The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

MORN IN u EDITION.

CANDIA.
We publish the following proclamation of the In-
surgent Cretans, or Candiots, without comment.
Proclamation of the Cretan Exiles on returning to
Crete.—(Translatiou.)
Cretan Fellow-Countrymen !—Ten whole years have
already passed since the time when breathing the air of
freedom, and masters of all our native land, except a
few fortresses, with joy and gladness we saw that at last
our silent enduranee and our inappreciable, and inde-
scribable sacrifices were rewarded by our emancipation.
That joy and satisfaction caused us then to forget the
great and unheard of woes we suffered during the
period of the long and bloody war, we no longer called
to mind the atrocious murdering of our bishops and
priests at the commencement of the Revolution, nor the
slaughter of our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, re-
latines, and friends ; nor the enslavement and dishonour
of our wives and children, nor indeed the other mists-
r;es, which, with unexamuled fortitude, we endured in
the mountains and caves, though sinkieg daily under
the weight of our woes. That sole sensation of joy
possessed cur souls, when suddenly, and against the ex-
pectation of ourselves, and all who had known our suf-
ferings, the feeling of delight was changed to unutter-
able affliction and despair.
The voice of nations who, like ourselves, ECiVit the
Prince of Justice and Freedom, Jesus Christ, of nations
who sacrifice all for their independence arid their rights
and who are ready to incur any danger rather than see
these attacked, the voice of these nations commanded
us again to bow the neck to the yoke of shameful sla-
very after our own hands alone had broken it asunder.
This voice was so mlglAy that we were of necessity
obliged to obey, but in yielding to force, we never re-
nounced our recovered rights; these rights are and remain
inalienable, as long as one alone of us remain slice
,and
ore drop of blood circulate in our veins ; and for this
reason we protested in the clearest manner aga;nst the
measure in the well-known acts of the Certen Council
dated `tad November 1830.:
Theisee begins an epoch of new woes for our unfor-
tunate countrymen in the interval of these ten years,
we have seen and suffered much both front Christians
and Turks. We have seen nearly introduced into Clete
the system of monopoly which has rendered the Eg) ps
tians the most wretched people of the earth ; we have
seen fifty-two of our most distinguished and worthiest
fellow-countrymen executed by hanging at one time,
when in the most peaceable and lawful manner we
met together to ask a remedy for these evils ; we hove
seen forcible conscriptions in Crete, arid nearly all the
conscripts were sacrificed in the war, to gratify the
insatiable avarice and ambition of the Satrap of
Egypt. But why attempt to tell what is indescribable!
The poverty and nakedness which during this period has
been spread over our country, naturally so rich—do they
not proclaim, more clearly than any other voice, the
lawlessness, violence, and inhumanity of the Turkish
Government? All these things, however, we paneatly
suffered in the constant hope that the 'eighty of the
earth would at length feel sensible of the great injus-
tice which they had committed against a Cbrhfan and
long-sefFering people. But alas ! the voice, it seems,
of the injured, either has not force to reach their cars,
or it is not strong enough to touch their hearts. As if
we were African slaves, they take us from the one and
sell us to the other despofe master, without being
moved by our sufferings, without regarding ou rights,
and without even giving us the smallest notice.
Finding ourselves then in this condition, most unjustly
used, most contemptuously treated, thrown aside as if
of no value, and menaced moreover with the pro-
spects of seeing again renewed in our country, the
tragic scenes previous to 1821, through which Crete
was made to resemble a butchery, where the Chris-
tians were daily slain without pity by the Turks, ti flee-
ting further on the moral and physical condition of
ourselves and our ch !dreg, as every rational man has a
right ; we now take for the fourth time our arms in
our hands, with the view not of revenging the insults
and tyranny, and murders, before the revolution, not of
seeking to expiate the innocent blood ,of our Clergy.
and of so many other honourable men of Crete
which' in the beginning and continuance of the In-
surrection, was shed in streams by lawless and brutal
hands, without resistance and without cause ; net to
seek plunder by seizing the property of another, of
whatever race or religion he may be, not to attack the
final decision of the Five Great Powers (for the ques-
tion is of Rights which were now before those decisio rs
were come to, and which were indirectly recognised by
the Powers themselves, when they made us over, not to
the Government of the Sultan against which we fought,
hut to that of the Satrap of Egypt). No! for none of
the above objects do we now take up arms, but we take
them, and with them in our hands to unite our cry for
justice, for humanity, and for political exiistence ; full
of confidence that the great Powers of Europe, and
particularly the three Powers who rendered justice to
our Greek brothers and fellow combatants, and who
raised Greece into a Kingdom, the three Allies, Great
Britain, France, and Russia, will at least acknowlege
our indisputable rights, and will intervene where it be-
hoves, so that we may be relieved from our present hu-
miliating position, and that our freedom and self-go-
vernment may be granted to us.
