New-York tribune., 1901-12-01

do F2v-0r fuu justice The latter's own eIistleS
show mat he threw himself heart and soul into
The cause. When Augusta asked him why ne
had come up among the Greeks he replied: III
was stated 10 me that my 50 doing might tend
. their advantage in some measure IN their
present struggle for independence both as an
individual and as q member for the commit
Tee now IN England. How Ear this may be
rea.5zei cannot pretend TO anticipate. but I
an wiling 10 do what can" Elsewhere he
says ! 90 not gruGEe any expense Tor the
cause," and in later letter 10 hinIaird ne
writes. The Greek Cause UP TO this present
writing hath cost ne q mine Own monies about
thirty thousand Spanish dollars Gdrahotd. with
cut counting my own contingent eXpences OF
every kind Il is true, however, that everything
would have been at q staudstlI il NesSalonghi
If I had not done 50. Part e this money, more
particularly the four thousand pounds advanced.
and guaranteed by the Greek Deputies Is, or
ought 10 be, repaid. To this You VIII look, but
! shall stIU spend il in the Cause, for I have
some hundred men under ny command regu-
la-ly paid and pretty men enough have writ
ten to you repeatedly. imIloring you to sell out
o. the Funds while they are high. and to take
four per ceut-or any per Cent-on landed
security for The monies" i is the more in
spring TO see him thus prepared 10 risk his own
interests when the fact that he had no illusions
about the people for whom he was working is
made manifest il q passage like the following.
from his journal
Whoever goes into Greece at present should
d il as Mrs Fly went into New te-nOt with
the expectation Of meeting with any especial
indication or rNlSilng prOblty, but In the hope
that tine and better treatment VIII reclaim
the present bLrslariOus and larcenous tender-
c-es winch have followed THIS General Gaol de-
livery. When the limbs Of the Greeks are a
little less stiff from the shachles Of four cen
turies. they VIII not march 50 much as # they
~ .~7- aJr- leo 2 90 ~
br- ken. indeed: but the links are Sill cIaTh
irS- and The Saturralja Is still too recent to
have converted the SlaVe into sober Citizen.
The worst Of them IS that TO Use a coarse but
tn only expression that VIII not fall short Of
III TRUTH they are such damned liars; there
never was known such an Lrcapac-Jy Tor Yertc-
lry shown since Eve lived IN Paradise. one
Of them found fault the other day with
t slish language. because I had Sc few shades
z no yes and vice versa. 10y the slip
pery qualities q his Language. that pr=varica-
leave Ioop-hui- through which perjury may
slip without being perceived.
The whole Creek adventure - necessarily
darkene6 with Ihe shadow OF impending trag-
edy, but. has been said. this concluding
volume q The correspondence contains much
else. and although il - eloquent + the eXas-
QeratioI-and worse-tls- he suffered, II Is also
rich il his rquenchabl= vivacity- and 50 these
pages. as much as ary which have gone before,
are. above al things entertaining H Is de-
lishtfuIly tart 10 Murray, when that gentleman
tails 20 Do his duty. saying II one letter:
II you cannot be civil 10 Nj John Hunt, Il
means that you have ceased 70 be 10 me or
mean do ! have thought : much for
some time pasg; Uur You VIII find the long
run (th0uEh I hear that ygu 80 about talking
CT yourself. like Dog5erry. aS fellow that hath
had losses that YOU VIII nj change Tor the
better I an worth any forty Oh fair ground"
Ct the wTerCh=d sriIted preJ=L6ers and parsons
of your advertisements
But he was quite ready TO be arniabIe when
Murray had done his best 70 put himself right,
ard there IS an :ninlirab ble touch in his comment
OF the publishers explanation Of the friction
WITH Hunt With regard = NJ. J. Hunt he
says, how could tell that he insulred you?
Of course = he do. sh- him the door or the
window, he had n warrant from ne but the
letter you received, and I think that was civil
enough. : am afraid the Journal The Lib
era" il which Byron allowed the publication
Of The Vision q Judgment" paying Hunts !
expenses il Ihe ensuing prosecutonl is q bad
business, and won't do; but il il 7 am sacri-
ncins myself for others. I can have no ad-
vantage n l. : believe the brothers Z. to be
honest men, ! am sure hat they are poor ones. ]
They have not a zap, they pressed he 10 en-
gage in his work, and II an evil hour I con
sentea st--- shah not repent, i can do them
the least service ! have done al I can for
Leigh Hunt since he came here: but il is almost