The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-01-23
I.YNCnnuRe, JANUARY y.


TUE GREEKS.
It il certainly poi At all cNtraoflsAfy
zhat the ciiizens ~ the Unftcd st1trs, ft'e
themselves, should feel IN eu'Eifst aes'fe
10 arr The people of other couniflcs throw
of tie oke which elga and ieh6ioas
tyfannY cagihihcd i.hYr imposed upon
diem. In Esnope, the last prop uPon
which rested the liberties OF the people,
and the l,opes 81 mankind, has heen over
Thrown by Shr league 81 uuholy drspoi'
which sits in.iudgnitnt upon thu drsiimes
,oftbe Gontineni aud mods mo humiliation
the rfIorta Of men, who, actuatrd by the
laudahle desire nl reforming the abuses
which bad crept into ia rotten monarrhies
an the Epse ef ages had risrnlik metoors
IN a cloudy atmosphere, and, cashns Tor
aN hile q glirnnfsring light Hpon til chOtas
which enfoblrd their enrrglfs, and upon
vhe degradation which sn"tsrred Their
pride, have sunk into the quAgmlfes from
whence they sprHng. fbe contest now,
in whatever country tsbei"rr zen thr Spirit
Of Despotism and the Genius oi Freedom.
The frie Asis of each are bound Ia marshal
1hclnselvcs under one 81 the standards,
phy sically or msrdy. There IS no inter
mediate STATE. g" They who arr not for
US, are against us." IsAt wonderful, then,
that The Gretk Fin spreads throughout the
Union The standard oi freedom -
raised on high ihr' land of EpaminondHs
and Milt,adcs --.0f Scion. and lyctrGus--
of Socrates and 4.rcricies-Rnh shgil war
riors, law glsern and the. philosophers ct
the new continent wh-rr II alone waves
. undlsturhed, be- backward Ia mapllrstlng
Their interest IN us progress aud stability :
Throughout TIN union Nc see an answer
"a this question, such a. every wall Wishrr
20 the cause shnuld hr Pro''l to see. The
cit zens ct ucarl all our toWus, both IN
their individual ADD cnrparair capaclilrs,
urc subserlbl1J largely IL thr Fund, which
" few patriotic indn ida,as ~ FIST stnricdi
aud the impulse Ia Which thcy eise ris' has
spread like IN electric shock from New
.0rl-ans tv Mnne. Nirgtha aleur stands
with folded AIMS, and hrhOlds The effort
IN liking without participating IN II. The
cries af ia" oppressed Greek, aud the rN
ultaton Of the barharous Turk, are heard
"a saln. IN tn. =" OIL pomnlion.' Shall
this state Of apathy continue We hope
not, and &c heliNc Il MA not. In Rich
mond, ~ tue thsaHcr of more circtual AID,
Ayc afe glad 10 sc fhn The officers of the
e." kigif igGlaGl Biaes,n an lproient and
highly respect lblrt dluntcer ompany ,hayt
called n meet ~ for the purpose Of raising
a contrihuttu1, ~ be thrown into the gene
raj fund and IN LyHchbtrg, an elloIt is II
boa 10 toe made in aid of the praise wor
Thy object. In the language Of the En-
quirer, we ash, " Shall the spirit of GA
Nltl1nns sleep On tins occasion Shall Nr
gina, who has generally been the first Il
sympathize with the liberties of the human
race, br The Isl on This interesting occa
sluns Ii not for the CAUSE Of liberty
not tor the Gaepks-let us do something
Un our own '#eouul, thdacter = somH
thing IT : r"r than character itatl
IS thu gen roas pRbiie spirit which consti
TUT. ne very kfe aud soul aud power of n
Zee states. The mnaey which WE ma,
contribute 10 the Greeks, Will he repaid L
rs with intrrest--it vii be rcptid ia tht
pride and holnnrys ot conscious virtue
%hfeh vuuobirs - uatfnn IN VIII As indlvi
duals. Let IL lose stsht lur one momen
Of our ilre he.r,.uFs On thu rfesidrntil
question: IY olarr 90 unit oGs feelings /
~ eausr of the Greeks, the eause ot Tia
D}haie human raec
In New York, philadelphia, Baltimore
Bust,n, Washington, Alexandria,, Charles
ton Hartford, g., sc thousands of dollar
have hecu contributed and we are SAT
guine in the belief hit ere long We sha
be enabled In did Lynchhmg, Richmond
Ietofsburg aud hofcik.