Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-10-27
From the Boston Daily haUertiser.
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
M LOO EA1IA r-r,
MESSENIAN SENATE.

The following proclamation addressed bv
The Messenian Senate at Kslamata. to ,hr
citizens Of the United States, has been sent
IN the original modern Greek & in French
translation, to gentleman in this town. with
request to have il Published and circulated
o TIN. country. Thr letter in which the pro
clamation was forwarded contains the follow
ing remarks:
Humanity is expecting its revival from
'hr New World But, however your ex-
ample may suffice o others, we. in our ore.
sect straits, need also your aid. How glo
rIous will 1t be to your coultry to co operate
IN the work pf Liberation of the Greeks. in
which She other powers have remained in.
sehsbe to the voice of instice, pieiy and hu.
'nanity! The glory alone Of such deed
would be an ample reward But,he Greek,
save never shown ,hem-eIves ungrateful. or
wanting in the duty of acknowledge emen,.-
And as ihey formerly crowned the friendly
cities with crowns of gold, and bonored the n
with precedence at the assemblies and games.
so they will agaio honor and crown their
friends and allies
This letter subscribed by p Epites sdepu.
y OF he Grecian gen rails and by A. Koray.
Bagorides ard N. Pikoio. The letter is
10 The hand writing Of Kor4y; and i. written
IRON Paris. The proclamation is as follows.
Citizens Of tie U. States of 41mericq,
In taking the re.ululion to live and die fer
liberty, we feel ourselves drawn toward YOU
by natural sy mpatby. II is amorg YOU iha,
liberty h.. found her abode, and she is wor.
shipped by You as by our fathers, IL iovok.
ing her name we invoke yours; feeling tina in
initiating yea I'VE initiate DOR own ancestors.
snd that shall show ourselves worthy of
them u proportion "a we resemble you.
Tho' separated from you, Americana, BY
mighty oceans, I've are drawn near TO you by
your virtues. We feel gou 10 be nearer to
as than The nations on Our frontiers, and we
regard 700 as irisOds, fellow citizens, and
brethren, because yon are just, benevolent
and sensroui. just, for you are Sree-Be.
neVolent and generous, for your law. are the
laws OF the gospel Your freedom does no,
rest on the slavery of other natiors, nor
your happiness on their oppression and woes
Tn the Contrary, free and prosperous YOUR.
selves, yon wisb tha, all men should parlske
OF these blessing, and enjoy The right. which
nature intended for all. IL 10 Won who first
asserted these rights, and you who have first
ega'n recognized ,hem, in restoring Tn the
oppressed africans the character Of men
~ IS your example which has led Ensope 10
sbolish tha, shameful and cru. ira ffic in bu.
man iiesh: from you, that she learns the les,
sons Of justice and the duty Of reforming her
oos"rd and sanguDsry customs. tn, glo-
ry, Americans, is exclusively yours, and ex.
alis you above all the nations renowned for
good government and freedom,
It's now for you to perfect your glory, in
aiding TO purge Greece from the barbara
ans, WHO for four centuries have polluted IT.
Surely il is worthy Of you to discharge The
duty Of ell civilized nations, in expelling IL.
norsnce anu barbarity from the native soil of
the arts and Of freedom. You will Hot imi
tate the cnlpsbe Indifference, or rather the
Ione continued insra,itude Of some Europe
an oadons. No, the country Of Peno, of
franklin, and Of Washington, cannot refuse
her aid to the descendants Of Phocion, Three
'ybulus, Arstus, and PbiIop@meu. You
have already e-inced yo0r confidence in
them, b} sending your children to their
schools. You know with what Joy they have
been received, and The steady indness aud
attention Of which they have been the 90.
ecls: II they haze oone this in bondage,
wbs' will not be their friendship end attach.
rnent to yon, when by your aid they shall
have burst their fetters Greece VIII then
offFT you the advantages, which you would