The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-01-23
----------- Ike our Shadows,
Our wishes leng,hcn as our sun declines.
From the liverpool Chronicle.

From the liverpool Chronicle.
WICKEDNESS OF THE SYRIAN WAR.
When is war justifable? When it is the
war of the patriot, waged against the invaders
of his country. In no other case we hold and
maintain is itlawful to take up arms for the de-
struction Of the life and property Of our fellow
creatures. Now, does our unhappy and bloody
aggression upon the unoflending Egyptians
come within this definition of justifiabe war?
Assuredly, most assuredly not. We were in no
danger from them. They never dreamed Of at
lacking or injuring us in any possible way On
the contrary they courted our alliance, received
and treated US as friends. and were anxious in
every way to encourage our intercourse with
them And what has been our return for these
advances and kindness on their part? A cold
blooded attack upon their towns and the slaugh-
ter of thousands of their people. We have
gained, we are informed, glory by bombarding
and burning towns which offered hardly any re-
sistance and by blowing up, lat one fell swoop,"
fifteen hundred poor wretches, who never in
jured us in the slightest degree This is called
glory. Read the account of it from those who
were witnesses Of the sad catastrophe.
cat about four, p. M, a sensation was lelt on
board the ships similar to that Of an earthquake,
which was subsequently, ascertained TO have
been tremendous explosion (no doubt from one
of the steamers shells) of powder magazine
ashore, launching into eternity no less than 1900
ofthe e,iemu The torn IN one mass
Of ruins the batteries and most Of the houses
literally riddied all orer; and killed and
arounded lying about in all directions iiteiess
trunks cut asunder some i1ithoat heads, 9th
ers niihout legs and arms hundreds dying
from The blood Touring from their mounds,
and no one near TO help them. The scene 'cas
truly a,cful The scene presented to-day in
town is indiscribabiy horrible; The lohoie
neighborhood Of the explosion being mass
of killed and rounded men and beasts tossed
together unfortunately"
Yes this we Englshmen call glory. We
wantonly and wickedly destroy fifteen hundred
of our felow-beings who never injured US and
then speak of the infamous exploit as national
glory Ii it be national glory, why did we
punish Churtell, Greenacre, or Courvoser Tor
earning indiridudi glory after the same barba-
rous fashion, England cannot expect TO flour
ish after this wicked onslaught upon people
with whom she had less pretext than the wolf IN
the fable had against the lamb And what will
be the immediate result of this evil course Of po-
licy /? Mark urwords. We venture TO predict
that il will issue in the speedy downfall OF the
Ministers who have allowed Lord Palmerston TO
persevere in his mad career. II will be brought
about thus. The costs of this meanness VIII
have to be defrayed, and then, when the people
sneak out their sentiment on the subject, will the
Tories support the men whom they have cheered
on sstoet Slip the dogs of war" and butcher their
fellow-creatures wishout cause2 Not they
They will be, on the contrary, ready TO take ad.
vantage Of the fall which they have encouraged
them 10 provoke But we stop for to-day Re-
member we prophesy that the bloody businessI IN
syria will lead to the downfall of the present
Ministers.