Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-31

to be animated witirthe ancient spirit OF those
warriors. whose deeds have more the appear
ance Of romance than reality. Our recolleciions
are revived in the dreadful feats of slaughter,
and glorious victories, which are daily transact
ed among them. A holy devotion inhabits
their bosoms. and in the midst of the Severesl
sufFer;nps Of human nature, the Cross grows
hr,rh,er with the reflection of the fires which
consume their polished edi6ces. That remark
| ,bl, motto. In hoe signo vinccs' us ever pre-
SEN, TO them in their vicissitudes of fortune. But
how calling must the thought be to generous
christian. that this consoling banner has been
viewed, for such length of time, with SO much
apathy, by the first nations Of the earth.
II is, to be sure, matter Of great difficulty
to account for the policy which has heretofore
governed christian nations, in their treatment
Of this ilustrious though sadly oppressed peo-
pie Situated, as they relatively are, in power
towards the Ottoman empire, an idea would IN
stantly strike the mind, that they would, years
long past, be blotted from the map. Nothing
could have sustained them in conten6ing a.
gainst such dreadful odds, but a consciousness
OF the Justice Of their cause, and firm reliance
on Divine Providence. Seldom, however, has
the MGSlem triumphed over them In the appa-
rently unequal contest; but when the crescent
has been erected on their ramparts, 1t has been
bathed in the blood of thousands. Mercy, in
this instance, has winged her flight from the
beloved shores of Homer, and Grecian ladies,
lovely in death, as in their lives, have been Of
fered up in hecatombs to the insatiate spirit OF
revenge. All ages, sexes, and conditions, have
been reduced to one common lot. Death, in its
most fearful and appalling forms, has sealed
the fates of the tender infant, the aged sire, and
afectionate mother. The massacre Of Scio,
and the butchery Of Missionghi, fill the mind
with the deepest sorrows of regret and melan-
choly. The imagination can form no adequate
idea Of the extent Of the voice Of sadness which
now pervades every bosom Of Greece. Yes! let
christianity refer to its own sacred pages, and
il then can Justly think Of the voice Of lamenta-
ton which was once heard in Rama. That am
pie sound has been repeated, and from the
shores of the Egean sea ii has been echoed,
with rumbings deep as thunder, to the palaces
Of Kings. We are gIaddened by the heart
cheering intelligence that France and England
are determined to put an end to the war now
fercely raging between the Turks and Greeks.
Those iustrious nations, So powerful in arms,
and pre.eminepi in science, will, it is hoped,
shortly attain The noble aim Of their ambition.
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strength could not be desired. 1t is union
founded on the sacred cause Of lifting to its for
mer elev alton in the scale of nations, heroic,
and, in all respects, magnanimous people. 1t
is a union, as sacred in its origin as the Cru
sades ! he prayers of enlightened man,
wherever placed on the globe, will rise in sweet
accord to the Father of Meroies, for his bene-
dictions on this gracious purpose.
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endeavor will be made with certainty of sue
cess--the Ottoman being now rudely menaced
with the arms of the Muscovite. The former
will undoubtedly attend to the wishes, and APP
preciate the motives Of two such powers as
France and England, when a storm is bursting
on her head from Russia. The advice will be
acceptable, and by ready attention to ii, Tur.
key will be more enabled to oppose her breast
10 the dreadful shock Of millions Of embattled
legions In this harmonious interference TO
terminate the contest, as it were, bet tween the
opposing religions of the earth, the voice Of
humanity declares that beloved country
will lend its aid of advice and sympathy
The scholar and the statesman will honorably
use every proud effort Of their genius and skill,
in cooperation with the Courts of Paris and
London, to promote and hasten this glorious
era in the history Of nations The executive
authority Of the United States so happily
blended, will possess rich and lu4uriant in
Huence in lending itself TO such laudaple and
Godlike purposes. Greece will again be in
the enjoymen, Of liberty. The Sun Of her for
mer glory will return with splendid majesty in
his renovated beams! And wha. sublime feel
ings will be created in the bosom Of the patriot
of either country, that Greece, through the
disinterested and generous conduct of France,
England, and The United States, will again
form rival TO the powers that be.
FENELON.
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