Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-17
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! The Newburgh Gazette brings US the
/ following eloquent letter from the last OF
the LIFE GUARDS OF GENERAL
! WASHINGTON. Let the frcemen OF A
merica heed the honest warning Of This
venerable patriot. Let all who are able
TO enlist for the war adop, the advice Of
this aged veteran and enrol themselves as
! the Lite Guards of the Country:
! To ths Dsscsn9anis + Revolutionary Soldrrs:
An old soldier OF the Continental Army
asks for the last time to 8, eak % his coun
! trymen. During the suffering service
Of the Revolution, | was in sixteen en-
! gagcmenls, and was one OF the little band
aho volunteered under Sullivan 10 destroy
1.-The six nations OF Indians" ! was one
Of that small company selected as the Life.
Guards Of George Washingtun-but Two
! of US are now living. was at The tough
siege Of Yorktown, al Valley Forge, Mon
mouth, and in thirteen other hard battles
and saw CORVALLIS surrender to our old
General. NV service ceased only with
The war. After all this hardship and sui.
!ering, IN the stree; whe. ! 60 out in my
old age 10 see the happiness have help.
ed 10 give you, am pointed nj as Bar
Ism ToEY-yes. a BRIrIsH ToRY. have
sad nothing when have Eecn told so.
but have silently thought that my old
General would never have p.ckeJ out
Tony 10 form one OF his Lie Guard. nor
would Tory have suffered what | have
suffered for you. This abuse has been
shameiully heaped upon one OF your ola
soldiers because he is what he was when
the war broke out. and what Nashin gtun
told US We must always be when he shook
hands with us as we a were going home.
was Wing in the Revolution, have
been one ever since. and am one now
rs 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 he consistent in my las,
vote, must give il to Harrison lie Is o
brave man, and was never known wher-
ever he has been 10 take penny from his
neighbor or the Governments that was not
fairly his. We have trod over the same
ground fighting for liberty. Ills father
(hc was one Of US in the Revolution signs
cd our independence rolf, and then we all
went out together ~ fight for il, am we
proved il was true.
il appears TO me tina; this cannot 90 the
sam government that our soldiers help d
NaShnEpr 70 put up here. We loughI
~ have Government as d ffcrcnt from
any IN Europe as Te could make it
Well, We done il. and until lately things
have all gone or smoothly and Europe
was beginning To get ashamed Of tho way
she made slaves Of her subjects by max
ing them work and toll for seven cents a
day with standing army 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
~ Europe where the Kings wear crowns.
the rich purple, and the poor people rags,
q. at NC 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
'hen and We put them under our fcct.-
We used 10 work for Il mere nothing then.
and wc cannot do u again. Working for
u few cents n day may do for slaves but
not for irccmen whose liberty cos; more
b. God than liberty ever cost before: why
the very first thing that started the Old
Var Standing Army the King KEEP, quar-.
tered on us: we told him We wanted no
soldiers over US in tim, Of peace. bat he
refused 10 mind us and ! saw Lord Corn
wallis surrender up part Of them to hon.
est George Washington. Our President
now proposes 10 have 4 standing force
what for?-Bewarc.
Jefferson never asked for arIned men to-
re. elect him or elevate his successor.
Madison asked for them only 10 the time
Of the late war, aud warned 'he people
when he left his office 10 b. careful about
| keeping soldiers IN time OF peace. Our
streets arc filled with idle men who were
active iaUUrefs once, when employ meme
was TO bc hsd- Tie men Of enterprise
who once employed them have been ruin
I'd by the government And now these
honest but unemployed lSborcrs are told
by be Government that when they 90 TO
work nRain they must 90 10 for IA few
c"nts dJy-.hut labor must b. az cheap
mere as 10 is among tho slnyes Of Cuba or
The slaves O. Europe. Ambition aud ~
uurancc op 'ne part Of our Government
have shat uP our shops and stores. scp;.
tied cur Ships. filled our streets with idle.
ness AMI bankruptcy, and given no. on.
c0urJErmcut 20 ne farmer rs Dee looks az
his grain ATe not these things sol You
know they are. and have no motive in
sayiig Whist NAV - false 1 avn too flr
advanced for oiE.e ~ any thing disc bot
b Jea,h-il will soon b. here. Nv liule
. fcls.,., 'ufrk YOU tpri', VIII s1op stop
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