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    the compassion and the humanity of Sovereigns—to that people who expected in you their Saviour , and who in you , Sire , have found him ! " I have , constantly endeavoured to promote the happiness of my countrymen by civilizing them ; and my efforts have been crowned with the happiest success . I liave at last been able to

    interest several Gentian Princes in favour of the Jewish People , t have obtained for my unfortunate brethren the abolition of an infamous tax . I have established , at my , own expense , an institution for the instruction of Jewkh

    children , and in which there are at present more than twenty Christian children . Now however , I place no limits co my hopes , since I have the happiness to raise my suppliant voice to the throne of your Majesty .

    " Deign , Sire , to extend your Beneficent views to the Jews who inhabit the countries adjoining to your vast empire . If you confine your benefits to that part of my brethren who are among your Majesty > s subjects , how much will still remain to t > e desired ! How will it be possible to surmount the obstacles which the difference of the French

    Administration and that of other States , will place between them and us ? The commercial relations of France and Germany require a con tant intercourse between the Jews of these countries ; but what Jew , inhabiting- your states , would degrade the

    title of French citizen , by the humiliations and vexations which the system of administration in Germany would mate him experience ? Would he choose his spouse among a people rendered infamous by the laws of the country they inhabit .

    " How great and sublime is the enterprise or * breaking the chains of a people unjustly oppressed ! Who but a God can hearken to their complaints , and deliver them from an insupportable bondage ! " The Princes of Germany do not

    oppose the accomplishment of this grand work : on the contrary , it is the object of their wishes ; they are anxious to ameliorate our condition . We groan under the operation of ancient laws dictated by barbarism , and which prejudice only could have maintained until the present day . . .

    " The German Jew would be happy were he permitted to earn his bread ho-

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    nestly , to enjoy the common right of protection which governments owe tor their subjects ; and were there given ft * his worship a practical form which * without deviating from his own lavr ^ would accord with the exercise of all the duties of citizenship . - " But to attain this object it would : be necessary , * i . To establish a . Sovereign Jewish Council , presided over by a Patriarch , residing in France . . ¦ " a . To class all the persons professing the Jewish faith according to the districts they inhabit ,, with a Synod tc > each , which , under the superintendance of the French Government and the So * .

    vereign Jewish Council * should decide on all affairs connected with worship , and should appoint the Rabbis . « ' £ . To authorise the said SorereiM Council to supply each Jew with * , the necessary expenses for enabling him to fulfil the duties of jl citizen in every

    country . " These means . Sire , appear equally certain and indispensable . Only break the political and ecclesiastical chain * which confine the Jews to a state ofc slavery , and you will soon see them aspire to the dignified character of other nations . Then shall we emulate our

    ancestors , who changed the barren rocks of Palestine into delightful gardens , and covered them with the richest harvests . Then shalL we be worthy of bearing thesame name as those heroes who planted their victorious standards on the banks of the river Jordan , with the same hands : with which they guided the plough and shuttle , "

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    Polilka * Religious Intelligence . v 497

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    The questions put to the J ewish Deputies have been mostly answered in favour of the French Government .

    A Guard of Honour of fifty men attends their sittings , and turns out with presented arms at their arrival and departure ; such Deputies as have no car- * riages of their own are conveyed thither and back in tfyose of the Emperor . He has received a Deputation from the Body , who were presented to him by the Home Minister ; one of whom , Rabbi

    Sagar , of Turin , had a private audience with the Emperor of two hours . On the 15 th ult . the Emperor ' s birthday , the Jews had an Extraordinary Tnanksgiving at their synagogue in the street of St . Avoie , at which the whole of the Assembly convoked in Paris were

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 497, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/49/