Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-06
From, the Ai,asy Daay hd,e-a,s-
A VOICE Oi' g.

iut NtN ouISn bdStIIt DilhgS US the
following eloquent letter from the last OF
the LIFE GUARDS OF GENERAL
w NSillNGrON. Let the rrccmcn OF A.
mcrica heed the honest warning Of this
venerable patriot. Let all who are able
To enlist for the war adopt the advice OF
this aged veteran and enrol themselves Us
the Lille Guards of the Country:
70 he B,soeHdon,s 4 RcroiutiOHdry Soldiers.
An old soldier OF the Continental Army
asks for the !asl time to 81 eak 20 his coun.
trywcn. During the suffering service
Of the Revolution, | was in sixteen en-
gagements and was one Of tn. little band
who volunteered under Sullivan TO destroy
'rhc six nations OF Indians was one
of that small company selected rs 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 in thirteen other hard battles,
aud saw CORVALLIS surrender to our old
General. My service ceased only with
he u After oil this hardship and suf
fcring, in the street whe. | 90 out in my
old age 10 sec the happiness have help
cd To give you, am pointed ut as d BRIT
ISL ToRy-yes, u BRIrIsH ToRr. ! have
said nothing when have been told So.
but have silently thought that my old
General would never have picked out Il
rogY TO form one of his Lie Guard, nor
would n Tory have suffered what | have
suffered for you. This abuse has been
Shamciully heaped upon one of your old
soldiers because he is what he was when
the war broke out. and what Washington
told us we must always be when he shook
hands with US as We all were going home,
| was n Wing in the Revolution, have
been one ever since. and am one now
As a Wing | enlisted for the whole war.
was in favor with the other wings OF
Thomas Jefferson, went with the party
Tor James Madison, was in favor Of the
last war. and TO DO consistent in my last
vote, must give il to Harrison. lie is q
brave man, and was never known wher-
ever he has been TO take a penny from his
neighbor or the Government that was not
fairly his. We nave trod over the same
ground fighting for liberty. Ills father
(he was ono of us in the Revolu;ionj sign.
cd our independence roll, and then we all
went out together to fight for it, III we
proved il was true.
1t appears TO me that this cannot be the
same government hat our soldiers help-d
Washington TO put up here. We fought
10 have q Government as different from
any in Europe as sc could make tt
Well, we dono it, and until lately things
have all gone on smoothly and Europe
was beginning 10 get ashamed Of the wdv
she made slaves Of her subjects by max
ing them work and toll for seven cents a
day with a standing army over them to
force them to il. But our President now
tells the people hat 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 rags,
that we must fashion after them If we
want 10 be happy and prosperous? We
had English laws here once and they were
the best in Europe, but we couldn't stand
then and We put them under our feet
We used 10 work for amcre nothing then,
and we cannot do it again. Working for
a few cents u day may DO for slaves but
not for freenen whose liberty cost more
blood Than liberty ever cost before: why
the very first thing thai started the Old
War Standing Army the King kept quar-.
tered on us: we told him we wanted no
soldiers over US in Time Of peace, but he
refused to mind us and ! saw Lord Corn
wallis surrender up n part o fthcm to hon.
est George Washington. Our Presiden,
now proposes TO have Il standing force
what fOr?-Bewarc.
Jefferson never asked for armed men to
reflect him or elevate his successor.
Madison asked for them only in the time
Of he late war, and warned the people
when he Jeff his office to be careful about
Iz... .-1l,r-. IN ttfo@ Of ncora Oh.
streets are filed with idlc men who were
active laborcrs once, when employment
was to be had. The men OF enierp.Ize
who once employed them rave been ruin.
ed by the government. And now these
honest but unemployed laborers are told
by the Government hat when they 20 to
work again they must 90 it for n few
cents n day-that labor must be as cheap
here as II is among the slaves of Cuba or
the slaves OF Europe. Ambition and ip
~norance on the part of our Government
have shut up our shops and stores, scut-
tied our ships, filled our streets with idle
ness and bankruptcy, and given no en-
couragemen; to the farmer as he looks al
his grain. Are not these things so? You
know they are, aud ! have no motive in
saying what may be false i am TOO Tar
advanced for Office or any thing else but
dcath-it will soon be here. NV lnth
pension, ] thank you for il, will soon stop
and 20 home with tho rest OF the Life
Guard s. There is but one remedy only |
for the safety Of the country ! served i
Pat other men To- stand Al the tiIler abe
round the cables, and you will soon nd
back on the old Constitutional track, Gen D.!
i IL rFratn ~ hnupef bg nnxs.r .lr.,s..1 800.
and he never lost a battle, and the People
wont let him lose this. Accept my ad
vice and you all have my blessing my
advice is that al Of you become the Life !
Guards Of the country and my blessing !
is that your old age may have less fears
Tor liberty than mine. ,
BENJAMIN EATON. |
Ore Il ~ fro stnrrltlar liz Gnar9. II On Mna |