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by statesmen and publicsts, we shall not a,
present discuss. But without entering into
any examination OF the treaty, or discus sing
the general principles Of interference which i
implies, we may be permitted 60 make one
remark which has always appeared to us to
be decisive Of the question. The positive du-
| ~ OF preventing the eitusion of blood by the
sword, or checking the excuses of political
oppression when ia our power, being only Ii
mlted by the dagger of producing greater e.
villa by our Intervention, than might have oe-
Cured had we allowed violence and inhu.
mainly TO pursue their unobStructed course,
! (as in the case of the boy relieved from pun
/ ishment by the Knight Of La Nanche in the
wood, only to receive more cruel logging
at home,) the DIRECTORS must show either
that the counterbaianse mischiefs Of inter-
terence IN this particular instance threatened
to be greater than its benefits, or that the cx.
ample was liable TO become IA precedent for
unJas,ltablc tampering with the relations Of
sovereign and subject in other instances,
where tho circumstances did not warrant
similar intcrposition. To The former class of
objectors we need only reply by pointing I,
the ruins OF Ipsara and recalling the massacre
OF ScIo, which were to have been repeated ia
the Morea, and IN every district and island
OF Greece. To the latter we may say, that
when whole people have risen on their
conquerors, whom, whether right or wrong,
uhey think their oppressors, and when they
have maintained themselves in state of
instruction Tor six or seven years, without
an oiier OF submission or compromise, there
can be little danger, from any foreign and
gwen to the establishment of their india
pesdence, that wars of intervention will be
hastily undertaken, or revolt against lawful
Authority mischievously encouraged Such
length OF resoldte aud united resistance
absolyes the crime OF rebellion, whatever
was ITS original taint or Justification
In the latter months of the year 1876, and
the commencement OF 1927, the seventh year
oil the war, the Greeks made considerable
Efforts to raise the seige of Athens, which
had been invested after the fall OF Missolong-
ili,but no decisive advantages were obtained.
lhe fleet, however, as usual, was success
ful IN ITS attack on the III managed squad.
ron, of tho enemy The arrival of two
Englishmen, Lord Cochrano and General
Chuch-the one nomiaated High Admiral
and the other Generaiisairno, at tho COM
mencement Of the seventh campaign, fail.
cd IN producing the anticipated effect on the
operations OF the war;--and whatever may
be said Nv some OF the more ardent Phil
hellenes, the situation of Greece, immediate
ly before the treaty OF intervention, was de-
plorable lfnot altogether hopeless. The E.
gyptan chief occupied with his Arabs and
Nubians the whole of the Morea, with the
exception of Naliplia, where the shadow of
the Greek government resided. lie had pla-
ced gsrrisoas, well supplied with arms. war.
like stores, and provisions. in each Of its for
trssses, and he daily expected large reinforce
nisnts from Egypt. to enable him TO extend
the sphere efhis p'llags. devastation and butch
cries, beyond the Morea. Some guerilla par
Ties took refuge In the mountains, but could
not descend into the plain 10 narrow his OPP
erations or 10 resist has progress. The exc
cutlve government, IL such it could be called
was c0oped up ia its last remaining fortress,
expecting an attack from tbrahim, and suf-
fcring duress by rebel Greek chicfs--the VIC
tim of domestic Ection--perhaps doomed to
be the captive OF foreign oppressors. The
Lord High Admiral and GeneralssiTno could
do little for the defence OF the country in the
absence OF any central authority, and in the
midst of general confusion The produce Of
the loans being exhausted, the influence of
the executive Was at an end Foreign in
uigne, which had perhaps promoted tina fall
of AthcBs, aud which was always sure to sue
coed 10 that demoralized region. If it came
armed with the speli Of money, was busy il
stirring up parties against each other, and
IN foineDting intestine disorders, that il might
lead to the surrender sf the last strong hold
OF Cheek independence, and thereby cut of
all Pretence for European interference.
The military vagabonds in possession OF
the different batteries OF Nauplia were ready
to FIRE on each other. and had actually can
nonadsd the town. The Sultan pereeiying
the evils which had resulted from divided
command, had relieved the son Of the Paaha
of Egypt from the presence of the Captain
Pasha, and had giren him the sole direction
ofwar against the rebels bysea and land
The forces already In the Poloponaesus and
the expedition expected from Egypt, afforded
tbs hope that re sistance would be oVerpowor-
ed, and the country reduced or depcpnlated
in a single campaign. and th1s that bis High
ness would be freed IRON the opportunities y.
the Christian powers ia behalf Of the msur-
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