Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-01
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The N~cwburgh Gazette brings US the
eloquent letter from the last Of
the LIFE GUARDS OF GENERAL
w ASHlNGrON. Let the freemen of A.
Inerica heed the honest warning OF this
patriot Let all who are able
10 enlist for tho war adopt the advice Of
this aged veteran and enrol themselves as
the Lite Guards of the Country:
To the DESCENDANTS + Revolutionary S,tii.rs:
An old soldier OF the Continental Army
asks or the last time TO ST oak - his coun-
tryuen. During the suffering service
of h Revolution, ! was in sixteen en-
gagemcnts, aud was one ofthc little band
who volunteered under Sullivan TO destroy
1.-The SIX nations of Indians" was one
of that small company selected as the Life
Guards OF George WashIngton-but Two
of us are now living. was AT the tough
siege of yorktown, at Valley Forge, Mon
mouth, and m thirteen other hard battles,
and saw CUrnwalli. surrender to- our Did
General. My service ceased only with
the war. After all this hardship and suf-
icring, m the street whe ] 20 out in my
old age 10 see the happiness I have help
cd to give you, am pointed at as a Bar
uSB T"RY-ycS, a BRIrIsu ToWY. have
said nothing when ! have been told So,
but have silently thought that my old
General would never nave p.ckeI out n
ToIy To form one of his Lille Guard, nor
would n ToKY have suffered what | have
suffered for you. This abuse has bcen
Shameiully heapcd upon one OF your old
soldiers IccauSc he is what he was when
the war broke out, and what Washington
told us We must always be when Inc shook
hands with US rs We a were going home.
] was a Wing IN the Revolution, have
been one ever since, and am ono now
As a Wing | enlisted Tor the whole war.
WINS IN favor with the other whi.s Of
Thomas Jefferson, wcat with the party
for james Madison, Was in favor of the
last war, and TO be consistent in my last
vote, mus, give II to Harrison. lie is a
brave man, and was never known wher-
ever he has been to take n penny from his
neighbor or the Government that was not
LARRY his. We have ,rod over tho sarn.
ground fighting for liberty. llIs father
(hc was enc OF us in the Reyolu;iosI sign.
cd our independence roll, and then we all
went out together to fight for il, an we
proved II was true.
IL appears to me that this canno, oe the
same government that our soldiers help d
Washington 10 put up here. We fought
10 have a Government rs d.iIcrent from
any in Europe as Ne could make it
Well, we done it, and until lately thiap<
have all gone on smoothly and Europe
was beginning TO get ashamed of the way
she made slaves OF her subjects by max
ing them work aud toll Tor seven cents a
day with Il standing urmy over them to
force them 10 il. But our President now
tells the people that things have gone
wrong since the Old War and that there
are twenty three miserable governments
IN Europe where the Kings wear crowns,
the rich purple, and the poor people rag
that we must fashion after them if we
want TO be happy and prospcrouS2 We
had English laws here once and they were
best III Europe, but we couldn't stand
and VIC put them under our feet
used TO work for amere nothing then,
and we cannot do il again. Working for
n few cents n lay may do for slaves but
for freemen whose liberty cost more
blood than liberty cver cost before: why
The very first thing that started the Old
War Standing Army the King kept quar-.
tered CT us: VIC told him we wanted no
over us in time of peace, but he
10 mind us and saw Lord Corn
wallis surrender up n part Of them TO hon.
est George Washington. Our President
now proposes TO have Il standing force
for?-BewaIc.
Jefferson never asked for armed men to
re elect him or elevate his successor
asked for them only in the time
Of the late war, and warned the people
when he left his Office TO be careful about
keeping soldiers i'll time OF peace. Our
streets are filled with idle men who were
active laborers once, when ~employmenc
was 10 be had. Tke men Of enterprise
who once employed them have been ruin
cd by the government. And now these
honest but unemployed laborers arc told
by the Government that when they 20 TO
work again they must 90 il for u few
cents u day-lhat labor must &c as cheap
here rs 1t is among the slaves OF Cuba or
hes slaves OF Europe. Ambition and ip
on the part Of our Government
have shut up our shops and stores, scut-
tied our ships, filed our streets with idle
ness and bankruptcy, and given Hs ell.
enlargement to the farmer as he looks at
his grain. Are not these things Sc? You
know they are, aud ! have no motive i'm
what may bc false L am Ice Eu-
advanced for office or any thing else but
lcath-It will soon be here. NV little
pension, ] thank you for IT,, will SON sion
md ] go home with tho rest Of the Lie
There is but one remedy onIv
the safety Of the country ! served
other men TO stand at tho tiller mic
round the cables, aud you will soon nd
back on The old Constitutional track, Gen
Harrison is honest he never deceived you
he never lost a battle, and tho PeopIo |
wont let him lose this. Accept ny adj !
'lco aud YOU all havo my bIcssina-my
'dvice is that all Of you become the Lie
iuards Of the country, aud my blessing
$ tsst your old age may have less fears
or liberty than mine.
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