The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-26 00:00:00

tarian that he was not a Christian, he would at
once, and most vehemently, repudiate that assertion. fie
would say, though he is not convinced of the diviniy
of the Saviour, yet that he looks upon him as a creature
sent from God. That he receives the doctrines of the
Gospel as the revealed word of God. 'That he looks
upon them with a reverence scarcely less than your owni
and that in them he, as you, finds the guide of his con-
duct here, and places his belief and his hopes of salvation
hereafter.—Hear, hear.) I remember well when a
ss
eiscussion took place seine years ago relative to the
admission
of
fon the of
f powerfulßoina uCaartghnimiliecnatstousseedw seats in
hina not eln
in Parliamenq,
so
returned from the command of many hundred
He said, speaking of the Roman Catholic and the
Protestant, " True it is that in minor points, and in
some not unimportant, they differ from you ; true that
they superadd to the Scriptures what you do not believe,
ho yd
iamot
friend, the late Sir George Murray, wens
fi
but look upon as vsin imaginings appended by man t°
the revealed Word of God. Yet, remember, that Pro..
testants and Catholics, when they go into the service of
the same country, are subjected to the same ding r,
end
are, perhaps, fated to tall under the same et ;
they go in the same belief of the same Saviour, in the
same confidence in the same God, in the same belief f itn
all the fundamental principles of their religion; and i
be the will of God that there and then they and Yult
should die together, they and you both look for the for
giveness of 3 our sins, and the reception of your souls
into immortality to the same Redeemer."--alear, heard
In those sentiments every denomination of Christiana
concurs; yet those are the men whom the Right Ref.
Prelate in this House tells you you must place upon the
same footing with the unbelieving Jew. I had almost
forgotten to observe that the Noble Marquis at the co
mencement of his speech did me the honour to refer to
_ts
vote which I gave in 1830, in favour of the second read;
ing of a Bill for the removal of Jewish disabilities; ho
because, torsooth, this Bill bears the same title, the Nob!:
Marquis attempts, by implication, to fix upon Ise
t°
charge of tergiversation for opposing this
The Noble Marquis did not tell your Lordships,howevert
that at that time no Jew could hold real propetr:
that no Jew could act as a magistrate—that no Jew
couid take port in municipal councils—that no „
could take any participation whatever, even in the OW!'
ordinury transactions of domestic life. From all the!:
disabilities I rejoice that the Jews are now freed.
thel
Noble Marquis might not have gone so far back se
year 1830 ; he might have traced me up to 1843 b°
1814, when I voted in support of the Bill introduced I
measure.
my Noble and Learned Friend, the then Lord e 115.%
was cellor, for the removal of all the remaining disabilius,
of the Jews, so far as their civil and social condition
r
concerned. But in that Bill there was no attempt, nos
was there any question raised; on the contrary, it /IL
admitted that the concession of all those civil and s°``,
rights gave no claim for admission into your LordshiP*
House.—(Hear, hr).
The Marquis of eaLANSDOWNE—I alluded to the
first Bill.
Lord STANLEY continued—lt is of little els;
quence. I only refer to it now because I desire atu!cas
maintain and to impress upon your Lordships ibis,
the distinction between the granting of all social riga.
and the performance of all public duties under the fere)
trol of the law, in which no doubt the Jew will per ?cut
his duty as well as the Christian, and the right te,i ill
in making the laws in which the Jew is not fettere if
anything but his own conscience, and that con
it it be worth anything, must lead him to vote forum
sures hostile to the established religion of this nohccrel
and to Christianity itself.—(Hear, hear.) I hell:ober
tb
it said that a great constituency has returned a ssss the
of the Jewish persuasion to Parliament, and a tore'
Legislature ought nut to resist the wishes of the eleecto,
Ido not, in the first place, admit that in all el% ose
stances and at all times the particular constitueno'ee'a
the best judges of the candidates who neu r lets
best represent their proper interests. Still cook
am I convinced of the right of all , Or:
tueney whatever—be it the least or the
the law 0'
portant in the country—to fly in the face of the ,rteaell
the country, and to elect a person to sit in Per% eye
who is disqualified by the law from taking his se:rolsilf
to insist upon it that Parliament should Ise °lre' Deiis.
