The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-03-05

young women keep themselves hid away all
day, because their ragged clothes would not
hide their limbs. These people, have lived in
this way for more than two years, partly by
charity, partly by selling, one after another, the
little valuables they might have saved from their
houses (for they were once comfortably otf) and
buying little bread to eat with the roots which
they pick up.-You may ask, how can they
live j answer, that American women could
not lve-but give to a Greek two pounds of
bread and dozen of olives, and he will subslst
on them week; but they cannot always get
this, and they, many of them, dle-aie from
hunger and exposure.
1t is no high. colored picture which hold up
to you-nay, do not, perhaps, put it in strong
light enough. could tell you of families with
other shelter than the shade of an olive tree /;
of emaciated, half famished orphans, who go
round to pick up the most offensive substances
for food; OF many wretch whom have seen
living by the road side upon the bare ground,
parched up with fever, and with no other sub
sstence anperhaps draught ofwater brought
by the passenger; but it is not cases ofindividu-
al misery that you want to hear of il is that
wide spreading, general suffering, which, in
this enlightened age, the Christian world has
tamely looked on, and seen inflicted on a Chris
tan people, by that nation which outrages the
most sacred rights of man, and openly SCOTS at
our holy religion. The unprovokcd butchery
of the Patriarchs and all the Bishops at Con-
stantinople; the wide spreading massacres at
Scio, Ipsara, Gambia and Cyprus, where more
than fifty thousand were put to death in cold
blood were looked upon by Christian Europe
and America almost with inditference.-Nor
this alone but that long oppressed and degrad-
ed people, when they did rise, and begin the
struggle for liberty, in the fond hope ofbeng as
sisted by Europe, were frowned on and discOur-
aged; and the anathemas thundereda at .hem from
Laybach and Verona, were re-echoed by every
court in Europe. Their policy has been most
vexatious They have not even observed the
cold-blooded neutrality which they protested
Austrian vessels brought Arabian troops to the
Morea, and have always served as transports to
bring them provisions. Austrian ships Of war
have conveyed Turkish vessels and protected
them from the Greek briggs; they have even
fred upon Greek towns, upon the slightest
provocations Iassed Spezzia last summer,
while the Austrian Admiral was bombarding the
place, and attempting to burn the shipping in
the port and Greek women and children were
killed by shot fred from under Christian flag
France. too, and England, have helped their
good friend the Turk The Greeks were refus-
ed permission to build ships in the ports of
France, where frigates and corvettes were going
up for the Pacha of Egypt; officers were refns-
ed their passports for Greece, while every facili-
tV was offered TO those who were abandoned
enough to 60 and discipline the Arabs aye,
they are disciplined and instructed by European
officers encouraged by their most Christian
.NaieSties Ammunition and supplies could not
be sent from England and the cannon and
shells made for Greece in London, were obliged
to be brought to America, and shipped for
Greece from this very port The battle of Ma
varno itself, was merely the result of accident,
and doubtless its news caused as much aston
ishment in the Cabinets as in the Divan But
while the governments of Europe were pursu-
ing this ungenerous, and unmanly line of con-
duct the people have not failed to proclaim a.
loud their sentiments, and in every country COM
mittees have been organized for the avowed
purpose of relieving the Greeks Much has
been done in America, but nothing in comparison
to what is doing in France, Switzerland, and
throughout Germany the generous and unwea-
ried eXertions of the Philhellenes of Europe has
been the means, perhaps, of continuing the
struggle for Greece could not have done it
without the provisions, ammunition, and money
sent to them.
The contributions sent out from the United
States, though as | observed, trifing in COM
parson with those sent from Europe, vet went
much further to remove individual suffering for
almost all the European contributions were APP
piled to the support ofthe war, and the people only
heard of them: and it is natural that barrel of
-four, and garment or two, given to n family,
would impress it with livelier feeling of graft
ttde, than hearing about whole cargo sent to
government. This was the case with your
provisions, they were distributed, among thou
sands and tens of thousands of miserable women
ana children, and made glad the hearts of many
who had not tasted bread for several days.
attended to the distribution of a large portion
personally, and perhaps it may be interesting to
you to know how it was done-we would hire
small coasting vessels and load them with pro-
visions, and go to the small ports, and thence
penetrate into the interior, and find the distress
ed, to weom we would give an order for a GER
tain number of pounds offour, according to their
number ofwants they would take these orders
and run down to the sea-shore to get their por-
tons from the vessel have known them to
go thirty miles for ten pounds of flour, and
sometimes returning from the interior, after
giving out the ORDERS would meet crowds
trudging cheerily home with their bars of
flour, and as they passed me they would cry
out long live the Americans, -" God bless the
Americans" and would often try to kiss my
feet Whenever we were expected we found
crowds of ragged women and children waiting
on the beach-it was q general rule to give
nothing to the men.
The political prospect of Greece is for the
moment good; but that misery have, describ-
ed to you still exists-t must continue till
peace enables the people to return to their
homes and cultivate their lands till then they
must principally depend on the philanthropy of
other nations. And shall America be outstrip-
ped by the nations of Europe; shall America
do nothing more to wipe out that stain which
history must and will attach to our age, of hav-
ing left poor Greece, TO which all owe so
much) to struggle about seven years for liberty
against unparalleled difficulties and sufferings'
1t is to be hoped not. 1t is to be hoped that
those exertions so generously begun may be
continued, and the reward will be the blessings
and prayers of thousands, and the gratitude Of
their posterity, Greece expects it of you-she