Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-11-13
EONEIGN.
From the Boston Eaiiy .74scatisqs, October Is.
PROCLAMATION OF THE MESSENIAN
SENATE ~

SENATE.
The following proc lamaiion, addressed
by the Messenian Senate a, Kalanaia, to
the citizens Of the United States, has
been sent, in the original modern Greek
and in French translation, to gentle
man in this town, with request to have
it published and circulated in this coun-
try. The leuer in which the proclama-
lion WAS forwarded contains the follow
ing remarks: Us W. ~
"Humanily is expecting IFS revival
from the New World. But, however
your example may suffice 10 others, we,
IN our present straits, need also your aid.
How glorious will it be to your country
to cooperate in the work OF liberation of
the Greeks, in which the other powers
have remained insensible to the voice OF
justice, piety, and humanity The glory
alone OF such deed would be an ample
reward But the Greeks have never
shown themselves ungrateful, or wanting
in the duty OF Acknowledgements. And,
as they formerly crowned the friendly
cities with crowns of gold, and honored
them with precedence at the assemblies
and games, SO they will again honor and
crown their friends and allies"
THIS letter is 81, described by p. Epites,
edeputy Of the Grecian Generals" and
by A. Koray, A. Bogoridcs, and N. Pix :
kolo. The letter is in the hand writing
ofKoray, and is written from Paris. The
reclamation is as follows:
csh-ens efthe United tstases ef .9a.e,4ca,
In taking the resolution to live and die
Tor liberty, we feel ourselves drawn to-
ward you by natural sympathy. 1t is
among you that liberty has found her
abode, and she is worshipped by you as
by cur fathers. In invoking her name
We invoke yours feeling that, in imita-
ting you, we initiate our own ancestors,
and that VIC shall show ourselves worthy
OF them in proportion as We resemble
you. w
Though separated from you, Ameri-
cans, by mighty oceans, We are drawn
hear to you by your virtues. We feel
you to be nearer TO us than the nations on
our frontiers, and we regard you as
friends, fellow-citizens, i,no brethren, be-
cause You are Just, benevolent, and gene
ro'is: Just, for you are free--benevo-
lent and generous, for your laws arc the
laws ofthe gosps. Your freedom does
not rest on the slavery Of other nations,
nor your happiness on their oppression
and woes. On the contrary, free and
prosperous yourselves, you wish that all
men should partake these blessings, and
enjoy the rights which nature intended
for all. 1t is YOU who first asserted these
rights, and you have frs, again recog-
nized them, in restoring to the oppressed
fricans The character oil men. Il 10
your example which has led Europe to
abolish that shameful and cruel traffic in
human flesh; from you that she learns
the lessons OF justice and the duty of re-
forming her absurd and sanguinary Gus
toms. This glory, Americans, is ex-
clusively yours, and cxa,s you above all
the nations renowned for good govern
ment and freedom.
It's now for you to perfect your glory
in aiding us to purge Greece from the
barbarians who for four centuries have
polluted it. Surely, il is worthy OF you
10 discharge the duty of al, civilized ma
tons, in cxpelling ignorance and barbari.
ty from the native soil OF the arts AMI OF
freedom.
You will not initiate the culpablc in
difference, or rather the long continued
ingratitude, of some European nations.
No; the country of Penn, o. Franz. lin,
and OF Washington, cannot refuse her
aid to the descendants of Phocion,
Thrasybulus, Aratus, and Philopemcn.
You have already evinccd your conf
dence in them, by sending your children
to their schools. You know with what
Joy they have been received, and the
steady kindness and attention OF which
they have becnthe objects. Ifihcy have
done this in bondage, what will not be
their friendship and attachment to you,
when by your aid they shall have burst
their letters {? Greece will then offer you
the advantages which you would seek in
vain from her ignorant and ferocious OPP
pressors. The ties of fraternity and
kindness will for ever unite the Grecians
and the Americans and our mutual in
terests are such as to strengthen for ever
an alliance founded on liberty and virtue.
Kalamata, May IS, (June g. 1921.
ESigned tesa
The Nlessenian Senate ofKaiamata.
PETER MAYROMICHALES.
Commander in Chief.
Such is the Proclamation issued from
that norton of the Morea. which has