Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-04-03
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furnished soldiers for the Greek armies
10 their desperate and sanguinary strue
gle Tor liberty, none have 20 much
reason to congratulate themselves for
TIE character they have gained by it as
the United States: for there is M
country whose honour has beer, so well
and scrupulousiy maintained amids.
tne trying scenes in that distant land
Muiliiudes of young men who have
embarked in the Grecian cause from
the different countries oil Europe, have
renowned it at different periods, dis
appointed IN their Hopes of rank, or
overcome by the hardships and priva
lions to which the armies were subject
others, and those not few, have
deserted to the unhallowed service OF
Mahomet, wnile officers, distinguish
ed IN their profession, have chosen the
pay aud splendor of the Pacha of T.
Egypt to all the feelings of humanity
and have done what they could to dis
grace their native countries.
When the characters and conduct
OF Americans In the service of Greece
shall be better known than il has yet
been by theli COUNT ymen, their claims
10 our appreciation will be more fully
realized and more adequately repaid -
ModeSty is the attendant of merit, and
II Is not for men like Howe and Mil
Ter and Jarvis to blazon abroad their
own merits So far from il, il is only
10y investigation and enquiry through
other sources that we can get at the
particulars of their labouls and self
denial IN favor OF the Greeks. Dr.
Howe, ever since he first arrived in
that country in the yea, 1924, until he
left 1t few months ago, was con.
slant resident in Greece, and active.
Iy engaged in promoting the cause OF
humanity and national freedom HIS
character, science and industry, n,
we have been assured by ore of our
country men recently from Greece
would have secured hima very hand
some income, If he would have contin
ued in the regular practice of me dicine
III N"poi' dl Romania; but, with de.
gree OF dislnterestedDess and philan
thropy highly creditable to him, he
was Away ready to accompany Greek
armies wherever disease or wounds
made his services more necessary and
THIS without exhibiting The mercenar y
spirit OF other foreign practitioners at
the CAPT al. Ii was on these expedi
lions thai he acquired much of the in
formation that ne proposes 10 publish;
md The avails of his book must be al
most his only pecuniary reward.
| Hon. JOHN G. WRIGHT This
lgcDtleman is quite 100 formidable to
i he opposition 10 escape their censure.
He has met somewhat in their own
style, one after another, the Jack son
ION rallers in Congress. from G o.
Rremer doom 10 John Randolph until
they begIn 10 look about ihemi aston.
ishmenl that there is any body able and
ooid enough to give them their deserts
Cn more occasions than one he has
successfully blow sky high as Ran
dolph says, and like the sailor who
was tossed into a nelghboriug field
iron an nnlucky explosion in the mids,
ota Decromancer's performances they
wonder "wi,at the ID he is going
to do next" AT one time they affee
ted contempt; but contempt they found
too bitter q pill, especially Mr. Ran
Idolph. He spoke OF the n,embe, from
OHIO the same member to whom he
had before mad occasion to refer Mr.
virgins retort was the use of the term
Igentleman--"the gentleman from Vir
g'nia, he would not say the member
from Virginia And he might well
refuse The term TO one oflhat race distin
gushed by Byron as "the third sex -
In fact the opposition have tried vari
Gus ways to silence Mr.. Wright, they
attempted to, and afterwards boosted
they had, coughed him down in debate
In doors they interrupt him with vex
atlous calls to "order," and he is d..
Icided to be in order; out of doors they
Iput up the uncouth Kremer to offer
him personal insults, to notice which
would only add tothe dilemma. Bu,
although he has but little ply steal pow
Ier, he has moral and intellectual force