The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-02-12
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THE GREEKS.

-sh,cb was infended TO he spoken al one OF
;rs little Sosie,issijn this tow0, despous oi
promo'ing he Greek fond. 81
FELLOW CSTIzEss--It was lately ssked.
tI bope no. with auy ssies,sic .eve'iiy,) if the
voice Of ioja cd. hamilio,ed, deg aded Greece
h,s been heard here? The snswef Is ready
i has been hesrd--not only here, bot whef-
ever vit'ue, truth, fortitude, and Suffering he.
roism find dfiisnds--wherever corresponding
sentiments arc known to exist IN symps'bis-
ing boyoms--whe'ever the name oil freedom
is dear TO the human hesrt-whereyer the'e
~ a deiests'ion Of ty' amy, contempt OF stu
pid igno'snce and disspptobs,ion OF is~iess
rbsrity. The voice oi Greece ut the pres
snt day Is M Other than The voice OF hu'psni.
y itself Il is responded immedia'ely by The
cha, sc,c is,ic ardor and boldness Of eve'y no.
Die osuro. Her claim on our compassion is
sufficient, on account of her distress, She
has sustained unparalleled brutal ha'dships
and privalions-yes end she Is hourly grosn-
log under them--iill the cop OF Inflic,lon aud
iHnomiDy which Is even now almost exhsust-
Cd will soon be d, unk, to the biuet d'egs--
aoIess . consoling eo,nlo,,es should be found
in tho patriotic spirit OF civilized nations.
FROM whom has she borne ,he wors, Of insults,
oi eoo,urneiy, snd death! Barbarian hands
have given tho cruel sttokc--hsve been un.
csssipgly imb' Ued 10 tho sresDl0g lie blood
VI her deares, offspring who, made victims
10 the Mus,olman sabre, are trsmpled under
the unfceling, Implying tread OF The Infdel
toot. CSsc,ous God how innyme'sbie, how
,mmen,e, how past description, the horrors
and sgonies which brfai, which coovolss, sgi.
tate and destroy he well being and precafious
r hstn All
Ch,,iian people, whose bowels ought TO
ycarn in mercy towards them, refuse ihem
ibo poor piiisnce Of . tcsr--Nand by with
cold indi ference, and sec them, TO sausfy tho
rage Of infuria,ed. disbolicai, ,nfs' ma, malice,
buichered like the brute be,s's OF tho held,
though onresis,ipg and unoffend,ngf What
countless mauy's have died WI hin sight of
the blessed cross--hive been nailed in imi,a.
,lon end mockefy>uf that Divine Saviour they
worshippej, 20 the cursed tree OF c'ue'hx'oo
---hsvc been dragged, mangled snd mu'Iia'ed'
through the ,treets--tormeD,ed With living
fre--,nd consigned to Distraction. The pa.
Uisrch, whose venerable locks were toned
gray, was ssssssina,ed, with the holy word oi
G ID in his mouth, st the consects,td altar
and hung, "a spectacle surprising bctei } be-
tore thu portal of bis own church, Whose
stiffensd pulses do not freeze whose tides Of
benumbed circulation ors not chilled, or roll
not bach at tho shocking fechai! y IN
speakable inpieiy-O y ba,phcmous sscri.
lege-O! more than gothic mo- der and des-
oiaiio0! Temp'es, the abode OF Omnpo
ience, have been laid vase m The dus'--p'Dn-
ts,ions and whole citIes snnih,ls,ed by the
sword and devouting 4 ,me--lhe wretched IN
habtsn,s who survived, been obliged 10 BY
or to hover in constant dtesd ct their 'ush
leH, unforsiving enemy, among the smoking
ruios. The veil from virgin purity has been
,.nt--snd thousands, OF high rsuk, who,e
besr,,fu, female 10, ms would haze served Ms
rnodels 10 Leuxi~ or Appelles, Tor an en-
chanting Venus, though chasie as Dians, sold
10 inexotable slavery, or p'ositu,sd, 'Oth.n
like, IN ,hc open 5a<a~, 10 the ,ndisc'im'nate
lus,s sod mo, dinste spps,ites Of sbominable
snimsls in human shape. '.t
Bu, the copious G. eoisn language would
fsii--,he tongue Of De,pos,hsne> would be
mu,e--'he pen OF Xcnopbon OF Thucyd,des
could not ,elate--'he muse OF poesy, even ot
lIomer himself, must sirk under the task OF
desc thing in immov,al verse, such unsquslled
enormuie.. Wuh the modesty OF tho ancient
psinter Who teh unfinished the picture when
NO enJcovcrs of his owu had been wanting to
complete the g,eatDcss Of h,s pisn--l draw
the cartain Silence Is, on this head, the
most impressive etquence Statesmen, he.
roes end free ehistns OF oil cououies to you
! appeal. Lovers Of sciences and The 6ne
acts you who en,'anced in delightful, pleas.
ing, en- husissIie dcesms, transported through
. series Of ages, revisit Athens in her Qioly,
snd wander beneath the classic shades OF a.
esdemus--or taste The wste,a OF Helieon at
hs inspi'ing foun,! Whence do 20 derive
those impetishsbie models you possess and
hold forever sacred, of ell that Is eIegoOt, NJ.
bic and p'sise.wortby, In eve'y brunch Of your
respective studies! To Greece we are in.
deoed fos the 6rst and some ot the mos,
sNinicg examples Of liberal copsWu,ion ADD
Republican Government. Where 10 yout
grauud-, msn OF America II you desert the
csuse Of ibe descendants OF Peticiss, Of Aris.
tides ard Themosticles /! Who koows but 10
the .successes ofa CImoo, or some Other mag
nsnimous Grecisn, you rbsy owe the naval
victories of voos Autl lvnt,rH Ilscatur. vosiF