Having now stated the strong and just reasons which
compel us once again to take arms, we tuns to you,
fellow-countrymen, to say, that in undertaking the
great work of freedom with arms in hand, it is neces-
sary in order to obtain an object, that we be bound to-
gether by the holy bond of unanimity ; that we under-
take the contest for our religion and country, with ea-
gerness and sincerity ; that we show the greatest sub-
mission and obedience to the superior military and poli-
tical chiefs and to their just commands, that we respect
the honour, the life, and the property, not only of our
brother Christians, but also of our fellow-citizens, the
Turks, so long as these latter, comprehending their own
true interests, shall not oppose our undertaking, which
has in view, not only our good, but their advantage also,
when properly considered. By the step we now take,
we have no other object but that we should ail live as
brothers, under laws which shall secure the honour, the
lite, and the property of all the inhabitants of Crete
without exception.
Be assured, fellow-countrymen, that in following
such a line of conduct, our enterprise will be crowned
with the most brilliant success, through the interme-
diation of the three Allied Powers—England, France,
and Russia.
The true cause and the real object of our under-
taking, the truth of which we solemnly avow, we
hope we shall not find our fellow countrymen, the
Turks, opposed to us, if they reason rightly, nor coy
other person whomsoever, for what we desire is most
just and lawful.
But against all expectntisn we find the certeary,
we declare from this moment, that rather than tall for
the fourth time under the Turkish )ok-, where the
honour of our children was unrestrainedly outraged.
thousands of us slaughtered like cattle, where our pro-
perty and our labour served only to supply the food
of laziness, turpitude, and iniquity, we prefer to tacit
our destruction to the last man, choosing rather to
die a glorious death in our country's cause, than to
live a- life of dishonour arid reproach. Yes, fellow
countrymen, a a glorious death is by honourable souls
a thousand times preferable to a life of servitude and
disgrace--servitude is for the brute, but man is made
for freedom, and for freedom he should be prepared to
suffer anything, even to death itself.
Cretans! we are Greeks, and it is our proper and he-
reditary virtue, to fight, to conquer, and to die, if ncces-
ary, for freedom, and good government..
Cretans! It was our country that first promulgatei
just laws, which being spread abroad, carried civilisa-
tion and prosperit;- to the rest of the world. Is it then
just that she, the motl.er of laws, should be now the
habitation of lawlessness and despotism ?
‘• Fight for thy faith and country" is a religious and
political maxim, and death in such a cause,
renders
men enviable here, and blessed in eternity. But in
going to join these brave warriors who have fallen for
their countrymen, the Protapapadukies,the Delijanakines,
the Kourdies, the Kourmouhes, the TzelibiT t"e
the Bu
somareces, Zepannes Siphacas, Catzo Mies e
lids, and so many other brave and g
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PORTUGUESE BONDS.
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melancholy tale, yet while thousands have been ruined
letlteVre, andadvreer6secedntor:qAule:rto' Morning to
P Conteubml i spho rtahrey
in a similar manner, there are yet pat tics wicked enough
great pecuniary difficulties, and its
to concoct new.loaus tor the bankrupt Governments of
the Peninsula :---
doubtSihßoi--w roegoCened with regard to my little Portu- '
gueso stock. may I ask the favour of )our opinion on the
subject. You have great experience thereon, and have
kin,,iy grantel to the public the benefit of the same. A
few years ago I held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in
her Aljesty's service, but as age was fast me ping on
ni:and iavinlgreaseldtemilyo n disposing
(a son a
of and
dtwo
my co
mmission.
I daughters)coiis ono
provide for,).
I did sn, and the proceeds, added to my own private
property, produced me a capital of 9,50001. In one
fatal hour, and under the advice of my friends, I in-
vested the whole in Portuguese Fire per Cents., at 99i„
Wnen the Govtrnment first, to my surprise and great
di:tress, ceased to pay ti c dividends,, I declined titling
out any of
my stuck at the reduced prices (between 40
and 50) to meet m‘ pecuniary enga2efrients, but raised
money on my hills at 5 pet cent., pledging my stock as
security. My bids weie so frequently renewed that I
found myself compaled,, in 1639, to dispose of 4,0001.
Stock, at 82 per cent., to pay them and meet my cur- ,
rent expenses, as well as an unfortunate liability for .
winch- 1 bad made myself responsible. A few months
afterwards my • son was th:zetted to a commission
(by purchase). in the army.
Although the Tor.
tuguese Stock was at ,:?.8, I was obliged to sell out
2,5001., which • procured me only 700/. Finding
the Steck still-deereasieg in value; and distressed-
beyond description for the fate of my daughter”e TI. ' •
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