Delaware journal., 1828-12-16
HcwE's HISTORY OF THE GREEK
REVOLUTION.

This work is credit to our country, and is al
together SO well dgested, and well written, that
the author, if he were to die tomorrow, or sail
back forever to the land =" fgods and godllke men,
would be safe. future edition might be correct
ed by any body. The faults are few. and so bare
faced, that he would have nothing TO fear from the
judgement ofposerity. itwould be seen at glance
that they were not so much errors Of opinion or
judgement, or fact, as Of photography and gram
mar.
The works. divided into seven books and thirty
two chapters and so much OF complete history,
that we need go further in search OF Information
about Greece. We have it here iull enough and
particular enough, TO satisfy not only the general
reader. but the politician the lover of biography,
and the philosopher. The introduction, which is "a
sort of general view Of Greece, from her old days
of beauty and strength up to those of her transtgu
ration, is we'll written paper and when say
this, mean just what say that the paper is well
written /; good thoughts worded IN proper Ian
guage.
1t would be quite impossible to give the reader
any other than general idea Of the book in pa
per the size of the Yankee. But shall go over
the passages | have marked with pencil once
more, and where they appear to be ertractabie and
commcnt-nJe, they be served up in order, they
shall if not, not.
One Of the first that struck was the following,
which you perceive to be characterised by good
deal of strength, and with sort Of discrimination
that we do not often see in such paralielisms.
eThe charac ter of the modern Greeks sderen in the
different parts ofthe country; and in this difference
always he effects of the remoeness proximity of
their province, to the mmed ate influence of the tyranny
OF the different masters of the country. TIE mountain
Greek brave often to heroisnr he hardy active, lively,
lover OF adventure and OF gaety he is hosptabte, gene
rous, tickle the Ahanion Greek is enterprsnS, pese'-
ering, unsocal ipospitable, crue the Morioe is crn
pg greedy of gain hypocrtcal and tind but he is in
-hp,rta
Greek merchant is srewd, enterpris'ng, interchangeable
hut cunning, trickish, subtle. deceitful."-p23.
| But to prove that author is able to write with
energy, where the occasion calls for il, and with
beauty where beauty is needcd.-let us offer the
reader sample of another sort--out of many par
agraphs and might say of many pages to be found
in this book.
No resistance was made, nor could be made thu
peaceful villages scattered the in APP
parent uriy; the peisantrv would hardly get news ct
TERRIBLE nvas n, he RAMP Of horses ami The ss alra!
ce horssmen 7co"d be heurd as eg came rnMMg io tie
7iYoge, and dorn all they met. They then galiope UP
and down the eets, waving their bloody cmears, an
firing their pistols till they certain nothing ws lett
to oppose and enlsnger themselves when bursting into
the rooms, where tic half distracted females had shut
themselves up, hey would butcher two to ntimlate
the rest; and then force 20 tell where teir hsbanis
brothers. had hid themselves. These drag
ed FORTH ed pieces and their heads severed from
their bodies 'Gve money Cried the brutal Turks;
and when all done when these poor females had sut
tered ndgnes worse than death, they wer. stabbed
their and ears off and they ctt to wrhe on the
headess bodies of terrelatives None were spared ex-
cept perhaps the beautiful, who 10 died with the
spoil and often with string of and noses and drl
ven of like beasts of burden. But the closed not
here; gves nit ght still be concealed, t woun-
ded might live the FIRE would Gnd what the sword had
missed then the torch applied, and as the flames
these human tigers mounted their horses and ao-
cd with wild yelsto seek in other villages new scenes
oftriumph."
.Note-sI have known women who have escaped after
such scenes (for will always escape) from whose
minds the lapse of years had not been able to eace the
impression. Il the subject was only slightly alluded to,
they would clasp their hands convulsivey over their eyes
las if to shut the memory of some hnrrid dream and
they would reat" any part OF it without sobs and
tears shall forget the scene presented by some
wcmen who had escaped from Scio, on hearing the re-
port that body of Turks marching on the place
where we were; their understanding their har--and
beating their bosoms-wth the frantic horror otheir coun
tenances gave forcibe idea of what terrible scenes
they have wtnessed since the bare fear their repe-
tition occasioned such emotion."-p III, 49,
!. And if we would know why the followers of Ma
hommet are so unsparing in their hatred and wrath,
and why the Greeks what they are-phrensed
imitators of the Turks, even when they depart most
widely from the usages of European warfare do
ing that in the wreck and overthrow Of their proud
faculties which the barbarians do deliberately or in
lplay, we have only to read verse IN the Koran
IL When YOU are with the infdels, kill them cut
loft their heads tie them put them into the fire, keep
them as slaves, or make them pay ransom, as you
may Judge best Finally, give them no rest cease
not to persecute them until they shall be submitted
to you."-p. 100.
That Philopnmen was not the last ofthe Greeks;
andthat he the banished man who fled away into far
country, the country of his mortal foe--aPpearng in
themidst of his family and household gods as if he
lstared up out ofthe EARTH to make him feel that had
even there it was not safe to trample on native
Greek, and that suppant and fugitive though he
was he had the power to take hostage on the spot
and the bravery ostipulate with destroyer not for
guardianship, nor vulgar safety, but for the wealth
lof cities-hat he was but one rhemistoces of the
many, that could appear, if they were needed by