Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 61, Richmond, Wayne County, 21 May 1825 — Page 1

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terity occupies the scene, and envy and jealousy have been subdued by death. In proceeding upon the contemplation of what was likely to he the ultimate issue of the convulsions of Europe, in contempt of current appearances, Mr. Adams sacrificed temporary personal advantages for the subservient benefit of the Union. There

service to the cause. This was accordingly done; and in the month of August last, Mr. Miller sailed for the Mediterranean, with testimonials from the Greek committee, and a letter of introduction to Prince Mavrocordatos. A letter has recently been received from him, containing an account of his reception in Greece, together with a letter from Prince Mavrocordatos.

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Portrait No. II. JOHN ADAMS. J , e portrait of .Mr. John Adams is that ,r-vt;n';)j-;t those of all our Presidents, bef :, -which we outfit the longest to pause. Ji - p.i!ri-..'ti-rn has never been questioned, aj the spirit of party has given to F p '-litical principles an equivocal compx Tisev were not dubious in the hjsittvc arid judicial conflicts preliminan t t:ic American Revolution: they were n : i j'tlul on the Declaration of Indepen-i-::te: thev were as decided in Europe 2; :L the United States. B was only ir: t.iO Pri -idencv that his princ iples vn-r supp'-ed to have been biased by an l.itiGii to aristocracy. But if we re-

. -x vit-m tun a soner mougnuuiness

t;.' will he found to bear the test of rigid :X;xi. ution, ai.d to have been consistent tv:;-: the ii;tere?ts of the country and pubU r.Ttirri'.nt at the present da v.

a Adams became Chief Magistrate ; the r ilers of Revi lutionarv Franc', j i . . ; i i . . . . , i '

i..e. (J 4 "1111 ?UU-, I I l Il 1 o.tj.l, n:u reformers were intluenced with no- ! '.'. A the boundless regeneration and f .:;-' Tar iFt v of nations. Authority, ii. i n.U' -l form, was regarded as a bur-j

c '. L"u'il restraint, though proceeding n the Representatives of the people, l-ny elected, was denounced a tyranny: at i i'rrj .st every act of Government was c -.i redas tainted w ith corruption. 1 s? convictions-were alledged, not bv 2 :!i ! i ; t i o i , but by a powerful party : ' t " y the ignorant alone but bv many of learning, science, and wealth. T.i reserve the good order of the comrr.i utv ithout v'u leiice, to induce ncquif: .-r.f e in tne.isiires of administration by t.e application of reason and argument, niidt the throe- of European revj.uiiotis, to enforce respect for the counr asr-ad, was not a light task. Parties re rot disposed to be pleased. The x ravaga-it clamours of the or e, e xcited '' anirno-ity of the other. Altercation ex operated by the etfort to wrest the tx-t 'iiw reinsnutof the handsof acertam f ? oi 1- iding statesmen, and to place ''I'm i:t tfio.o of a dilforetit description: thus situated, the President found it c.Itnuitt.) purcue the course indicated by U (Hvn i:npaitial judgment, without giv'"rc!f tjcc to hi professed friends or avowti fi'emies. -Mr. John Adams was imbued with a Jr it historic ally prophetic. He perceivlj t the outs:t the remote corise(juences

no recorded trae of his devotion to lief that thev mav prove interesting to the

friends ot Greece and the community at large. Missolonghi, Dec. VI, 1624. To the Greek Committee in Boston, (Mas.) Gfntlf.mfn: After being detained at Malta for nearly two months, 1 have at length, by the blessing of God, arrived at this place. I arrived at Zante, after a passage of eight days from Malta, and remained there but one dav. From Zante to

Missdonghi, I had a passage of two days,

Great Britain; none of a settled hostilitv to

V ranee. If he urged war upon the latter ; f r her manifold insults and outrages, he

jalso made peace with her, removed an inj convenience, and saved the United States j from the dilemma of violating their nationj al iaith or exhausting their national resouri ces. The guarantee of the French Westt India Inlands from which they were absolj ved by the tienty of 1800, was a weighty j responsibility, ard one of solemn import. 1 Circumvented in the measures of his Cabinet by Mr. Pickering, assailed in his j policy by the pen of Gen. Hamilton, rej proached, derided, and reviled by the republican party , he was compe lled to seek j sale counsels chietly from his own retlecj ttons ; and if there were occasions on which

he manifested irritation, candour mav as-

; Greece as long as there was a prospect of j her being free, but no longer. With this reply he appeared to be well pleased; told

me to make myself acquainted with the language as soon as possible; and that I should have a station of some importance in the army. While we were consulting, a courier arrived with news of a recent victory , gained by sea, over the Turks. There were two engagements. Ti e first took place about the 9th of November, between the islands of Samos and Nicnria; the second in the channel of Candia, between Candia and tbe island of Caso. The ileet of the Pacha of I - gyns has been en-

j tirely defeated and dispeised. Seven ships !of war were burned or sunk, and twelve j transports taken; most ot which weie unjder European colors. O.i board these

transports were twelve hundred Egyptian soldiers, all of whom fell into the handsof the Greeks. This is the fifth decided en-

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in a listiin" boat.

