The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-17
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CossrASrNoPIK, March IL, 1854.
me United states Pledged By Ercitate Tourists to sympa
hise Nth Everybody and EoeIything-Mr AartoeI's
Speech at Athens-7he Moral Of all such Grdtuitous
Declarations-Dr. Kings Sentence Of Banishme,u Re
rerSed by tie King-7he Means Taken to Stir up he
Lotcer Glasses Of the Greeks against the Tuks-Ingrati-
tude of hat Ineonstant People
Just when the present instruction breaking out
in Greece Athens honored by visit from Ameri-
can traveller, named Maxwell Animated by the thirst
for notoriety which belongs to many of the genus
honin he begged the missionary consul of this place,
Dr.. King to erect Aagsta his chapel consulate.
and hoist the cocrs Of the United States it, the
22d Of February, at his private expense On this condi
ton Maxwell promised to honor Dr. Kings residence with
personal this American anniversary, and to de-
liver himself of grafton which, for time psst,
had been burning in his patriotic breast.
This Grafton has given to the American government
people the colorng of partizans to the
Of the Greeks against the Ottoman Porte The Greek pa
pers of Athens have published that the people of the
United States animated with the warmest friend
ship sympathy for the Creeks that they and their
government would certainly sympathse in the insurrec
ton, and not fail to give 1t their support moral and ma
teral In fact the aid Of large military force and
val force of magnitude much greater, it is believed,
than by the United States stands pledged by
Mr.. Maxwell TO rush 10 the assistance OF tue
Agesilaus Leonidas Peossidas Themstocles, &c, of
the age of Bavarian Ohio. The me the place, lin the
American consuate and under the ''stars and stripes"
gave weight to the promises of the speaker which,
Ger no other circumsta could have deeply i'm.
pressed the Greeks with the conviction left in their
minds of the devotedness of the American public this
i'll timed Instruction Some Of the Athens papers have
even published that the American Consul himself DR..
King has also pledged his and country
home to the full support OF the plans OF the Greeks in
connection with their patron and ally, the Emperor Of
Russia.
The government Of Greece days after this occur
renee after well calculating upon the chances of its
utility advised King Ohio to avail himself of the OCCASION
and most humaney and generously to relieve the Consul
missionary, Or. King, from the weight Of the sen
tence OF Punishment heretofore pronounced against him
for his pious endeavors to convert the Greeks to Proes
tansm and the Minister of Justice communicated to
him, in formal manner that the King had been gra-
ciousypessed to pardon him and thus free him from the
sentence aforesaid Thus the government OF the United
states at least freed prosecution suit
which has cost 1t much than involved by the ten
minutes confinement Of DR. King after his condemnation,
when he scarcely had time sufficient to date half
dozen letters 10 his friends in the United States and sub
sequeny fill them up with the details Of all the horrors
which surrounded him in prison filed with NAL efactors
of the kind &C. &c And there only remains it
procure the settlement of the amount claimed by Dr.
King for the house and lot owned by him in Athens and
for which the Court having taken fancy for the Site
must be paid for as agreement by the city OF Athens
You of course, aware Of the steps taken BY the
Porte to suppress the nsurrecton in Greece The Athens
press not only proclaimed that the American govern
I ment would send them military aid but that England
France both their side and would also take
part with them against the Porte Led by the latter
belief he lower classes Of Greeks still labor to extend
their operations into other parts of the Sulans dom
mons The efforts oil the Turkish forces VIII not much
avail long they entertain the expectation of seeing
English a french force arrive for their assistance
but they find that their arrival is to suppress
their ill timed Instruction that English army is
landed in Greece TO act against the Greek cause it will
convince them TO the contrary As to the anticipated ma
teria aid from the United states it is probable that
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annexation Of Cuba which has attraction than all
the JestdneiliS of this classic land.
1t be out of place here to add, that the
pathy given generously to the Greeks during therast
revolution has not been of much to them, rather
that they have lily shown themselves worthy of it. The
government of King Ohio has given the cold shoulder
tirely to England and France which powers nobly
stepred forward in its behalf; it has degenerated
ther than advanced and in place Of aiming at the liberal
form Of government of these powers, it has aped the
Russian despot, and thrown itself wholly into his
Whilst an excellent opportunity given to it to be
civilized and progress ii has remained in the
of Turkey. constitution forced upon Ohio by his
PEOPLE has been dead letter The pseudo elections OF
the representatives have been many corruptons and
other expenses of the Court of Athens has kept the
government continually penniless. just demand for
redress he part Of the American government in
dgnany rejected and kept at arms length, until for
sooth tie Court of Ohio thought the Americans would
fall at his feet in gratitude for act of clemency
which would have born the feature of justice and
spec under other circumstances but under the present
will surely only insult to the common
! and understanding of an Enlightened people
The language of the Greek press has had the effect of
leading the Turkish government to suppose that there
more in it than appeared ''above board II ina
gnes that the people OF the United States chameleon
like assume any and every color that their sympa
thy for the Sultan in his struggle against the presume
ton of the Gar will be thrown aside to aid and
enance this came depots allies and associates in ortho-
doxy the Greeks. Consistency is jewel' above all
price land for the Greeks to receive the apathy of
America they must first show themselves worthy of it,
and in the true path of liberalism and reform, which
unfortunately is not the
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