25th March 1821

[Apollyon]

This is the declaration of the hellenic revival war. Not a war for freedom or independence or a revolution. We managed to survive ,through fire and iron, in that war. I started reading 'The History of the Greek Revolution' as its known to the people. Its written by Spiridon Trikoupis, a man who lived at that period, and it has 4 volumes.I am on the 3rd now,and i can say that the roadtrip of the ringbearer stinkyhairyfoot Frondo Bakins to the Fire Mountain it looks like a picnic in comparison with that war.

"To the european royal courts on behalf of the <lover of race> (philogenos) Commander in Chief of the spartan armies Petros Mauromihalis (Peter Blackmichael), and the messinian Senate (Gerousia) in Kalamata.
The insufferable yoke of othomanic tyranny in an interval of one century and further, ended up in one peak, so that there is nothing else remain to the unlucky Peloponnisians Hellenes unless one breath, and this only for pushing mainly their hearty groans. In such miserable state we are, deprived of all our rights, with one mind we unanimous decided to grab the arms and rush against the tyrants. Every disunity among us, fruit of the tyranny, rejected in the bottom of the oblivion, and everyone breathe breath of freedom. Our hands, that they were binded until now with the iron chains of the barbaric tyranny, became unbinded and took the weapons against the tyrrants. Our feet, walking every day and night for the angary of the cruelty, run for the acquisiton of our rights. Our head, which was bended by the yoke, threw of it and nothing else thinks but the freedom. Our language, was unable to speak a word, unless the vain requests for expiation for tyrants, now shout aloud and make the sweet name of freedom to be resounded. For those reasons we decided to be free or be dead. That is why we ask the contribution of all the ennobling european nations, so we will be able to reach our sacred and fair goal and took back out rights and be able to ressurect our harassed hellenic race. Our mother Hellas is justifing the reason, through her you become enlighten, and she demands your rapid philanthropy contribution, thus we will show our gratitude in time.
In spartan camp of Kalamata 25 March 1821.
Petros Mauromihalis, ruler and Commander in chief and the messinian Senate in Kalamata."