On mv arrival, I was !i p:2:vmoiit, which h: terminated in favor

conducted to the seat of the provincial go

vernment of Missolonghi, which is held in the same house where Lord B ron died. 'I had learned Greek enough at Malta, to , let them know who I was: and the officers ; of government sent for a Greek who could

speak a little English. The' officers, thro1

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, nne it to the peculiarity ot bis situation, j; this man, expressed to me the high sense of It i in saints alone, or, perhaps, in philoso- , honor thev entertained for the American : phers m retirement, and not in men enga- charac ter,and bade me welcome to Greece. : ged m the direction of human a flairs, that jj At 3 o'clock, dinner w as announced, which ; we should expect to find a total it ditfer-j; to me was verv welcome, as I had e aten jence to the infidelities of annates, the jj hut little for twodavs. We had dinner at jcarpings of rivals, and the unceasing im- j! the palace of Prince Mavrocordat.?. The , nutations of inveterate ad ver arie. palace i? euual in stv It? to our best locr hou-

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! vi an uie measuresol .lr. John Adams s : administration, then- are but two which I i

tiave not been nrofn-fdv imitated bv bis

ct t jc- groi excesses of the French Uevo-I 'J !' n. Hp foresaw that a pa-sion for lib-j

v v '-vr.iiiij degenerate into a passion for '.'-'-t; that the defence of the new k p'ihlir ngaiuet royal and foreign lea--''es would produce formida!)le armies; the triumphs of these armies would in-

"itlr-national pride; and that the sound j ' "-trnjf-s of rational freedom would be j Fanned or slighted for the pursuit of j ::;!,tir ul'.rv. How iust these anticipa-1

lj'J'-s were, how fatal was their realization, ' atrocious massacres of the Kobcsperian ''"", t!ie martial, magnificent, and trediif.us gway of Napoleon, his frightful 'Verses and disastrous dow nfall, too fcariUll 'iid tiuly tell. h : .t -i . . .

1 15 me ClUlv. hot is. not n ivavs lavnur-

jt - the present popularity of a ruler, Ufinn '!io t .-.a . I . I '. . - .vLim.i.

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k-"vi.iiu ui manKinu uo not see 5 Hud, intluenced by the immediate

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successors. The ian . the army , fortifications, banking, t; x w nr. ai d ron-titntion-al constructions have all been c ai ried to a greater exfei t than he ever proposed or effected, h' the Alien and S"diti( n bws were etiac ted flaring his Piesiden v. thev were nre the oif-pr ing ct parts z al than "t a premeditated del i mir ation lo inIringo ti e lihertv of sp-e i .i- e) nt tl-e pre.-s. Tisev tiave pa--i ,i auav.aid every one fiow agrees th at tt ' v were neiiber salutarv nor xp client. If e:,e persia more' than another was c r risu r a Ide fr thesf c.nac trncMits, recent peditical relevations point to th ir author with uuerrii'g certainty, arid exonerate Mr. Adams from the chaige of having been their active instigator. A scholar, a jurist, a diplomatist, an author and a statesman. Mr. John Adams has given profit's of deep studv, much learning, eminent talent?, originality of thought, a rich and racy st je of writing, and enlightened views. With strong natural fe eding5:, the discipline of his mind has not. in every instance, been capable of suppressing his emotions; and of this his opponents have

taken advantage. But the character of a man is not to be drawn from occasional sallies, w hich form exceptions to the more general and prominent features of his intellectual aspect. Time will brighten the hue of his virtues, while the insignificant imperfections will pass from the vision and the memory. He has read much, observed much, reflected more, seen and considered society in all its phrases; and the fruits of his wisdom will survive, as aliment to those who are disposed to profit by the lessons of experience, and to imbibe knowledge from the productions of an inquisitive and intelligent mind, which, to an extreme old age, has preserved unusual vigour. A few strokes of the pencil will finish his character. A masculine mind, an ar dent temperament, a quick perception, a wie forecast, a fearfuluess of consequences, indic ate him to he among the first men of his age, and one of the sages of America.

ses. I he dinner was good, and served up in European st le. The governor (Mavrocordatos) being ill, it was not thought best to disturb him, as his health is quite feeble, being slowlv recovering from a dangerous illness. I therefore returned to the government hou-e, and lay down upon a couch, after the fa-hion of the country. I had been here but a few minutes, when I saw a soldier enter the door ha-tilv. lie

Ii asked me if I was an American: I answer-

lied ;:. ihf. alio .-native. He grasped mv i

j' hand in ecstacy, exclaiming at the same jjtime that he also had the honor to belong II to that countrv: that his name was George Jarvi: that he was a native of the state i of New-York, and being at Bordeaux in

