Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-06-02


through all the moup,aius--iet the va.li.s
resoupd the terrible din Of our arms Eu-
rope VIII admire our valor, and our trem.
bling and debased enemies will fly before
US.
The civilized people of Europe are busy
IN laying the foundations Of their own hap
piness, and, full OF gratitude for the benefits
they received from our ancestors, desire the
liberty of Greece. Showing ourselves wor-
thy OF our vHtuous ancestors, and Of the age,
we hope to deserve their support aud their
and; and many of them, parisens Of our Ii.
oerty, will come 10 fight by our side.. Let
the hrst powers protect our rights. You
Will see, even among our enemies, some
who will turn their backs on them, and will!
join u.s.. drawn on by the Justice of our
cause. Let them present themselves with
sincerity, and our country will receive them
into her bosom. What, then, holds back
your powerful arm? The enemy is weak
and without courage, without vigor /: our
Generals are skiitul, ana the whole nation,
filled with enthusiasm
Assemble, valiant and generous Greeks
Let the stional phalanxes form. let the pa
triotic legions present themselves, and YOU
will see the old Colossi OF despotisln fall of
themselves before our victorious standards
Io'he sound OF our trumpet, echo will an
swer from all the shores of the seas of lonia
and the Egean. The Greek ships, which
IN time OF peace, knew how TO trade and fis chit.
will spread fire and sword through all The
ports OF the tyssDt, terror and death. What
Oreek friend will hear with Indifference the
Call OF his country ? At Rome, friend of
C9saT's, shelving the bloody garment of the
tyrant, reused tie people TO enthusasm.-
What will yoa do then, Greeks You.
whose country, stripped q her vestments.
shews her wounds, aGd with a broken voice
implores the help of her children Provi
dence, my dear fellow citizens, taking pity
on our mSfortunes has so combined affairs.
that with little trouble and efforts, we shall
De able to acquire with liberty every happi
ness. 1t then, By an objectionable indifIer.
ence, we do not lake advantage of them, the
tyran:, become more furious, will multiply
MS strength, and we shall be forever the
most wreched OF all nations.
Turn your eyes, fellow citizens. and OBJ
serve our deporable situation see our tenn
piles defiled, our children torn from cor arms
by our barbarouS tyrants for their shameful
pleasures our houses despoi!ed our fields
devastated, and ourselves vile slaves. 1t is
Tune TO break an insupp ortaoe yoke, 10 de.
liver our Country to throw down the ere.
scent from its height to elevate the cross.
the standard by which we may still conquer,
and thus avenge our country and our holy
religion, from the PROCLAMATION and the mock
cry Of bsbariaos.
Among ourselves, the most noble is he
VITO would most braveiy defend the rights
OF his country, and who would most use.
iu,'y serve 1t. The assembled nation will
direct It's friends, and to a supreme tribunal
all our actions vii. be subjected.
the rich sacrifice portion of their wealth.
Let the ministers of religion excite the peo-
pie by their own example. Let the learned
contribute by their useful couuse.; and
let cur brethren who serve foreign powers.
either in military or civil capacity, each
take his leave OF the power whom he serves
and all united run the brill. nj csTeer " hicf
now opens 20 then. Let them each ~,
to his country the tribute which is due 70
her. Let US arm ourselves without dslav
with our ancient valor, and promise. in a
short time, victory, and with 1t every haopi.
ness. Where shall be found those merce.
naries and vile slaves who would dare to on
pose nation combating for It's own indie
peDdence Witness the heroic efforts OF
our ancestors. Witness Spain, which, sin
gle and alone conquered the invincible pha.
lanx of tyrant.
holy religion, obedience to The laws, and 10
the Chiefs, noble bravery and constancy,
assure us of victory. 1t will crown with
laurels ever veTdant, orr heroic Efforts
Ii will engrave in Inefiscible characters, our
names In the Temple Of Immortality, for
the example OF future generations. The
country will rec0mpence her true children
who obey he's voice, by the price Of glorv
and OF honor. But she will reprove as illigit.
innate, and as Asiaiic bastards, those who
shew themselves deaf and disobediept 70
her call, ABANDONING their name like that of
traitors, to the maledictlon of posteri-
ty.
Let US recalleet, brave and generous
GTeeks, the liberty of the cassck land of
Greece; the battles of Marathon and Their.
mope'9 4; let us combat, on the tombs o.
eur ancestors, who to leave Us free, fought
and died. The blood of our tyraBts is dear
to the shades of the Theban Epaminondas,
and Of the Athenesn Trasybulus, who con.
quered and destroyed the thirty tyrants-to
those Of Harmonious, and Aristogiton, who
broke the yoke of Pisistratus-tc that of
Timoleon, who restored liberty to Cornlh
and to yrscuse-aboye all to those of Mil.
tiades, Thenistocles, Leonidas, and the
three hundred who Tnsssaered co many
times their number of the innumerabe ar
my of the barbarous Persiaps-the hour IL
come to destroy their successors, more bar.
barous, and still more detestable. Let us
do this or perish. To arms then, my friends, !
your country calls you. Sighed I
ALEX. YSfLANTf.
Jas'y, Feb. %, March n 1921.