The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-10 00:00:00

TO THE EDI 7 ()I? OF THE SUN.

SlR—Edmund Burke has somewhere remarked, that
" there is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue
...that men may tolerate injuries whilst they are only per-
sonal to themselves ; but that it is not the first cf virtues
to bear with moderation the indignities that are offered to
our country." Applying- these sentanews to the illiberal
expulsion of Mr. Sheriff Salomons the aldermani:
gown, you will, perhaps, allow the to drier a few observa-
tions on the barrier which is still apparent between Jew and
Christian, with reference to the religious tenets of !loth.
7o not, however, seek to occupy the columns of your Jour-
nal to any extent en the present occasion, nor indeed at
any time when the subject-matter has not utility for its ob-
ject, and information for its end.

It is not my province, nor is it my wish or intention, t‘:
enter for one moment into that awful theologieJ contro-
versy, by which the " pecnliar Peeplc" have for so man
years been branded as a " stilr-neelzed and rebellious race:"
My present purpose is merely an attempt to draw a nar-
rower line of demarcation between the two sects, than
commonly admitted by a comparison of the moral conTU,:,t,
of both, and by showing on what fouedation that diarenee
rests, and to deny, because God of his infinite wisdom has
condemned the people in : question, that we, imyessiag
Christianity, are, by virtue of our ft t,, cntitkd to yoke
them as slaves, by excluding them from all participation in
civil liberty.

In obedience to the dictates of Scripture, it is the duty
of true Christians to be ever mindful, that they are loudly
called upon to make this argument still more clear, these
positions still less questionable ; for we are everywhere
commanded to be tender and sympath f.tic, diligent and
useful—and it is the character of that " wisdom from
above," in which we are to be proficients, that it is gentle
and easy- to be entreated, " full of mercy and good fruits."
In the language of Scridture, Christianity is not a geo-
graphical, but a moral term ;itis a condition—a state—.
the possession of a peculiar nature, with the qualities and
properties which belong to it. I would ask, then, what is
the nature of these qualities and properties,.bnt tenderness
and sympathy, and all the finer feelings which can possibly
perVade the human breast. Do we, therefore, exercise
them towards our Hebrew brethren ? Are we merciful to

them, as a proscribed people ? or is the conduct we mani-
fest towards them rather calculated to defeat in their ope-
ration these very qualities and properties? We profess
Christianity, but forget to act up to its principles. They
are to be Christians, and in the mean time a large minority
of that sect, are to themselves, and to us, under all their
disadvantages what we ought to be as Christians to all
mankind. We believe that ac was the Saviour—
they, on the other baud, are as convinced that the Messiah
is to come. This difference in the interpretation of the
Greek word I have quoted, and its associations have been
so forcibly urged by a writer in a morning contemporary,
that it is unnecessary for me to enlarge upon it. " He
censures God, who quarrels with the imperfections of man,"
and I am sure, Sir, if so ferocious and monstrous a dispo-
aition again appears in the " first city of the world," you will,
for one, take care, that the horrid and un-Christian
gratification shall not endure ; for you 1611 neither admi-
nister to their spleen, nor gratify their malice ; you will,
recollect the rights of suffering humanity, as well as the
duties of your public office. It is the cause of our country
—it is the cause of every Christian individual basking in
the sunshine of his peculiar nature. In conclusion, Sir,
viewing this subject as a sentiment, if I may so express
myself, between man and his Maker, and ourselves as the
chosen instruments for working out the means of salvation,
by teaching the Gospel, the pure faith of Christianity, to
all mankind—by propagating the truths of religion to the
heathen, I would ask fearlessly, regardless of contradic-
tion, whether we should not better peiform the solemn
duty thus imposed upon us to our Jewish brethren,-by hold-
ing out to them the hand of fellowship, and endeavour to
soften the asperity of their unbelief by offices of good works.
Kindness has a tendency to tame the savage, and oppression.
to exasperate his nature. In a commercial point of view it
would surely be our policy—as a Christian precept it is
our bounden duty.
I cannot convey to you, Sir, my feelings upon this sub-
ject ; perhaps it is better I should not ; but I hope at least
that the trifling observations I have made will not have the
dreadful and (to me) intolerable effect of turning aside from
my Hebrew brethren that mercy which they have long
solicited at Christian hands, and which I trust they will be
found ultimately to deserve ; and that you, as well as the
Liberal portion of the Press of this and other countries,
will continue to mediate between them and their fate, is
the sincere and ardent wish of

Your Friend and Reader,
Gray's Inn, Dec. 9. ASPIRO.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

(COPY.)

SIR,—In giving our verdict upon the Inquest of the body
of Sarah Porter, we did not intend that any stigma should
attach to Morison's Pills, as the deceased had been for four
.days prior to her death treated with other medicines, and
that our verdict applied generally to the medicines ad-
ministered.

JOHN LOVELAU—Foren-on.
Thon:::s I). Main. Samuel Lane.
Archibald Currie. H. Chivcrton.
James Mee. John Eveleigh.
Thomas Pavn. George Allwright.
Henry Parratt. Joseph Seaman.
Thomas Brown. John Brown.
London, Dec. 7, 1835.