The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-08-21

Of human ingenuity tina! has ever been exhib.
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From the National Advocate.
The Gveeks-We live in enlightened and
tolerant times we look back on the horrors
and tsnaiicism OF the darker ages with dis
gust and ibdigna,ioQ. Religion and learning
uni,e their mild and benign virtues, and are
spreading their influence over The globe tho
lights Of civilization are dissipsting the mists
Of ignorance, and bright era in huInsn hisio.
~ may confidently be predicted. Yet who
can read the account ot Turkish barbaritics
a. published in our paper, who can hear Of
the massacre, the bloody end inhuman de-
struc,ion OF 10000 msn, women and children,
nnd not believe that the days Of Alaric, oil
r. finis, Of the Goths snd Vsndals, have bsen
revived Modern times present no scene so
revolving, so horrible. No island in the Arch.
ipclsEo was so rich end beautiful as Scio.
The climate pure and serene: the fields COW
e,ed with evergreen the vino and The olive
eoiwia,og their branches, and mingling their
rich and refreshing iruita; the golden har.
vest; The make and the rnillct waving in
luxurisnce; the happy cottages OF the hus-
bandDan ; the grace!ui and light habitstions
Of the rich the splendid palaces OF the great;
the numerous churches and converts, sta,0ss,
atlas and temples, all are 10 ruins; the torch
Of .hs incendary has laid every thing waste,
and rufhans have carried tho inhabitants into
| horr'd and degrading captivity.
| 1t appears from oil accounts ths, the 10.
I habitsnis of Scio had remained neutral in The
contest between ,ne Turks x SeSeks; they
had sffo, ded no aid TO their countNy ymeu, bot
L =. II ~s~k, ~.
sitions, end had every claim to Turkish pro-
lection; they were unasmcd and defenceless,
and they were selected on that account as
suitable objects OF Turkish Vengeance. While
the unofending Inhabitants were TRANQUILITY
reposing on their rich island; while the harp
was heard in those vallies where Homer
sung aud while the tender mother bekeid
her smiling offspring sportively playing on
the margin OF the deep green moon,sin,
powerful band OF Turkish incendiatics landed,
and with shrieks and i'nPreca.ions, cut the
oats Of the aged snd youog the priest a,
| the alta, the infant in the cradle violated
female innocence, and carried into captivity
The grsce, the f.shioD, The beauty Of the is
land; turning the notes Of joy into lansn,a.
tions and 20, end compelling the most rein.
| cd sod elegant oil Grecfan women TO become
the inmates Of Disgusting Harem.
The smoking ruins end the impurpled
| fields OF Scio ore monoments Of Turkish vii.
iainy and religious bigo,ry.
/ Who is TO blame whose sword is 10 a.
| vepge this T? who IS to make retribuiion for
| these acts OF horrora No one. We are
!, taugh, to believe that the principles OF chris
| tisniiy are 80 q cement which binds man 70
man in bonds Of brotherly love that in de.
fence Of the injured, in protection of their
rights, in support OF their religion, they are
ready TO stand by each o,her. Alas no peo.
pie are mote divided than Christians.
From the Bosphorus 10 the Gulf Of Per.
sis-Gom the mountains Of Morocco TO the
Red SEQ, the Musseiu'en fiy to the pro,ec-
ton and support OF each other their seine.
tsrs move with one impulse yet the exam.
pIe is lost en- more intelligent, more refined
people.
While the murders Of The Greek pa,riarchs
and bishops were perpel'a,ing--whiIe the
blood Of christians was staining the streets Of
cities end villages in Scio, the Emperor Of
Russis---,he "eeliverer Of Europc"--ihe
head Of the holy alliance, had 500, 600 Chris.
tisn soldiers within few days march Of Con-
/ stsn,inopie; Great B'itsin, +" the bulwssk Of
our religion" had ten OF twenty sail oi war
like ships ia the neighborhood Of Scio; Aus.
tris had 100000 men under srms, and yet
with all this disposable force by sea and land
with the " Holy Alliance 5" with the Z" mis-
tress Of the seas" the patron cf missionary
and bible societies, the protectors OF The cross,
could not . barbsrous, monstroos msssacie,
BY villains, be prevsslsd; . massacre under
their very eyes,
We thus perceive how Q divided, Jealous
people soay be detssted BY subordinate mum.
bsrs {; how tyranny and assassination can defy
opposition and punishment.
Thsse thioss never would have hsppsned