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might be doubted how far it was prudent or justifiable to encourage a struggle which
might have aggravated the evils it was intended to remove. But the war has now
changed its character. It is clear it can end in nothing but in the independence or the
absolute annihilation of the Greek people. If the Turks could not put down the
insurrection in its early stages, when the Greeks possessed neither arms nor military
knowledge, nor strong holds, nor regular government, what can they do now
against a
renovated nation supported by the active sympathy of the Christian world?

It is to stop the effusion of blood, to consolidate a system of permanent tranquillity,
to promote the progress of knowledge and virtue, to enable the Greeks firmly to possess
and quietly to enjoy the land of their fathers—that the Greek Committee venture to
solicit the co-operation of the British Nation.

In every point of view, they deem it most important for the general interest of man,
that a strong and national Government should exist in the Morea. To England commercially,
and to the world in general, it could not but be eminently beneficial. On
a religious ground, how strong, how irresistible is the claim of the Greeks upon their
fellow Christians! Shall millions of our brethren be delivered up to the butcheries of the
Turks? Shall the scenes of Scio and Cyprus be renewed, and a whole Christian people
be extirpated?

The Greek Committee have been for some time occupied in deliberating on the best
means of promoting so noble a cause. They have opened a direct communication with
the existing authorities in the Morea. They have also been actively engaged in correspondence
with the different continental Committees: and believing that they have now
ascertained the most effective means of assisting the objects of their solicitude, they come
before the public in the assurance of finding that co-operation on which alone they can
rely for success.

The Committee have therefore determined on calling a Public Meeting to be held at
the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Thursday, the 15th instant, at 11 o'clock. Chair
to be taken precisely at 12.

Printed by Richard Taylor, Shoe-Lane.

Identifier: | JB/012/121/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1823-05-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	121	Info in main headings field	address of the greek committee crown & anchor tavern lord milton mp in the chair
Image	002	Titles
Category	printed material	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	smith & allnutt 1821
Marginals		Paper Producer	john symonds
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1821
Notes public		ID Number	4182
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