Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-15

bly lost. Tie next campaign, do say God oAly
knows what may be her situation next spring.!
The enemy's fleet are probably out, the reinforce
ments will soon be landed at Nlodon, and in one
month all may be over. However, in this, perhaps,
l colour too highly, aud speak rather the opinions
and fears OF Others, than my own real sentiments.
ann not yet discouraged: Greece has resources and
may do much. Colocotroni begins to breathe again;
flock around him; Ypsilanti, whomI believe
to be as brave and patriotic w Washington, though
unfortunately without s talents, ha. now marched
after the enemy with 1000 men. l hope he will do
something in the passes. The proud Pacha may
have ed his men to their graves III the Nlorea. But
cannot deny that the crisis is awful one, and a
few eeks may decide the fate of this suffering
try for fifteen years TO come"
There Is one passage Ia this letter which we can
not pass over. 1, Is the massacre of the Turks at
Hydra, which no friend OF humanit, can hear of
without horror and which the Greeks may vet have
TO deplore in sackcloth and ashes:
" At sea, aH'irs go badly part OF the enemy 5
fleet came out OF Suda, and were furiouSly engaged
by the little Greek vessels, and two burlots were
burnt against them, but unfortunately without effect
and their heavy frigates with troops on board, bore
away for MoGon, where they have before now ar
rved. One OF the Hydriot briggs, returning home
was blown up by Turkish slave on board, and SIX
~ out OF her of eIghly-flve persisted This
circumstance leads me 10 mention affair which
'hudder TO recall 10 memory, and which blush to
record. On the receipt OF the of this destruc-
ton OF their country men, the Hydriots seized on
the Turkish prisoners, in this place, and barbarous-
ly murdered two hundred of them, with their ps-
tolls, yatagans, and knives. This was not merel.
a burst OF tury-n was not merely the act OF mob;
no! the melancholy truth cannot be hid, thr ee-
lourths OF the people of ii ydra did not-do not
condeina II. ltwas not the act Of a moment: the
work OF death went on for hree hours; in all this
tInD Hha ,t.yfs. ..-r.l e i
victims, reached he of the old Primates, who
sat in their Calednies, smoking their pipes and
merely saying, " Oh! it is very bad thing" took
no steps TO stop the slaughter. Not friend of
humanity rushed forward 10 them, though the
poor ches, after be ne stabbed, ran shreking-
staggering thro' the streets shot by the men,
stoned by the children, until some lucky ball eased
then OF their suherings, and they sunk down upon
the ground; where they lay unburied and kick, d
about like dogs; till the Greeks were obliged, Tor
their own sakes to throw them into the SCI. Only
twenty slaves escaped by concealing themselves,
ana these were yesterday sent home SMYRNA, in
order II possible pacify the Turks, and prevent
replIsai upon the Greeks there; and il is fact as
strange as true, that the slaves went home with
reluctance. These very Hydrots, who barbarous-
ly murdered 200 Turks, in general treat them with
so much Kindness and indulgence, that they cons-
der 1t misfortune 10 be home. And is this the
people IN whose cause am engaged, and whose
Feelings and Tears make my own! Alas! they
nave polluted Cause the most righteous, with deeds
most dabocal, and almost bad as their inhu-
man enemies. But the philantlropist will say if
they are thus deprayed, much more need OF their
For myself my hopes are not in this
generation but in the next for ages past they have
labofed under an oppression the most horrible and
their regeneration cannot be effected in moment
Inc Character which he gives of the Greek sol |
der creates great uneasness about The fate of their
cause. SO long they had to cope with the
Turks, no better disciplined than themselves they
could night them with success. Their own valour,
and The dehles oil their country, gave them the ad
vantage hut, now that the Egyptians have gone
against them, used as these have been to service
and disciplined by some European tacticians there
are, we aPprehend, fearful odds for them TO en-
counter man like Washington might probably |
have saved Greece. Even he had great Difficult |
Ties to suDdue IN tins respect. In Greece, such |
man would have commanded the confidence OF the
people; qaelled their intestine connections; kept
their troops longer together; trained them more |
completely or had them trained BY experienced |
and prepared them better Tor the |
more formidable enemy who nov attacking them
Doctor Howe tells Us in the following passage
that the government have at length found out their
mistake: VIII they have time 10 repair it, Will
they have energy enough discipline their own
men better al home? influence enough TO COM
nand men and talents abroad?
. But we know nothing of the future; the con-
inual changes and uncertainties, battle all calcutta
ions, and we can only do our best, and calmly
wait the result. -Government begin 10 find that
hey cannot oppose the regular army of the enemy
With ;heir wild troops, who positively know moth
ng Isore OF order or discipline than our North
American Indians. They begin 10 talk seriously
If raising or 1000 men in Ireland, or elsewhere.
md most of them wish for American officers On
it has appeared to me impracticable
o have troops, in sufficient numbers, from the
United States; since among o ther reasons, they
would expect higher pay than could possibly be
-iyen them i'm Greece