Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-09-29
From BE Aiiaay Daily Ai,erf,srr.
a NOlIE OLE IL

a VOICE or 10.
ne NewbUrgh Gazette brings US the
following eloquent letter frum the last OF
the LIFE GUARDS OF GENERAL
" ASillNGr0N. Let The frecmen OF a
morica heed tire 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 rs
the Lite Guards Of the Country:
Tt he III sneHdsats j. Revolutionary SIlisrss
An old soldier OF the Continental Army
asks for the last time TO 81 eak 20 his'coun-
tryoIcn. During the suffering service
of tho Revolution, | was in sixteen en-
~gagements, and was one of the little band
who volunteered under Sullivan TO DESTROY
''thc SIX nations of Indians" was one
Of that small company selected as the Lille
Guards Of George Wsshingtun-but two
Of US are now living. Il was at the tough
! siege Of Yorktown, at Valley Forge, Mon
mouth, and IN thirteen other hard battles
ans. saw CORVALLIS surrender to our old
General. Ny service ceased only with
The war. h(tcr all this hardship and SUI:
rering, in the street whe ] go out in my
old age 10 see the happiness | have help
ed 10 give you, am pointed n as a GRar-
llsH TORY-ycs. n BRIrISu Tony. I have
said nothing when ! have bccn told SCI,
Lat hive silently thought that my old
General would never have picked out n
rogY TO form one OF his Lie Guard. nor
would n Tory nave suffered what | have
-SutfcrCd for YOU. This abuse has been
shameIuliy hcaped upon one OF your old
soldiers because lac is what he was when
the war broke out. and what Washington
old us we must always he when he shook
hands with us rs We al were going home.
was Il Wing IN the Revolution, have
been one ever since. and am one now
As n Wing | enlisted for the whole war.
was in favor with the ether wings OF
Thomas Jefferson, went with the party
for James Madison, was IN favor OF the
last war, and to DO consistent in my last
vote, must give ii to Harrison. He is n
brave man, and was never known wher-
ever he has been 10 take a penny from his
neighbor or the Government that was not
fairly his. We have trud over the same
ground fighting for liberty. Ills father
(he was enc OF us in the lievolu;ioai sign
ed our independence roll. and then VIC all
went out together 10 fight for il, m we
proved IL was true.
IL appears 10 INC that this cannot De the
Same government that our soldiers help d
Washington TO put up here. We fought
10 have a Government as diffcrcnt from
any in Europe as Nc could make it
Well, we lone IL, and until lately things
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 and toll for seven cents a
day with a standing army over them To-
force them 10 it. But our President now
tells the people hat things have gone
wrong since the Old Wa and that there
are twenty three miserable government
in Europe where the Mugs wear crowns,
the rich purple, and the poor people rags,
tl.at we must fashion after them If we
want 10 be happy aud prospcrouSl We.
had English laws here once and they were
tho 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 a day may do for slaves but
not for frecmcn 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 tim" Of peace, but he
! Clh~I w llllilu W w ! saw ls'iu WI
wallis surrender up n part ofthcm to hon
est George Washington. Our President
now proposes TO have Il standing force
what foT?-Beware.
Jefferson never asked for armed men to-
r~c.elect him or elevate his successor
Madison asked for them only in the lime
of the late war, aud warned the people
when he left his office to be careful about
keeping soldiers in time Of peace. Our
streets are filled with idle men who were
active laborers once, when employment
was to be had The men of enterprise
who once employed them have been ruin.
cd by he government. And now these
honest but unemployed laborers are told
by the Government that when they 20 To
work again they must 40 1t for a few
cents a day-ihat labor must be rs cheap
here rs it is among the slaves of Cuba OF
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 and bankruptcy, and given no en-.
enlargement to the farmer as he looks AZ
his grain. Are not these things So? You
know they arc, and have no motive in
saying What may be- false i am TOO far
advanced for office or any thing else but
death-lt will soon Lc here. Ny little
pension, ! thank you for il, will so5a SOP
and | 90 home with the rest of the Life
Guards. There IS but one remedy only
for the safety Of the country J served
Put other men to stand ~ tho tlllcr alb.
round the cables, and you will soon nd
back en- The old Constitutional track, Gen
Harrison is honest he never deceive ed you
and he never lost u battle, and the People
wont let him lose this. Accept my al.
vice and you all nave my b~lcssing-my
advice is that all Of you become the Life
Guards Of the country, and my blessing
is that your old ngc my have less fears
for liberty than mine.
BENJAMIN EATON.