and that such a person should have a seat in theis, tot
lature.—(Hear, hear.) I must say my opirriall „Ay of
if the argument tells upon the question in one way
tb_A.
the other, it tells rather as an argument age; ciecte'
adoption of this Bill. If the city of London Wheel iii,
a pauper or a minor, or a female to represent teicrose
Parliament, would it for a single moment bean S° Pear S
that that pauper, or minor, or female, should P hie
or
the bar of the House, and claim the right to taisceseled
her seat, because the city of London had se efirgislei
its choice, and knowing much better than the .0,10/
Lure as a body what was good for its own inter;oo.) ;
thought tit to return such a person?-01eur,',;,11 eesaa°
am quite sure that that is an argument wss-,beters:
hold for a single moment. But theu I content,. s
cnoetrs'
tically the Jews of this country are not of this
pets iii
but are a nation apart. As temporary sojeuroe'witalt'sc
this country they are entitled to the ,13: hare ase
and to the protection of this country; but the Get the
special British interests, any more than sPeheve ~
interests, or special French interests. TirY;,,tereit).
interests of the Jews at heart, not Britisn .--r her,..,'
and, above all, not Christian interests.---(llcliti;e err,
Now, I want to ask my Noble Friend
the ' is°-
d 0 gld
benches how his argument, with regard to the n;
were
of Jews into the other House of Parlialnen it dbe
sEhthatigunlelibdsneheenynbe,arrtnoehinteluyorw,neaendndtt(t)ohaertheapwnrigetsheeonnutits
apply to your Lordship? House. SuPP,°;s,,sluel Arse
thought convenient or desirable that that lau"1. yon as
the
erecigl t(Ltl:olPrfr'llle;
Primeb Minister,reference P? e d %It
barony, how would my
,Qu leadee nt,h.oaucgtihntgfi
tutpoon
granttb.e :idrarnitcaorss !ill ao
then ? Neither in name, nor in title, nor, 11
i' to eolid
undivided interests, is Baron Rothschild te i sbea
dered as an English citizen ; and I 'bier,ceufes'iLodibir,
Noble Friends er'lo,celieve, i,
regret to see him introduced into your ilt,
House, for I think it would 'patois" for) for
fere with the freedom of discussion.—Oleer'nesse,,,dis
do not deny that the Acts which have bee,°, :ed I:tbs
admitting Dissenters into Parliament, rig'', "--o•sheutie.
rightcious oats.
stpheeaykainrge: hinavbeoitnh
Houses, upon
degree cl,eletil °` bode
ttehreesdtectoisiroenligthionnt. upon 511°10080:r
envoi.), man feels there is a check
pression of their opinions in this and the,°.t„, bY °set°
take care that he says nothing,
all
lVhaerne
ethgenaLlieygislature ha she free-0
giousl sense, hostile to the feelin putu entitlep odu toot_bisite, rd1300:0::::
atiou, by general feeling, and still more, 01l a 100
theas put upon a footing of equality with hitOisfed to 9„;reit,
Jew; and are we not, then, to be peroll"t to Or of
our veneration for Christianity'? Are we u°,.".cretersies
ourthe determination to uphold the Christian el' coetre'"ef
. Legislature of this country? Yet what %rticle fta'
don in terms! To uphold the Christian, cpt adtold
your legislators and ef your legislation, and y- ry *f-ae;
gs oinf tilhoPseerss:hrlier is.lieo'il
one of your co-legislators a person to whoin eve, tlif-res
spokeni in favour of Christianity is with io
Mont and offence, and whose Welts tisoil tile
gard to everything in which Chris be 10.0,
brow ht to bear upon legislation must rehed sit
tdhe views of the majority! Ido not apP, or 4,
Jews into either House of Parliament. Id° 000 to
bendctireumthsetanleeaesst, ditaritsgeprosusinblleessf,ournadervevreyrysetivrsitr;istehits
g_h_rreraitan objecticely balanced scale, and so give a major
°of°
two or three
Minister. But, on the other hand, I ask .00 of s-till
the advantage for which you are to set asidei`o estotwer
yroicuhh
Jews
stoingtaointhien LheegiaselhZ,,,lostsivihile..k;
has been for centuries, and which I trustiaeossletiltde
to be for centuries, the principle of the '0%0,40'
this country, namely, its being
.based °C°„f tbe„,,rle'
conducive to the support and maintenance '4OO of
bigr
wt.holisitoetoheelie
tian religion?—(Cheers.) ' This great gee!' ii. 0
ciple hes, as has been well said, in a nrasilrbe cite!. 1
a question not of detail, but of principle.
