Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-03-22

lwerc sue ccedcd by the waings of women and
children subjected TO suilerings which we cannot
name-that such of the Inhabitants as were not
released from their suferngs by the mercy of the
scymctar were sold into slavery-that the residue
oithe population driven to the mountains, 81
inhabing caves and holes in the earth.
if we saw or knew all this, how long would the
patience of our young men suffer them To DC mere
spectators of the contcsn How long would the
charity of our matroi.S and maidcus suffer Gre
clan females to want the protection which clothing
might furnish them, well from the light of day.
As the inclcnlcncy of the weather. Woeld any
who are blessed with tic common bounties of
Providence, not think it privilege to bcstow them
| freely iii such cause.
! In what does all this differ from the truth, but
IN tbs that we have omitted the most revolving
forms of their misery. In proof Of this, we need
only name Sco, Ipsara, Tripolitza, and Msso-
ilongm Surely the ocean which rolled between
us and Greece, does not separate her from al! tho
| sympathics OF humanity Let us remember that
according 10 the beautiful moral OF our Saviour in
the parable of the Samaritan he that Sheccd aler-
cy. though ola different kindred and country, was
neighbour to him that fell among thieves.
Are there those that will tell Us that ''thc Greeks
are no better than the Turks, "-mcrciful God
Is this the language OF Christians! Shall the Chi
canares OF trade which have almost inevitably lis
en- from extortion and plumber, and the piracics,
to which, some have been driven by the horrors
| OF famine, cancel the claims ola whole nation up
on our compassion! Are not the very vices OF
Greece among the miscrics, which have been ell
tailed upon her, by her opprcssors!
| We have neither time, nor disposition to discuss
the merits ofTurkish virtue, of Turkish hon
our; but let us not forget that the merits of the
question lie III the cause in which the parties are
engaged. On side it isthc cause of ferocious
| bigotry, OF mhuman hate. and of brutal lust--on
the other, II is the of freedom and rel gion
| maintained "A w has no all oI
III history. Even the advocates of Legitimacy in
Europe sickcned with the horrors of this con-
test. 1t is for Americans to take up the argument
which even they have abandoned!
| we will not urge in behalf of Greece the debt
which her ancient learning. her poetry, her elo-
quencc i'll the cause of freedom, have imposed up
ON us, III common with the whole civilized world
She appeals to us. Americans, i'll a stronger lam
guage than that of her statues and her temples
than her immortal song even the thnnders OF
her rostrum She speaks to u.s. as those who know
the value fliberty; and to whom it has been en-
dcarcd by the struggles of fathers She in
| vokcs our aid, as the descendants of men, who,
owning the same Lord and Master, came hither
under innumerable hardships, for the privilege OF
Iworshipping God, according to their conscen-
ccs.
| Let each one of us, then, Remember, that our
charities called for by the united claims OF
humanity, of freedom and Of religion; and that in
proportion we honor our own country, and val.
ne her blessings, we should manifest our sympa
titles for Greece
New York, March 6, 1898
| GEORGE GRISWOLD, Chairman.
| SAML AKERLY, Secretary
| iS j; 5A sTEA I'm; Corresponding
JNO. DUER, Committee
G. SULLIVAN.