The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-18 00:00:00

"That the Bill be read a second time this day six
months"-'' • •
Lord BELGRAVE .regretted that he could not remain
silent on the present occasion, for the opinions he was
about to utter, were, lie feared, different from those of
Hon:Triends with. whom it gave him pleasure in general
to concur. First of ail, he must complain of the manner
in which this question had been introduced. It had been
said that all whO had voted for Catholic emancipation were
upoe principle pledged to support the present Bill ; he
must complain that such a banner had been unfurled ; he
had fought under it long, but be never could admit that
there was a coincidence between the two cases, or that
those who had to the utmost extent supported the one
question, might not with perfect consistency resist the
other.--(Hear, hear.)—The claims of the Roman Cathoe
lies were founded upon every principle which could
animate the breasts of freemen ; they rested upon
reason, justice, and truth—upon reason and justice,
because it was right to admit to a participation of the
civil rights of the Constitution, men who had in
times of trial never failed to embark in its support ;
and upon truth, because it was, lie believed, an
universal axiom, that difference of religious principles alone
ought not to curtail the perfect enjoyment of civil privileges.
But what was the nature of the present question, which
he would beg leave to view in two distinct points: first,
the Jews stood forward as a distinct nation, not on ac-
count of certain religious tenets, for there lie would wish
to make a distinction, but because, through the medium
of their religion, they claimed to be always considered a
distinct people, and by so doing had incapacitated them-
selves from that amalgamation of civil rights which they
had now rather inconsistently sought. Wherever the
Jews appeared over the surface of the world, to this dis-
tinctive mark of being a separate nation they bad always
most rigidly adhered.—(Hear, hear.)—They were natives
of England, of Russia, Prussia,—to be ,net with in the
various countries of the east, in Africa, and in America,—
but in each and all of these countries they preclaimed
themselves, wherever born, to be a distinct and separate
peeiee,_( Hear, hear. )—Did the Jew in England, whether
he sehl clothes in Monmouth-street, or negociated loans on
the Exchange, ever think of identifying himself with the
great inetitutiens of this country? In fact, he could not
have any community of association ; the glories of British
histety had no charms for him ; they were not wound up
in his sympathies, or interwoven with his aff ctions ; they
could not, in fact; for the moment lie could embody in
his mind the kindred feelings of an Englishman he would
cease to be a Jew.—(Hear.)—lt had been asked, however,
whether the Jew was not likely to be more formidable while
stimulated by a grievance, than when bound by gratitude for-
a confidence reposed in the fidelity of his civil principles :
whether it would not be well to turn the stream of his wealth
into British channels, by identifying the Jews with the na-
tional prosperity, rather than allow it to be diverted by
foreign inducements. He really must say that he could not
concur in this kind of reasoning ; whether given power, or
excluded from it, the Jew would, in his opinion, continue
to lend his money to the safest and highest bidder, and
England a&rded the best market for such transactions.—
He freely admitted that power was to a certain degree allied
to wealth, and that wealth might be made an instrument
of mischief,—open irritamenta malorum; but the Jews,
who had, as a nation, built their prospects upon a different
foundation, were unlikely to disturb their ordinary opera-
thins by such projects as were implied in these apprehen-
sions. They bad other glories in the perspective of their
future condition ; they were inhabitants of another climate,
and patriots of a different land, to which their eyes were
directed with unvarying intenseness. Impregnated with
these sentiments, the Jew was disqualified from devoting
his mind to the cultivation of the duties and affections
which civil obligations required for the maintenance of the
British Constitution,—he could never be inspired with an
Englishman's love of country—(Hear, hear)—and had,
therefore, disentitled himself from an equal participation
its the privileges which grew out of such sentiments. He
deeply lamented to be under the necessity of differing front
his friends on this occasion, with whom he was in the
habit of acting; but impressed with the conscientious
conviction that this motion ought not to be carried, he
claimed for himself that freedom of opinion which he
willingly yielded to those who differed from him on the
present oceas ion .—( flea r. )
The Earl of DARLINGTON also opposed the Bill,
and upon similar grounds. He was aware that the elo-
quence of the Hon. Member who was the mover of it
had succeeded on a former night in obtaining a majority for
the introduction of this Bill ; but considering the numbers
at that time in attendance, he could not take a decision so
obtained as binding upon the House. Perhaps there
would have been little opposition to the extension of minor
privileges to the Jews, were the application so restricted ;
but when it extended to their admission to Parliament, it
was a time to make a stand, or at once prepare to surrender
to Jews, and Turks, and infidels, an equal eligibility of
privilege in a Christian legidature.—( Hear, hear. )--To
this he never could consent ; nor could they who thought
with him, upon the principles which were interwoven with
the British Constitution. Indeed he saw no reason why
this question should have been brought forward in this
imposing manner ; and he could not use better words to
express his opinion upon it, than he found in the speech
of the Right Hon. Member for Liverpool (Mr. Huskisson)
when he opposed the repeal of the Test and CorporatianActs.
