The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-30
and thrive under the influence of its Social

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Soldier? Who can set price upon the prize
they won-upon the incstimable blessings
they have drawn down upon us ?-and when
it must be acknowledged that it is "jewel
without price," ask again, what do we not
owe them? Do we not owe debt that
we shallnever be able topay ?-Yes Then,
since we cannot pay the principle let us pay
the interest, which shall be care, kindness,
attention, &c. and as they gradually sink in
to an eternal sleep, let the warm philanthro-
pic hand of every American be extended to
soften the pillow under their venerable
heads.
Oh, I have heard my aged sire recount
the tolls of these eventful days. He was one
who experienced the horrors of the times
"thc times that tried mems SOULS" and so
was Gen. William Barton. Often when he
has told me of this gallant Chieftain's deeds,
| have wished that / were he. He was
brave and daring soldier, and one who de-
|
ioying in his old age the liberty his valor won
mark his fate.-Doomedb by a confinement
of twelve years to inhale the pestilcntial at
mosphere of a gloomy prison-torn from the
bosom of his family, from the arms Of his
wife, from thc---I was going to say,
society of friends. Alas, my country, where
arc they ?-Thcy fell on Bunkcr's height, or
on the fields of Saratoga-They have long
since left thee brave patriot. Yet trust there
is one still living-thy associate in arms, the
brave, the virtuous, the magnanimous LA
Fayctte. He has come to unbar thy prison
doors, the bolts Of which have rusted il their
sockets for so many years, to restore thee
to thy aged partner. Shame OH the country,
which for twelve years has winked at the
abuse practiscd upon this venerable hero,
who like the brave old 81. Cioir, has been
left to drag out his days in pcnury and want
Shame America.
What must be the feelings OF Gen. BARTON,
when he beholds the pomp and display in
) honor of La Fayette, the co-partncr of his
describe them, While the name Of La Fay
cite is raised to the skies, and every city,
town, and hamlet, pays him honor at his
, approach-whilc the whole nation hocks to
greet him as the hero of ~, the champion
of America, and the friend of Washington
what say they Of Gen. BARTON, who is now
confined in filthy prison in the town o.
Danvile, in Vermont, where he has been fol
t7vciye gears, for bill of costs, perhaps o
triling amount.
regret that the writer Of the follow
ing has not given to the public the name o
the merciless wretch who has thus tramplet
: upon the liberty of his venerable bcnefactol
REPUBLICA
. .qaother Revolutionary General aLre-bW IN dI
c hess.--Aftcr noticing the paragraph which al
n nounces that Gen. Sumpter one of the gencr;
. officers of the revolution is still alive as it has bee
often said that La Fayette was the only ono;
i writer in the Hartford, Conn Times, remarks
o sin addition to the above, permit me to dc
>. clare, that editors OF newspapers, the people an
government ITSELF seem also to have forgotte
5 General William I}arton, of Providence, r. /; VIII
II instead of being surrounded by his grand chi
a dren,' is, to this day and has been for twelve sue
l. ccssiyc wears past, imprisoned for heavy bills {
% costs in the town Of Danvllc, in the state OF Nc
IS mont This revolutionary hero, now apout z
Il Years of age, in the year 1777 at the risk of HI
reputation and life planned and carried into ciieo
the bold cnterprze OF capturing Mai. Gcneri
d Prescott of the British army, whose head quarter
J. ut that time, were on the island of Rhode lsant
y The chief bicct of this undertaking TO obtal
a British officer Of equal rank with view to c
" fec: the exchange OF that valuable soldier, VIII
d had been taken the proceeding ycar-For tn
,s heroic act he was presented with swolu and rt
ctycd the thanks 0fcongress But is this cnougl
How many thousands would have been pal
l. for tho redemption Ct Green Shall the vcnclabl
q old patriot be suffered to linger out the remain
der Of his DAYS deprived Of that liberty and thos
- privileges, to obtain which, he performed sol mucl
: and riskcd Ills ALL Forbid it our country! Forbl
A. Il La Fave;tc For one word from Mee to OF
"a rorernaent in hisbchlt, would restore this hoai
veteran to an anxious family-to the bosom Of a
alicctionatc wife, who still, at the age of Y,
st sides at Providence, indulging a faint hope th'
N She NAV vet before death, see the face OF that b
loved husband. from whom she has now been SCI
lie aratcd for twelve long and tedious years. Is ther
t. no rctleemng spirit 20 intcrcede for the untortl
c nate prisoner La Fayette, listen to my feebl
:, voice. and to the invaluable services which 70
y have heretofore render to our country, aM tn
Is one morc of restoring of your brother oliicei
in II, to liberty and to his family"
- See Marshall's Life of Washington.