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

prosper t0eh cuCrte- anu ouoWei LIN ShoVSes'
blessings on then, in reconpense. NJ.
Philadelphia, Dee. IL, 1926
Washington, 9Th Dec. 1876.
MArAEw CAREY. E.q.
Dear Sir: i perceive, In q late National Ga
zette, the report of,he donss of committee raised
for the reliefof the Greeks, and, a. the organ OF
that committee, beg leave to address you. In the
report alluded 10, which have had an opportunity
only to look over hastily. various modes and plans
Of ss,;ef are suggested. which doubt will receive
due consideration, on the part Of those to whom
they arc referred. My only object In inirudIng
upon you, is TO observe, that received from
Greece, the day before yesterday, accounts OF the
country, which Ia rc led mssto think. that the
amount Of suffering for the sDant Of food. is equal
to that prs lueed by the direct operations of the
hostile FORE. One of tho letters I have received
is from countryman Jarvis, who has disin-
guished himseli in the military service of the coun-
try, and possesses the confideuce of i:s govern
ment. He writes as follows: - The Committees
for the relief Of the Greeks in France, Holland,
and Geneva, have sent twelve cargoes Of provis-
ions, and ssent to superntend their distribution.
This has prevented the final starvation OF the coun-
try. Let not the U. States, among so many states.
and nations be Indifferent to the suferings OF this
dreadful but not desperate conflict"
With this letter from Mr.. Jarvis, received one
from koloco,roni, who has been so prominent from
the common cement of TIE revolution as military
chief, and is at the head of the Greek forces.
His letter is dated al Napoli, 26,h July, and is
written in Romaic. He thus expresses himself,
the assistance received BY bis country from other
nations:--
" Our Christian brethren throughout the world,
sympathising with Greece in her extremity, have
sent US aid of various kinds, to support US in
holy war. From the societies for the relief Of the
Greeks In England, in France, in Switzerland,
aud many other countries of Europe, we have
of k,,h
tenancs and war; which have proved relief TO
the poverty and destitution Of the Greeks, TO whom
the foe has ief no agriculture, no commerce,
no drts; and who, being exclusively occupied in
the struggle, have no mesns of supplying wha,
10 needful either for subsistence military opera
tons"
=" The people of America, people of Chris-
tian., people devoted 10 liberty, Of whose friend
ship and sympathy for Greece we have already re-
eeived ample proof, are to our great misfortune,
the farthest removed from But reino,s a. they
are, sir, the friends of freedom and the friends of
humanity may yet contribute to the relief of our
country; nor will their aid be tho les. efficient
or serviceatie, particularly in our present emer-
gency.'
From this authentic source of information, I am
led to think. dear sir, that great amount of suffer-
Ing might be relieved by the despatch of a vessel
loaded with provisions for this unhappy country.
Many excellent aud benevolent persons would CO.
operate in this mode of aiding the Greeks, who
would object to other propositions. An amount
OF funds, quite inadequate to any efficient military
equipment, would suffice for the purchase of q
very considerable quantity of food and its tanspor-
tation to the scene of distress.
] aw, drs. sir, with high respect, your friend and
servant, EDWARD EVERETT
Meeting cfthef friends cfths Greeks.
Saturday Evening. Dec. I6, 1926.
Pursuant TO public notice addressed TO the cti-
zens of the city and county Of Philadelphia friend
ly to the cause of the Greeks, an unusually large
the District Court Room, to consider Of the means
best calculated to assis, that oppressed people in
their heroic struggle for liberty.
The Honorable Joseph HemphW was called
to The Chair and Jdaies W Barker appointed Sc
cre'ary.
Tie object Of the meeting having been stated;
Ma. Mathew Carey submitted letter from the
Hon. Edward Everett, member of the House of
Representatives Of the United States, and not
more distinguished by biz political sia'ion, or his
well meriled literary reputation, than by his gene
rous devotion to the holy cause Of Grecian e.
mancipaon. The letter, on motion, was read,
and ordered TO be published with the proceedings
Of The meeting.
Mr.. Carey then offered the following preamble
and resolutions
Whereas, il appears from satisfactory evidence,
that the Greek Christians. engaged in desperate
struggle for every thing near and dear TO human
ma use, are suffering severely for the want of the
neceasaries OF life, owing to the devastation of
the fruits OF the EARTH perpetrated by ferocious
enemy, and the diversion of large portion of the
population from the cultivation of the soil, TO the
paramount object of seIf-defence, from the exter-
nnating scyrnitsis Of the Turks.
And whereas, from the ssngunary and remor.e~
less scenes that followed the Turkish victories at
Sco and elsew here, there is TO fear should
the subjugation OF this brave sa,ion take place,
that i, would be followed by the slaug liter of a
portion of the males, and the slavery of the res,
and that the females would be subjected to tie
mercy OF an infatuated and licentious so!diery or
sold to supply the harems of brutal and sensual
Turks.
And whereas, such cause loudly demands, not
merely the sympathy, but The effective aid Of
the civilized world, and in especial man
ner Of nation, which. formerly engaged in
struggle for liberty, profi.ed largely OF foreign
aid therefore
RESOLVED, That this meeting earnestly recon-
mend 20 the citizens of the United States, to con-
II butte, in proportion to their means, and with al
possible despatch, TO purchasing supply OF the
necessares OF life, for the succour of the Greeks at
this perilous stage of their warfare.
RESOLVED, That a committee of twenty citizens
be appointed to address The public this inei est
ing subject, and to adopt all necessary means to
promote the accomplishment of the object stated
in the preceding resolution.
In the discussion which took place on the pas
sage Of the resolutions Dir. jane G. Bijde dweIt
with much feeling and effect the present degra-
da,on and misery of Greece, coniras,ed with
her ancient gofies. appealing in glowing terms
to the sympatlIies Of the friends OF freedom and
Christianity, in her behalf. Mr.. Josiah Randall,
in q pertinsnt address detailed several facts Of