He feared, however, that it would be his misfortune to be,
in this discussion, in the same situation in which he wits
iu the debate two years ago, namely, giving votes at oppo-
site sides. However, the Right Hon. Gentleman has! said
respecting the Test Acts, that " he doubted whether the
motion was calculated or directed to remove or to repress
any urgent grievance." So he (Lord Darlington) said of
the present motion, and should therefore oppose it. He
had, indeed, been somewhat astonished at the comparison
attempted to be made between this question acid that of
the Roman Catholics, than which no two points could in
his view he more free from any analogy. The Catholic&
were allied with their brethren of a different religion in
this country, in the desire to cherish the glorious achieve-
ments of their common ancestors, and to preserve those
memorials which were the best incentive to patriotism ;
but what identity of sentiment could the Jews ever be ex-
pected to have in such ennobling recollections ? He had
been lately asked whether, if he voted against this Bill,
he could ever hope to borrow money among the Jews.—
(A laugh.) When he replied, that he had no doubt,
where he ever under such a necessity, it was at his
security, and not at Isis vote, the Jew would fix his eye—
(Hear, hear)—and he quoted to his friend the dialogue
between Shyloch and .Antonio—
' . " Shy. Signior Antonio, many a time and oft,
" In the Rialto you have rated me
" About my monies, and my usances ;
" Still have I borne it with a patient shrug •
" For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe
" You call me—misbeliever, cut-throat dog,
" And spit upon my Jewish gabardine,
" And all for use of that which is mine • own. •
• • • •
" Ant. I am as like to call thee so again,
" To spit on thee again, to spurn thee too.
" If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not
" As to thy friends jfor when did friendship take
", A breed for barren metal of his friend ?)
" But lend it rather to thine enemy ;
d' Who if he break, thou snay'st with better face
" Exact the penalty."
The security once tendered, the money would be forth-
coming with the seal upon the bond. He concluded by
declaring his decided opposition to this motion.
Mr. MILDMAY said, he rose for the purpose of re-
? Sling the charge brought against the supporters of the
present measure, of being enetnine to the church esta-
Ideehment. They were accused of being only anxious to
trample upon that glorious institution ; but lie denied the
justice of the charge. He would yield to no titan in an
anxious desire to see the atirch of England supported in
all its present strength and purity, believing that her doc-
trines would best conduce to the welfare of people in this
world, and pave the way to their happiness in the next.
--(Hear, hear. )—During the discussion ma the measure
before the House, he lead Listened anxiously to hear its
opponents offer something in the shape of an argument in
support of their views ; but, so help hies Heaven, he had
heard nothing to shale the opinion he entertained, on first
entering the House, of the propriety of the present mea-
sure. It had been observed by a Noble Lord that the
Jews • would not amalgamate with the English people,
though at die same time he admitted that they had united
with, the Prussians, the Russians, and the Turks.—(Cries
of " No, no.")—What was the cause of this, he asked?
The very Constitution itself, which forced on the Jews
the burdens of citizens without allowing them a vote in
the imposition of those burdens.—(Hear, hear.)—He
would quote from the same authority, which had already
been appealed to, and say, " You have scorned their a:3-
tion, you have cooled their friends and heated their ene-
snies, and yet you have not the justice to make them repa-
ration and give them the rights of cifeeens."—(Hear.)
Lord BRLGRAVE explained.
Sir E. DERING, while aehnitting that na disadvan-
tage might arise from Jews being allowed to fill .certain
corporate offices, would yet lie extreenely unwilling to see
them occupy seats within the walls of that House. lie
wondered how the two religions, the Jewish aud Chris-
tian, could be said to harmonize together, when .the pr -
feered object of the one was to trlt4ople on the Diviu%
author of the other. Ithad been said that the Jews had I
always been an injured people, and never a persecuting
• one ; but it should be recollected, that for eighteen een-
euriee they hail not possessed the means cif persecution.
J-Ie hoped-the House would not be led away by .love fur