Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-08
OFFICIAL DocuME.rs s.
AND PBOSPaCTS OF
THE GREEK


THE GREEK.
THE following Correspondence 10, gs pt ~ she Dneu-
transmitted by the rresidsn 20 be ,u,e Of RE-
personalities, in Pursuance Of cal upon
nation touching the Condition and PrU,p,cts Of the
Greeks.l
Ertroci Of n letter from M Rush cur .l:tnisisr
IN I.ondon, 10 Mir. .ii'ims, Secretary 81 S,Gte,
dated
"LoNpoN, February %. 1898.
received ,ne day before yesterday, "a pa
per, of when copy il enclosed. addressed To
you, by Andr"as i.uriuitis, AN agent ar d,pu-
ty from CorInth, on behalf of the cause uf the
Greeks.
Ii will he perceived that, after describing the
general nature of the revolution nnw going on
In Greece, the object nj the paper is, To solicit
AID OF the United States. and the establish
m"nt of diplomatic connexions with them
rms gentleman, who has recently arrived
IN London, brought me Il letter of introduce
ton from General Dearborn, at Lisbon, and
l received him in a manner due tn the inter
esting character which he bears. I assured
him that the foi tunes of his country wer. dear
to the people of the Uuiied States, who. che
rlshlng the freedom which they themselves
lnhel tied and enjoyed, locke with the warm
est sympathy upon the struggle nf the Greeks
Tor their national liberties and that the go-
this feeling. OF the latter, considered the
late mention of the subject by the President.
in his message TO Congress, at the opening Of
the session, as the authentic proof
To the inquiries of Mr.. Luriottis, whether
my Government would open political or di-
pionafic relations with his, at the present day.
replied, that this formed point on which /
was wholly uniformed, and could not under
lake to give my opinien. That it involved
considerations of expediency, as applicable TO
the United States, we'll as of advantage. or
otherwise, as applicable To the Greek cause it,
self, that would be maturely weighed AT
Washington, before any decision could he
pronounced. All that | could saw, was. TO
rtiierate the assurance of the friendly Interest,
That was felt amongst us, for tie success ofth-
cause IN which his country was embarked :
ahd adterted 10 the part which my govern
ment had acted, IN relation To- the South Am.-
rlcan sirnSgie-a part much in advance of
that ofany other governmrnt-as IA sure in
dIcation that IL could feel no backwardness i'm
welcoming, when the proper day arri, ed th,
newborn freedom of Greece, into the family
OIL nations. In the end, | Informed him. that
| would gladly become the organ of transmit
ting tn my government whatever distinctive
overtures or communication he nigh, defer
mine To make To it-a request which. in the
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made ofme. These overtures he has SET firth
N The paper enclosed.
| MIR. lIuriolis dwell with confidence upop
the advances which his country has made in
Tie career oi her ndependence--advance the
| more solid and encouraging, as they have been
won amidst formidable difficulties. by the
mere unassisied efforts of her own vaIor and
constancy. Since the capture of Napo de
R"manIa, the strongest fortress which the
Turks had IN the hlorra, he seemed to consi-
der That the cause of independence was nlac-
ed upon sure basis. The Greeks, since this
event, have removed the seat of their govern
ment from Csrinth, where il mas fixed a, FIRST
to Napoli."
'8ndreas Luri'tt,s, Enpoy Of he Provisional
Government Greece, to the Honorable John
Quincy adams, Secretary Of Stale 10 The q
niied States Of .America.
SIR: feel no slight emotion, while. in be
nall OF Greece, my country, struggling for III
dependence and liberty, address myself To
the United States of America
| Inc independence for which we combat
you have achieved. The liberty 10 which we
look, with anxious solicitude. you have OBJ
tanned, and consolidated in peace and in glory.
YET Greece, Old Greece, the seat of early
civilization and freedom, stretches on, her
hands, lmporinS, tn land which sprung in
To being, as IT were ages after her own lus-
ire HAD been exiInguIshed and ventures to
nope, that the youngest and most vigorous
sons OF iIberty will regard, with no common
sympathy, the efforts of the descendants of
the heir and the elder born, whose prrcepts
and whose example have served-ihuugh in
suihcien; hitherto, for our complete rrgenera
tIon-to resenerate haIfa world.
L know, sir, that the sympahirs of the zen
np.A ,,,F a.. 4
extensively directed towards us ; and siIrp |
nave reached this country, an interview with
their Minister, Mr.. Rush, has served Ia con-
vince me, more strongly, how great their
claim Us on our gratitude and our Affection
May hope that some means NAV be Gornd
to communicate these our feelings of which I
am 50 proud 10 be the organ? We will sill
venture 10 rely on their friendship we would
look To- their individual, if not TO their national
evaporation. Every, the slightest assistance
under present circumstances, viii aid the pro-
Siess of the great work of liberty {: and it.
standing, as we have stood, alone and uns,,p-
ported, with every thing opposed fo us. and
nothing to encourage us but patriotism. en-
thuslasm, and, sometimes, even despair if
thus we have gone forward, liIeratinp our
provinces, one after another, and subduing
every force which has been directed against
us, what may we not do with the assistance
f"r which we venture to appeal 10 the gener-
ous and the free ?
Precipitated, by circumstances, into that
struggle for Independence which, ever since
the domination of our cruel and reckless
tyrants, had never ceased 10 he the object of
our vows and prayers. we have, by the bless
ing of God, freed considerable part of
Greece from the ruthless invaders. The
Pel0p"nnessus, Etolia, Carlnania, Attica.
Phocida, BGotia, and the islands of the Arch