Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-17
TuR TafnEar or WAE AGAINST
EHEErE ~ TrHFE FL.

with Greece. It says:
{ 1--WE End ourselves. therefore, at pres
b ent. not face to face with an insurreetoI
al home, but IN the presence Of a gov
eminent which eDdeavors and make
manifest preparations TO revOlutiOnizr
our territory. ! am happy TO be able t,
state that, Notwithstanding the mos
I violent iulrigues Of Greece, the creates
quiet prevails throughout the empire
IL view Of the events nov becoming de
velouef. therefore, we feel thoroughly
convinced that friendly powers viii ad
init that the MAJ iiesUly hostile con.
duct uf the Greek government
both with regard 20 Crete and 10 tht
general tranquility in the other prov
inces of the realm, is without parable
between two states living at peace
They will at the same time, admit ths'
the Sublime porte, solely inspired by the
I wish Of preserving peace, las given
proofs Of unexsmpled self denial Bat
tuere are limits which cannot and must
Z not be overstepped, and it can hardly
/ longer remain q matter OF Indifference q
his imperial majesty, the sultan, that q
! considerable portion OF his subjects, who
/ desire 70 live quietly aud enjoy the pro-
! lection guaranteed 70 them, should fall
/ sacrifices 10 the passions and destructive
: schemes Of Greek adventures, and that
! the tra0uiiitv of his empire should be
/ disturbed aud endangered. If, therefore,
! tho Greek government setting aside the
obligations imposed upon il by treaties,
should persevere i'm Che course 10 has
/ hitherto pursued, the imperial govern
ment viii find Itself compelled 10 adopt
/ measures required by the duty Of pro-
[ vidiuE for its own security, leaving al
] q -. & FfrFH
I sponsibility for all the consequences such
! measures might eniaii.'
! Crete is an Island inhabited by Greeks,
/ which ought 20 have been included ia tire
! treaty OF Grecian independence, c0uclu-
/ ded under the intervention OF France,
I England and Russia, in lS27. It's people
/ were ardent partcipsntsz-H nd great Suf
! fcrers In that terrible NTtuECle, ana &c
I was a sad error 90 have left them under
| the hated yoke of the Maslem. II may,
and probably viii, bring about another
awful war between the two powers.
The Gre-ian struggle for independence
commenced in the beginning Of ISL, and
I lasted until the end Of 1927, a period Of
seven long years. in the desperation Of
/ the com batauts, in The furious spirit in
which the war was carried eu, iU the
many sanguinary ma=-srTe- that, from
H 70
were lis attendants, I'm the tremendous
Iossls on both sides, iH the unparalleled
suffering of the weaker party, and iB the
valur aud eon~tancr which they mani
Tested. there Is no parallel, in our Udg-
meut, either lu ancient uf modern times.
The kingdom of Greece Is little state Of
about -. 900 square miles, or half the size
Of the state Of Ohio. It's population did
not exceed. when it struck for iude-
pendence, 100000 souls. Ground down
by centuries If the most terrible cuPres-
sion, by an allen race. with q hostile
religion, it was almost destitute of any
military or naval resources for q pro-
tracted contest or, Indeed, for any sort
Of struggle. II was without army, navy
or treasury.
Against the state was the Ottoman
empire, which welded The resources Of
thirty millions OF people, and v hich, 10y
the numbers as well as the fighting char
acter of its population, ranked among
she great powers Of Europe one would
hardly have supposed that Greece would
have sustained single campaign. IEe
Turks sent To that country vast armies
and nsvies, and literally made it war
Of eXrermiuatiou. No male prisoners
were takeH-tLey were all murdered
upon the spot. The females and youths
that fell into their hands were sold as
slaves in the slave mgrt~ and harem- Of
CoDstsutinUp.e, Smyrna and A'giers.
BY this process the Greek population uf
10O. 600 was reduced before The end of the
wsr 10 $50 600, yet nowhere was there
The least thought or idea Cf submission.
