Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-30

published from the pen of the emperor are
all fabrcati0ns, as his manuscripts had not
been communicated To any person, and were
still In their possession.
GREECE.
The late victory obtained by the Greeks
over the Turks, which is represented To have
been very decisive, and attended with CON
siderable bloodShcd, is stated in private letters
received in London, 10 have been obtained
IN the enyrons of Casandra. The Monks of
Mount Athos appear TO have greatly contrib
nted to the success ofthe engagement. They
animated the Grecians by exhibiting crosses.
and with their voices and gestures, which in
splred them with courage bordering on ru-
~, and led to the complete overthrow of the
followers of the prophet.
1t IS now pretty evident, that the Greeks
have heen abandoned by all the European
powers to the .Jatieyty protection of the FUR
klsh Divan, and that, IN fact, il was never the
Intention OF any membcr OF the holy alli-
ance" 10 assist thcm either with their forces
or with their advice in their efforts to Obtain in
dependence. Not SD with the people of Eu-
rope ; they have evhced every disposition tn
ha, with demonstrations Of ioy the re-appcar-
ancc on the public scene, OF the descendants
oil the first instructors Of Europe. liz Eng
land the voice o. the nation has been declared
in their favor, and il has we believe been The
fear OF Russia alone, that has prevented thou
sands from embarking in their cause In Ger
many, particularly in the Prussian states, the
most enthusiastic declarations were avowed.
subscriptions entered into, and hundreds ur
StauehtS volunteered, TO promote It cause
which even III that country is no longer con-
! sdcred criminal. Even the censors of the
press of Prussia suffered several articles, ia
vorabe to the emanci patton of the Greeks, To
he inserted III the public journals
NO doubt, therefore, remains that the cause
OF Greece Is felt by every nation in Europe, TO
be the cause of the human race. Aud al
though, from the jealousy that exists among
the relgnlng soveregns, and, probably, from
their desire to oppose all innovation on estab-
ilshed systems, they are no way inclined to
throw obstacles in the way of the Turkish
government, but would rather wish it success
10 Its endeavours to subdue the rising spirit of
ureece; yet II seems pretty evident, from
the successful resistance hitherto presented bv
the latter, that more than an ordinary chance
exists OF their being able 10 triumph over their
oppressois.
1t is Obvious that matters have proceeded
too far 10 admit any reconciliation between
the Turks and the Greeks The former will
never forgive the latter they have nothing
therefore, TO look for but utter determination.
II they should fail ofsucces. In such circum
stances, 1t IS evident that the Grecians have
every inducemnnt, liberty and even life itself.
al stake in this eyentful struggle. and that. in
ilnenced by such pow erful motives they VIII
not yield to their Oppressors until thew have
tried their utmost strength.
In this patriotic spirit we find prociama-
ton OF ipsiianti, transmitted from Corfu, in
the month Of August last, in which he emphat-
caily reminds his officers and soldiers thai
'hey had taken up arms to defend their reli-
Son and their country, and that all their eff
forts must aim at the overthrow Of tyranny.
" Let us combat, continues he, those who on
pose our deiiyerance, but let us protect with a
generosity worthy OF Greeks, and treat as
friends the pcaceable Mussumcn or those who
surrender themselves on condition to contin-
ne so. Reinain always worthy of Greece
and of the cause which you defend"
The Austrian government, Jealous, no doubt
OIL ali intercourse with people ayowIng i;b-
eral sentiments has issued peremptory man
Gatc, prohibiting all persons from embarking
at Trieste for Greece. Those who wish to
so there are, therefore, compelled Ia take the
route OF Leghorn or Marseilles
by accounts from Vienna, ofthe 9th Sep
TENDER, it appears, that a Greek Journal has
been established at Calamata, entitled Tbe
Greek Trumpet, which has excited no small
alarm in the breasts Of the Austrian and ,Ft,r
klsll despofs. Both seem to have fellow
feeling as to the dangers, likely to arise to
them, from the existence of free press in
the near vicinity of So many thousands of
slaves, over whom Ignorance has given them
an arbitrary control
In late number Of the Scotsman, publish
ed at Edinburgh, there is an eloquent and an
mated appeal to the soyereigns and peopIc of
Europe IN hehaIf Of the Greeks, The great
length OF which preclrdes its insertion entire
ID our columns. The following extracts can
not be perused without exciting feelings ofthe
most lively interest towards the descendants
oi d people who were Onces so illIsfrious among
the nations of the earth:
The bondage Of the modern Greeks is =
disgrace to the nations cf c,lzed Europe
we have millions ready to spend in settling
the boundary line between the territories OIL
TWO crazy dcspols, or in adjusting the ri ..ht to
purchase few wild Catskins ON the Other
SIDE OF the globe, while we are suffering the
last remnant tie most iIlusrious race the
world ever saw, the children of those who
were our precePtors in art and science, and
VINO have exalted hlHnan nature by The splen-
dour oil their virtues, 10 be annihilaied by a
des"laiing tyranny, from which slight effort
would deliver them. The heroic resistance
which the Greeks made To- the Persians saved
ihc infant arts from ruin, and rendered all flu
lure generations their debtors. Literature. SCI
ence and philosophy SILL foel at this day, the
beneficial effects of the glorious achievements
oil Marathon, Thermopyle, and Salamis.
Would those universities and great schools |
OF Europe, which owe so much 10 tine ancient
Greeks, but contribute thctthe of one years |
revenue TO rescue the descendants Of that H. |
instrious race from slavery, they might once |
more assume name among the. nations, No. |