New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25
ancs laughs az the doctrine Of your Blackstones


monstrous opinions How can reformatio OF
government ever begin but with the people? The
civzat!on-t would allow IT TO go on In an otneI
matters, but Dot Ia principles OF government anu
But human knowledge is al connected; that
mhS nd hs! amd eVG4 must d the physical
is fast obtaining the intellectual power Of society,
Europe or America, has rested on the principle of
the mutual independence OF nations ~ his
principle as IN the case of Poland; but on me
great scale nations have hitherto beeh vlsW cSris
Independent Observation-Disclosures ana InIls-
tanity have united 10 establish among them inter-
national law
THIRTY YEARS OF SYMPATHY
The situation of Greece had excited the SYM
pathies Of Western Europe for thirty years past
Societies had been formed in Germany to improve
the condition of the suffering people branches OF
those societies were extended into Greece many
of their youth were carefully instructed III h'er-
allure; many disbanded officers from the European
armies entered into the Grecian service ana a con-
siderable amelioration of their condition with re-
spect to the advantages Of education began 10 he
effected In 1871 the revolt took place in MoIdavla
ard Wallachia. a revolt which was supposed 10
have been fomented by Russia. the emperor
brought down large force upon the Pruth; NUS
sian vessel. being suspected of carrying supph"s
to the Insurgents stopped as she passed me
Bosporus, and rupture seemed lmmedld teis I'M
pending Russia demanded that the TURKISH forces ,t
should be Withdrawn from those Two noItnei.
| provinces At tia same time that Ypsilanti was n
Sespera,s stfugSie with All Pacha in the west
And another war with Persia threatened !" '"'
Then it was that the Greek revolution burst form.
They possessed themselves OF LIN open Nv for
refuge M cities OF ntI heT Sey TT pdan 10 s con
len lenn r,'H ',e goVcrnncnt Thcy assembled Con
sress (Ee is hal:oved or this sae o. hos .ne
atlantis; is a nams deat TO frcSdom, ara of fnp
to organic, system of laws Ihe A 66nromneffe
str axis what rS rich iGsG Hs' easy the same
right NJ Chairman h2 we had ,5 Sm@ nr S St
VIZ 6o6 9F is fenmrSs as Closely IS their crem
! stances would permit: In that yea the war VIII
All Pach TGs en nqem eS Te AFFAIR was settled
too With Russia and it now was uscUVoi 1,,L L
&S I9ai sho9 be WITHDRAWN from Mcdava and
Walacha tho very measure WhGh OF overWheIm
the Greek Gauss.
OTTOMAN FORCES LET LOOSE.
Thus was the whole force Of the Ottoman Empire
! let loose at once upon devoted Greece anu "'h''
sir was the result? Where the Ottoman mace h's
creates effort he was met and foiled. and In SIX
weeks had to turn back his steps flo' the Mored'
! wbitbe- his foot has never since tlo6den TO this
| dav It was in this year thai :te island Of Scio'
the most favored island in the Archipelago an 81
and the peculiar property OF the SIi'aha the lei-
est taxed the most wealthy the mos rehAed inc
mos. literary spot in all Greece where were liora-
ries SUCH as few States in TIE Union possess ana
whore ease and elegance had their favorite seat
hecame tho theatre Of a massacre such as is not
10 be paralleled in the history OF ta w0ra,
inhabitants of Samos Jealous at the compaTTau,ts
prosperity OF this island. landed. drove the Iu:ks
into the town. and were joined by some oil the
The Turkish fleet, lately reinforced from EgyIpti;
ss6es to be III th and
burning over, out or l4oOo lnhapl,ahtks u'
G Gby Tsf O. s the STAND y INTO
perpetual slavery. month aiterEwhen te S s,.ys
Ave Greeks az the yardarm and STAY elghty-.se
who had been given as nos1aSesd in Con
sSni,popie zoo who Voluntarily surrendered were
all shot down; 800 others about whom 1ney sVt n
sir on the wharves OF Boston dig see the u,ens a
arv people selling for old copper Numbers Of chill
dren all whose relatives had been sIaughte.tu'
ranean and some OF them are now among Us
ALLIED sOVEREIGNs UNMOVED
Sir. these things were az well known at tie Con-
rres, of Iaybach as they on this foor-but the
tale did not muscle OF those AIIlec ooN-
ereigns or alter one hairs breadth the course OIL
their unfeeling policy. During the present year the
Persian war being over, All dead and the RUSSIAN
gone the whole weight OF the Turkish force has
again and again been preciptated on this struggling
Greeks; again and again it has been trumphahtiy
resisted; and It is only this morning. sir. that re-
ceyed the news of fresh yiotoZ$; rdt, md IN, e
ands with the exception Of one or TWO lortiesseS
still in 81 ac On Of the ocnse Their marine
strengthened their blocka0es have eeen enforced
time nave the h Gl 0 and
they have now the advantages ana pressing OF II
noe done much? Ii would be great injustice TO com
para their achievements with our own because we
ment and OF comparative civil feedon-we had !oT
centuries been aceps'8med TO @ Of tbe means
OF knowledge: they were without public concsr';
without experience, without patronage surrounded
nv nations that cast every encouragement In Their
way; yet they have now had free government dOf
two years and their soil is unprofared by the foqt
OF an invader. They have carried on the struggle
for three successive campaigns against h9roes OK
Tartar troops ana auxiliary forces irom inc pr
barr States; they have been comiured by theS
neighbors to submit. but they still manni fuy h 1o
OUT. Two hundred Thousand nave ne,9lc .Go %
down their lives-ard what say the rest some OF
our nation are yet alive. and we viii all perish pc
fore we will yield up again our country 10 the OPP
pressor.'
PRoMPTNEss URGED.
Mr. Chairman, there some things which. 70
| be we'll done must be promptly done. If we even
deterrnir. 10 do the thing that is now proposed. We
/ may do f. too late Sir am not one OF those VINO
| are for Withholding aid when 1t is most urgently
/ needed and when the stress is past and the aid no
longer necessary overwhelming the sufferer with
caresees will not stand by and my fellow
man drowning withou, stretching a hand 10
help him tn he has by his efforts and pres
ence Of mind reached the shore in safety, and then
nS tbe Crisis Of her faeHher great + may be
her last Tusse BE- s e was We 6 s ss cSne
ing with ruthless oppressors turn their eyes TO MS
snS Wives US ana CHILDREN by their own blood
poured out lie water, by The hccatombs OF dead
fhey have heapej up Il were 10 heaycn-they in
woke they implofs Of us some cheering sound, soma
look OF svmpatfy some token Of compassionate re-
card They look to us The great Republi, OF the
earth. and they ask us by our common faitt
whether we can forge tina. they are struggling. as
we once struggled. for what We now 50 happily en-
iov? | cannot sag. sir. tnat th"y VIII EuCceed-that
rests with heaven-bu- for myself sir, If / should
tomorrow hear thai they have failed tina; their
last phaanx had sum, beneath the Turkish scim'-
tar tEat the flames OF their last city had sunk In
IFS ashes ana that uaught remained but the WIDE
,noancho'v waste where Greece once was. should
still reflect with the most hearted. satisfaction. that
L lu,e LED the OF mI.AOM OF