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Boston, April 23. GREECE. In the month of July last, Mr. J. P. .Miller, of Vermont, communicated to the; Greek Committee of Boston, his desire to repair to Greece, and engage in the military serv ice of that country. Mr. Miller had been a non-commissioned officer in the United States' army , during the late war and after its close. He had afterwards been a member of Burlington college. Being very highly recommended from various quarters to the committee, and personally known to one of them, they determined to appropriate a portion of their fund towards fitting him out for Greece; supposing that, in this way, a sum of money, too small to be remitted to that country might be made to render essential

and engaged in the Greek navy, in their glorious Sniggle with the Turks. He made thirteen vovages with the Hy driots, and since that time has been employed in the army, w ith the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He has been in a number of engagements, and has distinguished himself as a brave fficcr. From him I have learned much of the state of Greece. Their success against the Turks, and the sacrifices which thev have made this year for their liberty, arcgreater than any recorded of Greece in the days of her ancient glory. But what must be the feelings of a man, who looks

with : nhihinf hronir eve on the scenes of

misfortune, to see soldiers who have been fighting the enemy all summer, now coming to their commander to beg bread to keep them alive. But such is the sight to which my eves are every hour witness, as I have taken lodgings with col. Jams. The Europeans who have come to Greece have all of them come with souifding titles. Most of them, I am informed, instead of assisting the Greeks, have only lived upon them, until reduced by poverty , sickness, and death; and there now remain but lew of them in Greece. An officer here cannot expect any thing from the government of Greece, for it has nothing to pay even the soldiers of the army; no not enough even to prov ide them with bread. Yesterday I had an audience with Mavrocordatos. I was accompanied to the palace by col. Jarvis. The Prince received me vvith much politeness, and expressed his satisfaction at the conduct of our government, in regard to the interest it Takes in the sufferings of Greece. He asked m;- many questions, in reference to the views which were entertained by the Americans of the character of the Greeks. To all his questions 1 endeavored to give as correct answers as possible. 1 told him that all the exertions which the different committees were making in America, weie for the liberty of Greece ; and that it was my opinion that nothing further would be done by the Americans,if the Greeks should kiner. He

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would ever place them under a king. I told him 1 was willing to bear aims in

of the Greeks, this vear, bv sea. The

Turks have retired into tlieir fortresses at Lepanto and Arta. Le panto is about 20 miles, and Arta about 50, from Missolonghi. I have proposed to col. Jarvis toe sto ming of the fortress at Lepanto; ir) which expedition, if it is undertaken. I shall act as a volunteer. But I tear that the want of bread will render the plan abortive. Col. Jarvis enjoins it upon me to say to the vat ions committees, that no voting man should be sent out. or t hat none ought to come at their own charge, whose income is not at least equal to 200 doll rS per year, as this is the least they can live and clothe themselves upon. He further observes, that he has never received from the Greek government a single para, and that he has expended nearly 4000 dollars, which he has received from Europe, in tne cause of Greece. If any young men ihould come from America, let them c me well armed; but as for clothes, they must have the Greek costume; and tactics are all out of the question here. Thus, gentlemen, I have endeavored to give you all ttie information which I have been able to gather. As to my own w ants, I shall only add, that I had sixty dollars oil my arrival here. I shall use all possible economy , and leave the gentlemen of the committee, from whom I have already received so many favors, to act their pleasure concerning me. My health is good. I am in the handsof God; and h Ins blessing I hope to do yet much for Greece. But should it be otherwise, I wish to be content. Mav you, gentlemen, and my beloved country, continue to receive the smib s of Heaven. Let mv friend in Vermont know that I am well; and exhort the friends of liberty iu America, to remember Greece. Willi respect, I subscribe myself, gentlemen, you humble servant. J. P. MILLER. The following is the translation of the letter of Prince Mavrocordatos. To Edward Everett, Fq. Secretary of the Plalhelenic Coiniuittee, at Boston. Sir: 1 have just received the letter w hich y ou did me the honour to write me, under the date of August 1st, 1C21, to recommend your young count r X J.P.Miller, and 1 hasten to reply to it, in order to manifest how much lam pleased with this circumstance, which places me in correspondence vvith y ou. You know Greece; hut you know it as oppressed by the Turkish yoke. Every thing is now changed. We too, in imitation of the Americans have resolved to recover our liberty and assume a place among civilized nations. God grant that we may be as fortunate as you in the result. '1 'he success which the" Greeks have obtained, both on land and at sea, in the campaign just elosed,iuspires us with confident hopes ; and there is no one, as formerly , who will pretend to question our independence. As to Mr. Miller, you must feel no conccrn. Your recommendation will not be without effect, and be assured I shall not forget it. I doubt not that he who has alreadv fought against the enemies of his own 'country, will be useful to our cause. Please to express to the Greek Committee of Boston my thanks for employing themselves on the subject of toe Gree ks, and taking an inteiest in their success; and accept the assurance of the esteem and high consideration, with which I have the honour to be, &r. . A. MAVROCORDATOS. 30 Nov. iMissolongbi, - 1324, U Dee.

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