Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-06-30
dl)e porta9e 5rntinel.
Fromthe Pictorial Drawingroom Companion.
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-. M FRANCIS A. DuRIvAGE.
ss-To live with fame 3
The gods alloW,to many!s but todie
With equal 1ustre is blessing Heaven
selects from an the choicest heno..ss Of fate,
And with sparing hand on few bestow,
"a - sf.tz fTss49 LEoNIpAs
during the heroic struggle of the mod
efn Greeks for Independence, when the
henri OF svery liberal throughout tho world
was beating with anxiety for the late OF
the patriots, The defenders of Missolonghi
found themselves leogufed by q powerful
Turkish army. Moslem cannon had
breachodiheir wulis; the ground about Them
had been mined by their antag agonists; their
ammunition was about exhausted; their
wounded were accumulating on their hands,
and finally, 10 complete the horror Of their
situation, faaine stnred Them in the face.
Yetthe.e as'noshing left for them but to
struggle 10 the last; for the foe was mer.
ciless and capitulation would only bring
death 10 The men and a sefyitudo worse
li,an death 10 the women. g
LIN he ruinssof an ole church, coun-
cilof waf, hastily summoned, was assem-.
tiled BY torch light Mott Bozzaris, the
oldest living unembersof On heroic family,
Distinguished IN ihe annals Of Greece the
aged pntriarch Of Missolonghi, presided a.
tie Council. Grouped around him were
the wild and hnggard fnces Of warriors clad
III the picturesque garb of their native land
Surne were grey h6ired and bowed with
aee-o.lers 10 The flower Of manhood or
the sigor Of youth, but all bore traces of
hardship aud suffering.
ssIahe isatriuch, with trembling voice,
couliseiied patience. Succor might ar
rise-he had no positive adyiccs, bat still
hope and faith whispered in his ear, in
ihe enfeebled state:of she gurrisan, 6ghting
was no ianger practicable. Ss .,ass
NDeHetrius Paliicaris, IA young Suliote
sprang TO Ills feet " hen The patriarch had
cef,kluded. ss A*lf }:zl1e
sFo.her,'' said lie energetica!iy, 81
grove 10 differ from you. But you are
old. Tho snows of seventy winters rest
on your yenssabIe head Resignation
lorsiiude- rdom-are the inspiration
Of ypur yeors; but VIC OF hotter blood can,
not hrook the course you counsel. " hnt.
shall We, 10 she flower Of life, with arms in
our hands, siphefe and starve to death like,
rats Ia a duugeona Forbid il, Heaven!
Forbid Il, our ancestral fame! The mem,
osy of Alafatbon, Of Plat,ea, Of Thermo-
pyle, speakst:o us "a different counsel. -
Our Ammunition Is almost gone--but We.
have our swords. Our ancestors had no
other wenpons. With these we may cut
oor wny through the ranks Of Osman; and
apeti q path for our aged and our women
to liberty aud life. My voice is then for
a s0rtie. Let Us take the sacred standard
Of The cross, and this very night attack the
foe Your relative; The n 5ble Marco. fa>
thor, died Ia such an attack, but he died in
the arns of victory. Remember that. fa-
sher. = rss.
sA young man ii d foreign Uniform fol
loved Deu1eifius. Gernld Falconer was
an Adnericnf or wealth, who had aban-
doned the luxuriss and endearments Of
home. 10 devote his sword and fortune TO
the Greek cause The friend Of Deme-
ssis,s, lie SHARED his opinions, and defended
them eloquently The sortie was decided
on, and The council Of war broke up.
Within half an hour, small but ieso
lute band was collected in the shudow Of
the ruined church, that rose like vast bull
wdrk against the glorious summer heaven,
now beginning % tighten BY the nclouded
rays oi d full and rising moon. The ball
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