Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-31
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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 81. 1926.
THE CREEKS

THE GREEKS.
The intelligence recently received from this heroic
but unfortunate people awakens in our minds tbc deem
est sollctude, and fills us with disrnav Tho rssr of
the present campaign, which must, we think, be dcci
sive of the fate of Greece we await in pan,I
and with anxious and fearful apprehension The Eyp
tan troops under the of tue Pacba of Epvp have
disenbarlIed al Modon and Coron, and are dcsolana
the country with fire and sworl-every effort has been
made 10 raise new eves and TO recruit the a,mcs of
the Grand Segnor--he Turkish fleet is hoverpr
around the coastte strong fortress Paras 50 Iopp
and so closely bockaded by the Greeks has been relic
ved-the perdy ofsome OF the chiefs and the ds,enons
prevailing among others, only render impossible
to oppose any cffectua resistance to the warle one
ratohs and the tremendous military forces which are
overwhelming the pennsnla--but presage we fear the
inevitable downfall of the holy cause
Some malignant genius must surely preside over the
"eses OF tins illiatcd land Since her gallant but vain
ana unsuccessful struggle for liberty the fatal field
OF Nhronca Greece had been, the victim of the most
relentless and appalling despotism-the intelligence
and enterprise and industry of her sons combined with
the advantages of her geographical position would long
since have enabled her TO attain the very summit of ma
honal happiness and prosperity had not her moral en-
eges been parayscd and her physical resources dried
up by the morbid and deadening influence of the slave
ry TO which she has been doomed. But all the on
preSSons, under which she has laboured and groaned
are as duSt IN the baaDce," when compared with the
"ah'on and nsoent abuse of arbitrary power-tle fell
c'uelty-the ruthless and unparalleled barharty--the
hu"ldna suffering, wretchcdness and wisery--he ma
uo'H uegradation, distress and ruin, which have been
The bitter--5itter fruits of Ottoman bondage
Where was thine arm-Oh. vengeance where ,by rod
That smote the foes of Zion and of God
while the Greeks compelled by their iron heart
ca rulers TO endure from century TO century ourages
ut which humanity shudders with instructive and invo
Iuntary horror Since the year 400 when Maho,nct
2nd avaed himself of the n,ctious turbulence and r
rcconcieablc euds of its princes to invade and subu
gate the Morea, not CLEAN of light had broken
through the dark and terrible gloom that Luno oyo
Greece, till within few wears the descendants of the
Iusirious ana immortal heroes of Thermopyia,, Mara
thon aud Saam. determined longer 10 submit to the
CALLING yoke Of Turkish vassaIage burst aelner tc;r
Ieters-and resolved 10 achieve their rcciorn or die
IN the attempts and bravcly have they fouphtanl bIcd
and conquered. Their daring feat of heroisr and va
Jour- elr patriotic devotion 10 their countrys welfare
have eternis"d tcir fame and rendered then, WORTHY nj
the prouIcat ana brightest ara of ancient Greece
Army after ariny-hcct after hce--has been vanouiI
ed and destroyed; but the very moment liberty y
aoon' TO triumph over oppression and to secure her in
dependence on permanent basis, the treacery of her
chletains has brought icr to the brink OF destruction
and perhaps has forever scaled her ruin ssNav tyer
die the death of traitor and NAV their last bours
be like his.'