Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-03
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''hSla VI 90.
The Newburgh Gazette brings us the
following eloquent letter from the last OF
the Litl: GUARDS OF GENERAL
W ASlllNGTON. Let the freemeu of \.
rncrica heed the honest warning of this
venerable patriot Let all who are able
to cnllst for the war adopt the advice of
this aged veteran and enrol themselves as
the Lite Guards OF the Country:
n he Descendants 4 Revolutionary Sotf,rs:
An old soldier OF the Continental Army
asks for the last time to ST cak - his coun.
.trywen. During the suffering service
of the Revolution, | was in sixteen EN-
gagemcnts, and was one OF the li;ile baud
who volunteered under Sullivan to destroy
1.-The SIX nations or Indians was one
of thai small company selected as the Life
Guards OF George Washington-but two
Of us are now living. was ut tho tough
siege of Norkrown, at Valley Forge, Mon
mouth, aud m thirteen other hard battles,
aud saw CORVALLIS surrender To our old
General. My service ceased only with
the war. After all this hardship aud sui
fering, lu the street whe ] 90 out III my
old age 10 see the happiness | have help
cd 10 give you, am pointed at rs a GR,r-
ISH TuRY-ycs, "a BRITIsH Tony. have
SAID nothing when ! have iccn told So.
but hive silently thought that my old
General would never have picked out u
ruRY to form one Of his LlIc Guard, nor
would n Tory have suffered VIVA, rave
suffered for you. This abuse has been
>harnclully hcapcd upon one OF our old
soldiers because he is what he was when
the wal broke out. and what Washington
! t,,lH IA Nxa ,n,St ,lVnnN 80 ls Nyhnp l,s -l,,E
hands with us as We al were going home.
was a Wing IN the Revolution, have
been n ever since, aud am one now
As a Wing | enlisted COR the whole war.
was IN favor with the other WHY'S OF
Thomas Jefferson, went with the party
for James Madison, was in favor of the
last war, and To be consistent in my last
vote, must give IL To Harrison lie is a
brave man, and was never known wher
ever he has been To take a penny from his
%ncighbor or the Government that was not
fairly his. We have irod Over the sam.
ground fighting for liberty. Ills father
The was one Of us in the RcVolu;ion} sign
ed our independence roll, and then We all
went out together 10 fight for it, an we
proved il was true.
ii appears TO inc that this cannot DC the
same government that our soldiers help d
Washington TO put up here. We fought
To have Il Government rs different from
any IN Europe as wc could make it
Well, we lone IL, and until lately things
have all gone on smoothly and Europe
was beginning 10 get ashamed of the way
she made slaves Of her subjects by max
ing them work and toll for seven cents a
day with a standing army over them 10
force them To il. But our President now
tells the people that things rave 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 tho poor people rags,
that we must fashion after them if we
want To 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 To work for a mere nothing then.
and We cannot do it again. Working for
"A few cents Il day may do for slaves but
not for Grccmcn whose liberty cost more
blood than liberty ever cost before: why
the very first thing that 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 tn mind us and saw Lord Corn
wallis surrender up "A part oflhem 10 hon
est George Washington. Our President
now proposes To have Il standing force
what for?-Beware.
Jefferson never asked for armed men to
rc.Glcct him or elevate his successor
Madison asked for them only in the time
of the late war, and warnel the people
when he left his office To- be- careful about
keeping soldiers in time Of peace. Our
streets arc flied with idle men who were
active laborcrs once, when employment
was TO be had. The men Of enterprise
who once employed them have been ruin
ed by the government. And now these
honest but unemployed laborcrs are told
by the Government that when they 90 to
work again they must 90 il for "a few
cents a day-that labor must bc ms cheap
here as 1t is among the slaves of Cuba or
the slaves OF Europe. Ambition and ~
nOrance on the part Of our Government
have shut up our shops and stores, scut.
tied our ships, filled our streets with Idle.
ness aud bankruptcy, and given no en-.
couragement TO The farmer as he looks at
his grain. Are not these things So? You
know they are, and | rave no motive in
saying what may be false l am too far
advanced for office or any thing else but
dcath-it will soon he here. My little
pension, thank you for il, will sosn stop
and 90 home with the rest of the Life
Guards. There is but one remedy only
for the safety Of the country I served -.
Put other men to stand At the tiller abe
round the cables, and you will soon nd
back on tho old Constitutional track, Gen
Harrison is honest. nc never deceived you
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 all Of you become the Life
Guards Of the country, and my blessing
is hat your old age may have less fears
for liberty than mine.
BENJAMIN EATON.