The national Republican., 1869-01-26
Communicated, !

Is GREKoE RreHT or wRoroi-Several dis
patches have been sent lately by Atlantic
cable to this country on the Eastern question,
all condemnatory Of Greece more or less. The
question naturally arises, what has Greece
done to incur the displsasure Of the "wire.
pullersi' The word 10 sugsestive, for whence
these dispatches orisinatsd We are not told.
tltude Of Greece IL condemned By the airiendiy
Powers.n "Friendly Powersn ndemn Greece
for what attitudei VIII the true friends Of
blood, against the bsrbarisns who have out.
ragged and desolated the homes Of her childreni
The attitude Of Greece 10 evidently this. A
kept at bay for three years the whole Ottoman
Empire. The free Greeks sympathize with
the enslaved members OF their family, and
and
from her nids, the thousands Of refugees, old
and who have @ their
| oriminate horrors Of barbarian. Greece, un-
able to comply, refuses. Some Powers term
Ing them'elye. friendly interfere 70 settle the
their Representatives. fse representative of
one is admitted, the other Is. excluded. On
what grounds 10 Greece excluded from q con.
vention which assumes to settle dispute be-
| tween her and the oppressor Of her race, we
are not told. Il 1t too much to say that this
those "friendly PoweP."p @ rs show tSslf nH frlsnd. @
ship in eehsit Of oppression and tyranny m
Il is true they screen themselves behind the
nimsy stuff which they are pleased to call
balance Of power aud Russian intrigue"
But II they are truly sincere 10 their pfofes.
rights, would they not remove this bone OF
contention from the reach Of the Russian bear
BY establishing a respectable kingdom, en-
% ,Ses sSons. ~ tss .Uns asssssS saSpfs s. TO-
This holding the coveted prize before the
Clar's nostrils, ready to drop from the sick
Il, looks more % ike tsntsiiafns @ Russia II Ss than
coveted property, and the question Is settled.
% San HsnR"n 'hs s srastsg
poleon In the affections Of his and other people
ssn all the prTR: which he 1sn PVT under the
other end. to answer and other purposes to
serve by the Anglo-French policy In the man.
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keep that fairest region Of Europe political
desert, where English and French enterprise
can revel. Make those regions free and self
sustaining, and French and English manufac
turers and capitalists lose their best custom
ers. The resources OF that country will b
developed and will become not only selEsup
porting, but 1t Will supply the East with II,
IL is thus that a selfish policy has ever sacri
| heed the best interest OF the weak. The human
heart, however, feels outraged at the specta
Gle Of so great an injusticei witness the wordi
and acts OF sympathy and Of cheer which reach
Crete and Greece from all quarters, nay from
the very nations whose Goyernments are sup
porting an efiete and purified system In the
midst Of European civilization.
The struggle 10 evidently approaching-tht
last struggle,le us hope. between the barbar
ism Of another age still lingering in the out
skirts Of Europe, and Its Intelligent and free
dom-loving victims, who are stripping them
selves for the unequal contest. Our owI
struggle was not less unequal, yet right and
freedom, tn hey will no doubt obtain II, provided
those friendly Powers will let them alone. One
word more-the civilized world owes to an
Client Greece q great debt. Modern Greece Il
on the eve Of a gigantic struggle to secure hel
independence a second time, from brutal op
presser; we have, therefore, twofold induce
| ment, II not obligation, to throw our influence
on the side Of right and Of Justice. Shall W,
| do it1