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<p>whilst the Suliots & those of the West, were endeavouring<lb/> | |||
to stop the progress of Mustapha Pacha & failed<lb/> | |||
in doing so, precisely because they received no assistance<lb/> | |||
of any kind from the Morea. The Morea with the exception<lb/> | |||
of Patras, which I trust will speedily surrender<lb/> | |||
(Modona & Corone being of secondary importance)<lb/> | |||
is in the undisturbed possession of the Greeks<lb/> | |||
I cannot then see the necessity of keeping so many<lb/> | |||
soldiers there, a feasible method of inducing them to<lb/> | |||
march out of the Peloponesus, would be for the Government<lb/> | |||
to grand additional pay to those who<lb/> | |||
serve upon the frontiers & in face of the enemy: from<lb/> | |||
what I observed in Greece these armed men, especially<lb/> | |||
those of Collocotroni, only proved a source of alarm<lb/> | |||
& vexation to the peasantry, committing much rapine &<lb/> | |||
disorder, in the names of their respective chiefs, this<lb/> | |||
w<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>. also prove a good method of reducing the power of<lb/> | |||
their masters, as soldiers of course will serve those by<lb/> | |||
whom they are best paid & the resources of these Chiefs<lb/> | |||
being very much exaggerated, they c<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>. not long sustain<lb/> | |||
the competition. The population of Navarin &<lb/> | |||
Calamata w<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>. prove quite sufficient to keep in check</p> | |||
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whilst the Suliots & those of the West, were endeavouring
to stop the progress of Mustapha Pacha & failed
in doing so, precisely because they received no assistance
of any kind from the Morea. The Morea with the exception
of Patras, which I trust will speedily surrender
(Modona & Corone being of secondary importance)
is in the undisturbed possession of the Greeks
I cannot then see the necessity of keeping so many
soldiers there, a feasible method of inducing them to
march out of the Peloponesus, would be for the Government
to grand additional pay to those who
serve upon the frontiers & in face of the enemy: from
what I observed in Greece these armed men, especially
those of Collocotroni, only proved a source of alarm
& vexation to the peasantry, committing much rapine &
disorder, in the names of their respective chiefs, this
wd. also prove a good method of reducing the power of
their masters, as soldiers of course will serve those by
whom they are best paid & the resources of these Chiefs
being very much exaggerated, they cd. not long sustain
the competition. The population of Navarin &
Calamata wd. prove quite sufficient to keep in check
the
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