Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-20
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A VOICE or 70.
Tho Newburgh Gazette bring, % the
| following eloquent letter from the last OF
the LIFE GUARDS OF GENERAL
| w AShlNGTON. Let the freomeu OF A.
merica heed the honest warning Of this
venerable patriot. Let all who arc able
| TO enlist for the war adopt the advice Of
THIS aged veteran and enrol themselves q.
the Lille Guards of the Country:
To ps Descendants # Revolutionary Solfi~r,,
An old soldier Of the Continental Army
asks for the last timo TO speak 20 HE coun.
tryuen During the suffering service
OF the Revolution, | was in sixteen en-
gagements, and was one Of the little band
| who volunteered under Sullivan to destroy
''the SIX nations Of Indians" was ono
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 orktown, at Valley Forge, Mon
mouth, and in thirteen other hard battles.
and saw CORVALLIS surrender 10 our old
General. My service ceased oniy with
the war. After all this hardship and suf
fering, in the street wheo I go out in my
old age 10 see the happiness | have help
ed to give you, am pointed al as q Barr
ism ToRr-yes, BRITIsH Tory. havo
said nothing when ! have been told so.
but have silently thought that my old
General would never have picked out
ToRr TO form one Of his Lie Guard, nor
would ToRY have suffered what have
suffered for you. This abuse hrs been
.hameiuily heapsd upon one Of your old
soldiers because he is what he was whom
The war broke out, and what Washington
told us Se must always be- when he shook
hands with US az we all were going home.
was Wing III the Revolution, have
been one ever since. and am one now
AZ Wing ! enlisted for the whole war.
was IN favor with the other wings Of
Thomas Jefferson, went with tho purty
Tor James Madison, was In favor Of the
last war, and 10 be consistent in my last
vote, musl give it to Harrison lie is a
brave man, and was never known wher-
ever he has been TO lake penny from his
neighbor or the Government that was not
fairly his. We hive trod oyor the same
ground fighting for liberty. Hs father
(he was ono Of Us in the Revolution) signs
ed our independence roll, and then we ali
went out together to Gght for it, AMI we
proved IL was true.
same government that our soldiers helped
Washington 10 put up here. We fought
10 have Government as different from
any IN Europe as re could make it,
Well, VIC done it, and until lately things
have oil gone on smoothly and Europe
was beginning TO got 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 srmy over them 70
iorce them to it. But our President nov
tells the people that things have gone
wrong since the Old War and that there
arc twenty three miserable governments
in Europe whore the Kings wear crowns,
the rich purple, and the poor people rags,
that we must fashion sltcY them if we
want to be happy and prosporousi We
had English laws here once and they were
the best in Europe, but we couldn't stand
then and We put them undoT our feet
We used TO work for q mere nothing Their.
and We cannot do it again. Working for
a few cents day may do for slaves but
not for freemen whose liberty cost more
blood than liberty ever cost before: uhy
tho very first thing that started the Old
War Standing Army the King hep, quar-.
tered on US: We told him We wanted an
soldiers over Us in limo Of peace, but he
refused TO mind Us and saw Lord Corn.
wallis surrender up part ofthem 10 hon.
est George Washington. Our Presiden,
now proposes TO have o Standing force
what for!-Beware.
Jefferson never asked Tor armed men 10
re-slect him or OleTaie his successor.
asked for them only in the time
Of the late Ssr, and warned the people
when be loh MS Office to DO careful about
Keeping soldiers ia time Of peace. Curl
streets are filled with idle men who were
active lHborers once, when employment
wac 70 be bad. The men Of entorprizoI
Who once employed thom have boon ruin.
ID BY the government. And now these
honest bot unemployed lsborors are told
~ the Government that When they 90 10
work nRnin they must 90 IL for q few
cents day--ihat labor must be as chem
lere hs Il is among the slaves Of Cuba or
be slaves Of Europe. Ambition and 10.
iorsnce on the part Of our Government
ave shut Up our shops and stores, scut. .
Jed our ships, filed our streets with idle. }
Iess and bankruptcy, and given no on.
engagement TO the farmer as be looks AT
is gram. Are not these things sol You
nov they are, and | have no motive in
lying what may b. false i am too n, ,
ivanced for Office or any thing olse but
sath-it will soon be here NV little
81 sion, thank you Tor II, will soon .torI
% 20 BONE With tho es Of he LiSE