Dragoman's Story - "Which Of The Two, The Bad Or The Stupid Man?"
Chapter XXIX. Diversions At The Legation.
Chapter XXX. The Lower Bosporus - The Cosmopolitan And Kaleidoscopic City - Scenes At The Bridge.
Chapter XXXI. The Caϊques Of The Bosporus.
Chapter XXXII. Dogs Of Constantinople - A Canine Republic - Fights.
Chapter XXXIII. Diversions In Pera.
Chapter XXXIV. Scenes And Diversions In Stamboul.
Chapter XXXV. Scenes And Diversions Around The City Of Stamboul.
Chapter XXXVI. Democratic-Republican Features In Turkey.
Chapter XXXVII. Turkish Time - Fasting And Festal Days.
Chapter XXXVIII. The Harem - Innovations, Dresses And Incidents.
Chapter XXXIX. The Eunuch And Other Incidents Of The Harem.
Chapter XL. Slavery - Its Conditions And Mitigations.
Chapter XLI. L'enfant Terrible Turk - Education Of Children.
Chapter XLII. Mahometan Marriages And Their Consequences.
Chapter XLIII. American Institutions In Turkey - Our Schools And Colleges.
Chapter XLIV. Contrariety Of Opinion About The Fate Of Turkey.
Chapter XLV. Resources Of Turkey - Taxation, Brigandage And Finances.
Chapter XLVI. Is Reform Possible In Turkey? Railroads Of The Empire, In Existence And Projected.
Chapter XLVII. Oriental Problems - Prince Alexander And The Insurrection In Bulgaria.
Chapter XLVIII. Balkan Peninsula; Roumania; Servia; Preparations For Fighting; Greece - Its King And Queen.
Chapter XLIX. Bulgaria And Its Capital; Russia In The Conflict.
Chapter L. Fighting Between Servia And Bulgaria - Prince Alexander.
Chapter LI. Resignation As Minister - Return Home - Prince Ferdinand - Fresh Events - Horoscope Of The East - Conclusion.

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