The losses in the sieg5s sud battles of this
remarkable war are literally ulpar-
aIeied, when tbe humber o. the combat
BE-
the siege OF Ali-sGloughi i'm western
Greece, in 1876. IL aas held with "a te-
0 srity and desp ration that reminds one
Of The famous siege Of Jerusalem, bY the
Romans under Titus, soon after the chris
tisu era. The final escape Of a portion
Of the garrison by a night sCFJie IS one Of
The most wonderful a2d thrilling events
in the annals OF warfare. The Greeks
obtained their Independence ley their sa-
periurity at sea. They are fine sailors
and their merchant msriHe IS now one of
the largest iD the Mediterranean. Their
fire ships " ere most efficient, and upon
repeated occasions they caused the de
sfrucUuu or Gi-H Tsiauu uf the Turkish
Fl e. when the delivery II supplies Go is
army wss inl.~ptuss be ~ success. Upon
one ,cca~iJn there was an Instance OF
this character, which, as involving a
moral rytTiluion upon those who had .
committed enormous criues, j. worthy of
specisl mention. The Turkish feet hat .
visited ths beautiful island OF Chi1s, and .
had literally laid it ia blood and ashes. 0 F..
its 20 90 people-meu, women and chill f.
dren-25 0oo were murdered aud IS 900 .
were carried of and sold 8s slaves. Had .
a prairie fire swept over it from end % 4
END. the island could not have been +
more devastated. This liEhtlul Calam- 4
ity was witnessed frgmNa neighborIng F..
shore by few courageous Greeks, aud 4
they resolved on "a measure OF retalia- I
tion.
Two eships were sent into the Turk f.
ish feet, and firmly attached 20 two I
ships of the line, one Of them ue admit {
rails vessel, from which the orders for
the Chios atr0city hsd been given. They
were soon eDveloged ia flames, frcm the
how spirit 20 the top-g1llant mast, anu
presented a brilliant Lut terrifying spec
iscle Fearful Of being Involved ia the
terrible calamity, tlle other TURK sA
vessels kept Of from the endangered
shiI=, and they finally blew up, carrying
with them 90 destruction two thousand
five hundred Turks, and among them
the author OF the Clios horror. Never
was there q quicker or more deserved
rettibution, and i8eyer a stronger proof
that tie cries ot humanity are heard 10y
a God of iunEite justice.
While the Greeks were carrying on
ihis irighttGl struggle, aud is seemed
likely that the whole race would be *
terminated. they, l.ke the beseiged M
Jerusalem, were actually fighting among
themselves, and cutting each others
thrOats, while lhe Turks bstteriug rams
were at the walls. The military chiefs
and the senate were at open war, and
the latter would not obey The former
Under such circumstance, how strange
and singular that they should have
been able TO secure their independence
But the spectacle they presented was 50
heroic, and tke atrocities upon them were
50 great, that ehristendgm stepped IN
and stopped the further prosecution CT
the conflict.
Since then they have been visited with
the greatest prosperity. Their popu!a
tiOn has increased 10 500 009, and
their advancement in wealth has been in Z
ali respects sp0uuiug. II forced .
into another war with the Turks, they I
will have ten umeg-the resources for car /
ryiug it on; and 4 tsined by the great I
divisions Of race aud sect in the Otto /
man empire itself, and backed up hv the +.
moral, if not the physical, aid OF Russia, 1
they may strike the final blows against (
the dOmiuions Of the M0slems, and again 4
plant, after four centuries OF absence, the 1
cross upon the dome OF the MOSQUE of /
st. Sophia in ConstautinOple.
Capt. De la Mesa the Roman dictator, 1
who lords it over the people Of Rome, I
saws the Augusta Press, has ordered the .
keepers OF the Star saloon 70 take down
their sign Of a lone star. He also or I
dered another saloon keeper to remove .
his sign-the " Confederate saloon.n He I
is the great man who has six young men
Of Rome in Jail in Atlanta for exhibiting I
a Confederate flag in tablesux repge-
ssnting the eoldier's grave,