Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-06


ken Missolons hi, and even beseiged Athens.
! Towards the end of the year an attempt was
made to organise further resistance, and Ia
I secure the fruits OF victory, 10y the establish
| ment ola regular government
| The second campaign scarcely yielded TO
! the hrs; IN the Importance of its results. The
Acropolis of Corinth was taken, though after
| wards recaptured. and an army Of about so. :
| 600 men, under Drnnali Pach, which attempt
! ed to penetrate into the Morea. was cut to
pieces or dispersed. Nauplia, the Gibralter
| of the Poloponneus, Ito raise the siege of
which was one of the objects OF this i'll ia,ed
expedition fell, towards ;lle end of the year.
into the hands of the Greeks. The Acropolis
OF Athens had previously surrendered; and
Mssoloughi had gallantly Jepulsed large
Turkish force from its walls. Every where
the Greeks gained advantages over the Turks
at sea during the course of this year making
prizes OF Turkish merchantmen, and even at
tacklng the largest ships of the line. Thus,
at tie end of The second campaign, the Mo
rea had been cleared of the enemy, with the
exception OF Patras and one Of the smaller
fortresses, which were closely blockaded -
Continental Greece was likewise in the pow
er of its native inha bitants, and the little
squadrons OF the Islands had set at defiance
the whole naval force OF the Turkish empire.
Against these successes the Turks could
place no counteryaing advantages but the
horrible mass acre of Scio.
In the third campaign no remarkable sue
cess was gained by the Greeks, though no
ground was lost, and but for the internal di
visions Of lie chiefs, which increased in pro
portion as external danger was removed. the
independence of Greece might have been
placed beyond the reach Of danger. Ano-
Their national assembly distinguished the com
| mencement Of this year, and other provisions
were made, without success, for carving on
regular government. Had government ca
pablo OF directing the resources of the insur-
rection then been established, long years Of
war and blood might have been spared. Such
government could have disposed Of nearly
two hundred small men ofwar, which had al
| ready destroyed three Turkish line OF battle
ships and frigate. 1t would have been ser
we'd by nearly $4,000 Of the most expert sail
ors in Europe. 1t could have sent into the
field nearly $4,000 troops, as good at least as
their antagonists, drawn from population
which had killed in battle, or by assinaton,
| nearly 100000 Turks, and it could have sc
cured to itself the possession of the Morea,
EubGa, Liyadia, Western Greece, and near
| ~ all the islands of the Archipa ago,
which has oeen nearly if aot altogether clear
ed of the oppressor.
Ia tia fourth year Of the revolution, the
Greeks, though still in nearly the same con
dltion as to political organization, presented
to Europe, by the very continuance of their
struggle, more inviting prospect of ultimate
success, and attractad sympathy and conf
dence from all quarters. Though, unfortu-
nately, the patriotism Of the people began to
lansuish, by misdirectien or inacticn, and the
rapaeity and discussions of the ehieftains to
/ he lew tft n
they were displayed on mere extended the
atre, this sympathy and confidence for some
4 time continued. Now was the golden era for
stock speculations and Ph!l-hellenic mis- sions
for loan contractors and constitution mon
gers, for military adventures running after
classical commissions, and philaDthropic pro-
jectors prolonging the reign of anarchy--for
infidels preaching religious crusades, and
Jews taking an interest in Christianity Tho
the numerous csmralttees of assistance form
ed IN Europe, and by the multitude of per-
sons Who proceeded to Greece, was crafty
ing and cheering, as showing the general
sympathy in prosecuted cause, yet nothing
could be more useless, misdirected or absurd
!, than the Suggestions md interference of some
of the parties. Whiethe Turks still held I'M
reduced sarrisons in The country, and threat
ened to overwhelm il with The swans OF bar
barians from Africa ami Asia, one protector
seemed TO think that the chief want of the
Greeks was newspaper TO record their VIC
tories-sorgetting, as a rude chieftain a,ser-
wards observed, that "the hattie of Marathon
was won before d newspaper was in exist
encc" Some Legislative apostles took in
charge the Greek Judicial system, and insist
ed on the immediate necessity of trial by jury,
| when the nation ought only to have heard Of
trial by battle. Others went provided with
schemes for establishing permanent system
, of finance for the new state, when all its re-
| sources consisted in the piundered booty
| boarded by It's chiefs, and the deserted terri
: tory liable to be overrun by its enemies. One
wise friend of humanity proposed TO fight
she Turks with bibles and primers-with
broad -hrlms and Lancasterian schools.
Il am much disappointed" says Col. Stan
hope in a letter dated AIissolonehi, February
1874, Eat your not having persuaded the
Qnakers 10 send out come schooltna.ters.
Had at ray disposal three wen qualified per
sons Of this description, | would spread tbs
Lancasserian system as far as the Greeiar
conquests hare extended. With the pres.
ard tho Bible the whole mind OF Greece may
be put ia iabor.~
st another time, the Col. runs wild on tn,
establishment and importance Of posts anG
post-ofaees in a country where there wa
scarcely road and where few OF the peopl
could read or write. Hence we have sacl
urgent demands in the same correspondence,
for laants of types and barrels of gunpowde
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