The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-08-27
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mil, i ms gentleman, VINO,
Hsae o' ,iactsd was tor several years ue
Eh W ,'1,,ssador al this court, IN a speech
FTene" 'I.i.yered IA the Chamber oi DePu''es
wmeh - Nav. gave so much umbraee 10
on We -. ,bey struck his name from the iol
islels' aJbrs not in employ. Tie hitef"hros
Of thi n'i ri. sneech, and the following, as Hp
Pao''"" ,he Paris papers, is one OF lie ho'es
Pt,eb he has appended. o..;o,s
WIZ, Ia Neuyie IN ans"erto the asst. tio"s
NJ n,don. respecting Greece. on tue i''n OF
Q, =" af,er mentioning the motives wh'en 'o'
fiay, IN break silence. added, am gohS
fd ~" nv some short observation, Kings,
10 Az eh,;stianitv and humanity The iol'
pe"pei Ito IL Joined 10 this passage IN the plin
Towns If The speech " Ny principal Object
"' 10 was toayenge christianity and human
~ "a IN make an answer 10 speech, II
=, Ii the friends of liberty are treated as en-
H"g - bevidered by y kind OF dellrlum;
tlus'"S ,hich we are told to observe how
SRI, # s for France TO take an active part
sbe ran no .onger speak as master You
:, 49,. that from their geographical position, lhe
-4ieari;reece nave 10 choose be "eeh RUSSIA
pa,,nce and English Influence, and thai on
~ n side ,oeycr the balance lnclines, but iit't"
ir.n,,ge viii fail 10 u.s. France may speak
: master when she will, when her aha'iS
ai,iniStercd by men senslbieoi hef srenS'l
- her importance, when she shall he, not VIVA
-. ,,al, her. but what God made hori When
No ,bal he. what she oushtto be Tor our happI
ross cur glory. and the repose OF the world
I;o,l = do not examine wnethef ufeece Is u
- dav Russian OF t.nglish. | bel eve rather
.vH be French. but own should blush 10
s,.'',, calculale what IN, country may gam.
ttIau +eF { 4 me
..bo are being murdered. | see only the blood
., priests. of old men, of virgins, OF Marty IS
.,ooa winch is falling on France, as well as on
oil f,ufope. since all Europe seems 10 look cold
l., on the determination of people who are
fyb,np for God ana for liberty. | see inces-
,ly before me the patriarch of Constantine
-. Ina, holy and venerable man so years old,
sssassnated on the day Of Easter aud carried
IN ,bc n,lace of The yisier. who smoked his pipe
.prb his eorsg. / see hundred and fifty young
s,i. the most noble Greek families, among
whom are two Morusan princeSses, abandoned
to the fury Of the Turks, IN open market, for a
niasre see temples pillaged, cities burnt, men
nn5Vomen murdered, poor children c'ushed
,nder the fer Of the barBarlanS, or sold like VIe
Aocks | see Oh one SIDE heroism, and the tx.
cess of all human misery; on the other, every
crime, every species eli Iniamy but above all,
/ am a man, | am a Christian; JON tho IN
,hr enthusiastic deiiritm of taose who do not
know whetaer Greece will finaliy b, russian on
q aglsh but who wish, above all, that Sire may
be we'd aud freed, Carried on by my feelings
enlarged on several subjects which appeared
10 atereAl the Chamber Isp1kc long, and lef
10 othe, gentlemen the care of supporting the IN
frtuna.e iIclieniaus, SO that could not accom-
plsh aai ny par; the promise made at the be
ginnrag at my speech. snail take more thar
on occasion - reuua in future to this sad and
lnponaH subject Of Greece. Too happ, II my
feeble voice en- ever succeed in cxcIfing Ill gen
e 80 soul. the horror my own feels at the exc
6 saers, and the interest feel in the victims
Nav God protect the poor Greeks, & not suffer
them r. be lcii 10 the pity of Il tetc Enthusiasts