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commission Mr. Blaquiere to proceed immediately to Greece, accompanied
by Mr Louriottis in to ascertain precisely the situation of things in
that country, – to report in detail the cost of as to the most effectual way in which the assistance & co-operation
by which of the Committee could best further the cause of
Grecian independence & especially to urge on the provisional
Government the importance of immediately accrediting a Mission
to the country England, furnished with powers to react act in the name
of the government. would allow car At the same time
the Committee offeres its most cordial & zealous assistance to
the Greeks, – pledging itself to use every exertion which might bear
to the consolidation of the liberties & the independence of Greece. And
And that pledge has been assuredly redeemed, and the & might could have been redeemed
more satisfactorily had their desire & their suggestions met with
more of cordiality on the part individuals in Greece. greater attention from the Greek . The Committee
in all its proceedings have adopted one unvarying line of duty – they The state of parties in Greece has always presented a fearful barrier to the
have sought consolidation of Grecian liberty – but the Committee made it such from the first to keep aloof from – & as far as they have been any were able to
control that spirit of discussion which has been the primary cause of
all the calamities with which Greece has been visited – the
great impediment to the organisation of a wise, a good & a
national government in Greece – that spirit of discussion which
has turned into sources of weakness all the elements of strength
and frequently dragged to the verge of perdition, – one of the
noblest & best & purest causes which ever existed occupied history or&
interested man.
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