The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-04 00:00:00

The difficulty with which a barbarous nation
advances .towards civilization, has been strik.-
ingly manifested in the v treatment which this
persecuted people have recently experienced in
Russia. In'soMe'parti of the Russian dorninions,
by a late Edict,.
,the jewsare to be compelled
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employ themselves
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their various
earth,•like. their original, ancestors, or to quit the
country. Can there be a more unjust, illiberal,
erridiculous enaction ? • Hy a later Ukase issued
at St. Petcrsburgh, the officers at the frontiers
are strictly enjoined to take care that no foreign
Jew is_to be allowed to proceed into the interiar,
but, what is still more tyrannical, if a Jew has vo-
luntarily quitted the country, he is never to be per-
mitted to return to it !! it is needless to mention
the various occasions of the most pressing nature
that may require a man to make a temporary
journey from St. Petersburgh, and after his busi.;
ness, of whatever kind, is disposed of, to be
anxious to return to his family aid his friends.
It is evident therefore, that the Imperial ALEX-
ANDER, thong!) he is reputed to be an eulighten-
ed Monarch, and has had the advantage of travel-
ling, has not emerged from the barbarism and
bigotry of his aucestors.
.Accordiug to a new
.ordinaine issued by the Grand Duke of WEIMER.
respecting the Jews, they are to perform Divine
Service throughout in the Geririan Language. Is
the sagacious Duke afraid that the Hebrew tan-
'gunge contains 'some State secrets, which may be
diffutied inning his subjects and undermine his
Government ? The Jewish community, it seems,
have applied to the Government to allow certain
prayers and religiouS'exercises.td be still retain-
ed in the Hebrew language, because, according
'to the peculiarities of the Jewish faith, the bless-
ings and consolation depend on them which the
:Pious hope to enjoy. This very request seems
' likely to excite the suspicions of the Govern-
, ment, and a rescript has been issued, by
which the Rabbi and enlightened Jewish men of
learning are desired to state expressly which.are
the prayers that it is wished to have repeated in
Hebrew. But it is probable that the same narrow-.
minded Government which issued the first injunc-
tion will yet prohibit any part of the service from
being performed in the original language. The
Duke of ‘VEIMAIt and his Ministers should !lava
been born in the dark ages. Why, lithe Jewish
lteligion is tolerated at all (and why should it
not be tolerated as well as any other religion that
is not injurious to the welfare of the State)—why
should not its rites and ceremonies he per-
formed in a manner most acceptable, and indeed
essential, to the faith of its followers? lit Frank.
fort the Jewish families and individuals, and
their male. descendants, have been' admitted
lately to the rights of subjects of that city ; but
some whimsical regulations, however, have been
adopted on other points. For instance, only fif-
teen marriages among the Jews shall be con-
tracted each year, among, which there may be two
where one of the, parties is it foreigner. :Another
point is, that before a Jewish citizen can obtain
permission to contract marriage, he must prove
that he is able to support a family. There May
be some reason for this regulation, lest too many
poor may appear in the country ; but why May
not a prudent young man, with a reasonable
prospect of being able to support a family •by in-
dustry, marry without being in actual possession
of means ? Such means, if possessed before mar-
tinge, may be easily dissipated by subsequent
extravagance or misfortune. The Jewish citizens
at Frankfurt may be allowed to purchase houses
end gardens, to hire shops and warehouses, and
to Open shops ; but no one is to be proprietor of
more than one house and one garden, and though
he may haVe apartments in the city, it must be.
to live in them with his family. The Canton
of Argovia bus lately adopted more liberal
measures respecting , the Jewish People,' by
a law founded on the basis of humanity,
granting to them rights which every citizen may
claim,' and also by pioviding education for
their children. Jewish Communities are to be.
formed there upon rational principles,and if they
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people.
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wealth than even the noblest families,or even the '
Monarch himself can possess. TI ley may enjoy
that wealth without the fear of State Spoliation.'l
hey may exercise their Religion in their own
way, and none dare oppress or insult them with
impunity. We see. them mix with the highest
society, and employ their riches in patronizing
the Fine Arts, in magnificent hospitality,: anti
they are treated without any religious distinc-
Lions.* 'We see in the Bannr.v family that they
can acquire nobility'and legislative importance.
In the late IticArtooi and others, they have be-
come representatives of the people in Parliament,
and, besides acquiring great wealth,communicate
principles of political economy calculated to im-
prove the State. In what country, except Great
Britain, can OtOTH3CIIILD,a,GOi.DSMID, a MON.
Tiniona, acquire such wealth in safety,und enjoy
it with suchsplendour.. •The:.prejudicet'against
the Jewish People may be expected gradually to
'lessen in all countries in due time. What is the
crime of the Jews? Their attachment to what they
deem the oldest and tritest religion, delivered to:
mankind at first by the Author of the