Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-11-25

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The Grssk sh;ps. There nee never
been. slpcs the fosndatioa of our Polit-
ical Institutions. ssy one individual scs,
which hes excited the ihdianation Of A.
merscans At home, Or ssigmatixed their
ch.raster abroad. Ike .lhe recent swin-
ding Of the Grecian Government BY .
few wsll-street sharpers al New York.
While protesting the most disintsrest-
ed fr,endship for the ssrssgling Chris.
.tians, and the utmost solicitude for the
cause ofliberty. they were plundering
them Of the mite which our patton had
east into the treasury, sud converting
10 their own use, the money which the
contributors hsd said should be sacred
to the cause Of freedom and the righss
of man. Four hsnJred thousand dol
lals, has been taken without the shad-
ow Of an cquivalent--and the Greek
Agent threatened with the loss Of the
whole, If q disclosure was made, be-
cause the building and equipping Of the
ships, was in direct violation OF our
neutrality with Turkey.
After all their attempts to get away
from the chasges brought agaiDst them.
,he best face they can put upon the
matter 10 that the Greeks have placed
in the hands Of these genteel swindlers
seven hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, and that in return they have re.
ceived one white-oak frigate, built Of
inferior materials Whereas, the first
ra'e American frigatcs. built oflive.oak
timber. cos ing three tipes as much per
ton as white oak, and finished perhaps
in manner superiour to auy vessels
in the world, cost the United States
short of. three hundred thousand dol
lars /! There i no getting away from
the fact they may striveto cover this
crime with : multiplicity Of words, but
it will not do the publick know how
the matter stands. and their opinion will
rest upon the side Of Justice.
Were the New Workers alone to suf-
fer for this base act, it would alter the
case materially. But it is the oharac-
ter Of the whole nation that suffers a
broad, and it is America and not any
one city that 10 to bear the burthen Of
this stigma. And is there no tribunal
competent to try these swindlers !!
Shall few dollars un-nervs the arm Of
the law, or great name turn the cur
rent ofjustice 7 Shall the voice Of CEN
sure be hushed, because these men
commit wholesale thefts and rob ma
ton instead Of an individual We hope
not for the love we bear cur country,
for the respect we have for justice and
fair desling, for the suke Of people
struggling for independence with a.
savage foe. Let their names be held
up to the indignant scorn of the injur.
ed Greeks, and their infamy be handed
down to posterity by the iphabitants Of
the United States.
Caille.-By information recently re.
ceived from Chile. it appears that Mr.,
Lsrned, American Secretary of Lega-
tion had been Invited to join the COM
mittee for drafting constitution for
that Republick. However proud we
may be. that an American and Rhode
islander is called upon to make one Of
this honourable committee, We must
regret. for her sake that it is not COM
posed Of her own citizens. If there isl
not talent enough in Chile to frame a
q Constitution, the people are not de-
serving of ooe--it they cannot make an
ius,rument Of this kind they must be |
incapable Of enforcing its principles af-
Ter tits made. What, that fount ofnw
which is 10 protect the lives and prop
erty and liberty and honour of that peo
PIE, the effect Of the sbility aud indus.
try Of fore,gnefs? That which is to
prescribe limits to rulers, and quiet o.
bediencs to the ruled that state pa.
per hith the ChilIian 10 to consider
the kplwark Of his safety, and the guar