Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-29
TO TIE PUBLIC.

The following letter, received by yesterdays
mail, is most respectfully and earnestly recon-
Inerdel to Tie serious attention Of the citizens of
Philadelphia, and of the United States al large in
the hope Tray heaven that it may not be vain
OF ayakiag the sumberlng sympathies of this great
and rising empire in favour Of one Of the i'm
teresting nations that ever ex-ted-a nation whose
struggle for every thing dear and sacred to human
nature, under almost every possible disadvantage,
has never Leen exceeded, and but rarely equalied,
for the most intiexble devotion TO country, and
the most heroic valour. The annals The world,
since ruthless warfare began devour the human
pace, present nothing Of patriotism and bravery
more honorable to nature than the defence of
Mi.solou.hi. Had the smallest nation OF En-. ope
zea,ously e.poused the of the Greeks, with
two or three large frigae- or vessels OF the line,
they would have triuinphed long since, established
their Independence on firm foundation, andtaken
their rank among the nations OF the earth. But
while all The liberal and enlightened people Of
Europe were most decidedly favourable TO their
cause and pouring out ardent prayers 10 heaven
Tor their success, the governments OF that quarter
Of the globe, either looked on with ffSd indiifer.
ence or malignant Jealousy, or coyeTily aided
their ferocious oppressors. The powder mills OF
EMope are employed in manufacturing powder
the oundIies Ia casting and the ship-y yards
in building vessels of war, for The purpose OF adj
ing in the ey,ermination of this brave nation. And
finally 10 c. the climax of dlshonor and disgrace
the armies of the Turks othcered, ard heir
fleets maBu,uvred by bs~e and recrcant Chris ians ,
We raise annually thousands, and tens Of Ihous-
ands of dollars, to support missionaries 10
lfmdoos, Chinese, burmese, and Japanese to
Christianity, with predetermined success, and at
an enormous expence per man, when successful
Would it not be msrltoTions 10 direct this zeal
into another channel FOR year or two, and let its
OVERLOOKING be devoted to nterpose a shield for
the preservation OF The Greeks from impending
destruction? Should the effort prove successful,
we nigh, rescue more worshippers Of Christ from
the scymi,ars Of the Iniurided Turks in year.
than all the converts to Christianity that have been
made in a century, by all The mssionsfie. Of
Europe and America, and at the tilhc OF ,jthe of
the expense.
Let me appeal in the most feryent language
would 10 heave en- could fad language adequate
Ito touch the hearts and exci,e the feelings of
American mothers, American wives, and AmeTi-
can sisters, to exert their benign and powerful in
fluence- an iDfluense, which, in such a holy
cause would be irresstible-so 10 arouse their
sons their husbands and their brothers, to efforts
in support of this oppressed furnishing, and des-
ponJing nation. Efforts, thus excited, might, in
a blessed hour, turn the scale in their fayonr, TO
the utter discontinue of their detestable oppressors
Let the struggling Greeks be exhIliraied by see
ing that their wrongs are deeply feit, and that eff
c ent succouT Is afforded them, by fellow Christians
at distance of 5000 miles This would nerve
their arms and 1yhet their swords so as probably to
secure their final emancipation.
Let the AnissieGh fair be stimulated TO jealous
efforts in ihis noble cause, by rejecting on the hi
dcous fate that awaits the sex in the disastrous
event Of the final subjugation Ola nation, enBobIsd
by the names of a Scion, Plato, Socrates, an
Aristdes, a Phocon, an Epsminondas, Leonidas
"a nation which, with sound form Of govern
meni, would probably rise to level with their
glorious aud immortal ancestors Ii is not poverty
it is not exile lit is not imprisonment that a.
waits the helpless sex, in the caamitous downfall
OF their country Incomparably worse :7l be
their destiny. The mind stands sghast at the mere
Contemplation of tie scenes that will follow, over
the details of which draw veil, and shall but
sighly pouriray the great outlines, leaving the
Imagination 10 complete The horrible picture. Ar
Ter seeing their fathers, brothers, and husbands
bitcbered before their eyes, or sold TO slavery
worse than desth--higb-nin females, framed IT,
NATURES e est mould, and calculated Tor the bright
est ornaments Of society, viii be delivered over TO
the brutality Of licendous and Infatuated soldiery
or sold into the harems Of stupid, sensual Turks,
many of whom believe that women have no souls,
and were solely formed to minister to the passions
OF man. No female, possessed Of the tender and
rymps,hising feelings ;ha, do honour TO she sex,
s'p cca tm slate such h6sous scenes ylnb1 ROY