.t...,,,,,,eie*,,00
you, my Lords, have to solve this nigh'whetber •c'set
trust you will solve in the alfirniative---is,. 0 004 of
will or will not maintain the Christie.
_est ;
..,0
of this and the other House of Parl!s„7,o eolef'd
whether you will, by flying in the face of 1":, prir is
and deliberate judgment of the country, ;i7iees_..c,
by the comparatively small number Chriso cb°:oo
favour of this measure, repudiate thatdra
ter. The question you have to decide is w.,,feretne,
will leave the country at large to
which they cannot fail to draw—that tble `-0 of id hot
different to the profession or non-Prefesahi_epo ;04
tianity.—(Hear, hear.) By so doing, if tliffb: Oil lbe
should be the course your Lordships letie
to take this night, believe me you will p
d above °IL a :
minds of the people of this country, ses,„,:ctie, 0300-
the minds of the soundest, the most ren _ seelivg
_holce
most religious portion of this community, * i_e, old A
..,tri
will alienate their hearts from the Legiletn:tbiz, coe)"
that confidence which in the main, I neli7ife sr, 13.,esr,;40i°'
places in the Houses of Parliamet;h---e(sechie. Ph se-cdati
rejoiced to hear, in the speech of .nos with 6, e-,,
that he has no inconsiderable apprehe°Bl- ht it,; th,r
hnUg
to the result of this discussion. He t- „ sejeu"o '
proper to warn_your Lordships that if Ya-od 4010
Bill to-night, the question would AO° oof ,bed 0
brought before you. I hail that declared°
.. this 05
t' g that
13i1-" or
Marquis as an indication of his feeling this ye
will not decide the question in favour of.
_wed ova,
again and again it will have to be enutust yoliv to 1/
Lordships' consideration ; and, if so, I trust
heliefie.„ Ile
ships will act in accordance with whs. a fel-
sis°
again reject the measure.—(Loud
the general feeling of this great country, it°
cheerei 0000 °flair
Lord BROUGHAM congratulated the ban beeceil;
temperate manner in which this cluentlireuishepii lie
cussed by all its Members except a ii. tlijittor sPir, 6ilio
pant of the Right Rev. Bench. The
late wheLo3,4
not proceeded from the Most Bev. -I. reh, but ."on ten
represented the interests of' the Our° oxide 011
Right Rev. Prelate who had based bis 9PPcf the P sir
slanders which had appeared in
he primed rosly 00
certain gioistersj. eel,
papers. Certain attacks on t
peering in those papers, Prelate he , aot fobs
and but that a Right .Reverend ~ it Ws, t, 0 0
he would say falsely used.—(Chea".o/igwiteutSue ii3r
that the Bill before their LordshiPt was oot ssisotbse
had been elan ea used tree
set on foot in the city of London.. xs
to thel3st°oo:so
Lord John Russell owed his election
..,_ lotter.,_ co
r_,
child. There was the Noble L:lnie fsardol,ol,o rancor_;
prove it. But it was true thatt.senbi.'ija,s litouiost of
was much injured by Baron It u
e of the s°llected:!lioge
and it was only in consequene
Russell col?! sot heng
his partisans, that Lord John .ac thci., opitir
malignant, but he thought ne uershiud him 01;4
thatwith withdraw hitiimghsetlf
ufreorm.
rthreelact;tTes.es•Anbreeson fesoe,
the cheers from the boches ID'A iiir 10
00 p di
inch etP" t seeo tlse vas
Brougham), and had lighter , Bala bout op
all that the Right Rev. Pre .. s
.iseat
~..
were true, supposing it originalenosuri". it, itself
P
intended.—(Cheers and iatl;;u, „lea 000thos ;ft
motives still it was se go(xl 6,2.61 iheteig4 , •
thing could injure it, eau 40 "0".