Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-09
SECOND MEETING.

.s.;r head, addressed the assembly as
81 follows:
Cntlsmen. .,. 9, r;,.
wing appointed Us commissionersto treat
'.,b You. respecting your own affairs has
'.o,u, here this day fot the purpose OF
sommupicating his intentions. Called trom
s 4. t,r,best part of this vast empire, none
ofyou can be ignorant OF the purpose Tor
'.s,.b vou are assembled here. You arc
sw,re ,ha, the conduct of many of those
wbo nrofsss your religion has given rlse
= complaints which have reached the fooe
n i, n. throne. These complaints were not
w;,hou, foundation. The emperor not.
wi,hs,andng,is csn,ensed with arressingshe
a nrogres, of the eyil, and wished 90 have
n your opinion on the nleaus of radically
s. enriog it You will no doubt prove your
Selves deserving of this pasernal conside.
ration. and you will feel the value OF the
important mission which is conhded 10 you
Far from regarding the government IN
der which you live. as power OF which
ros should b. suspicious, your study VIII
be 70 eo!,gh,enit, TO co cooperate with It 10
the good which it is preparing; and by
thus ma7ifessing thar on have Preh.sed by
me experience Of all the French, you will
prove hiatt you have 20 wish to separate
Yourselves from other classes ofsoclety.
aThe laws which have .bsen imposed
upon persons of your religion hare been
different all over Inc world they have been
too ofieu dictated by the exigency of che
moment. But, as there Is ne example IN
ths Christian annals of any assembly like
.his, So, in like manner. you, for the first
time, are to be imparsially judged, and
yoar fate decided By a Christian p;iace.-
Ii is his majss;y's wish that you should be.
come French, i is your du;y 10 accept
this title, and TO consider that you 10 fact
reuousce it, whenever You shew yourselves
unworthy OF it.
"you shall hear the questions read
which are 70 be proposed to you. /, will
beyour dety TO declare the whole truth up
on each Of them. We now declare to you,
add We shall never cease to-rePest ittoy you,
that which sovereign as firm as be is juss,
whs knows every thing who can punish as
well as reward, inter:ogates his sabjects,
thevwould reader themselves blind 10 their
rsaiuteres.s, ifsshey should hesitate sboet
answering freely and frankly.
SIT is his majesly's wish, genl!emeo,
shasyes should enjoy perfect deliberations.
feur president will communicate ys1r an.
awers TO US as soon as trey are prepared.
AS TO ourselves we have no more ardens
wishes than to be able to inform The eyn
ipstor, tia, among his subjects OF the, CIV.
@ish teEg;on, there are more whose loyalty
Sa0 nnqees,ionsble, aud who are NOT dis
posed to conform ,ofhose laws and marals
which it is the duy of ali Frenchmen TO
Practise and follow"
Inc following questions, proposed by his
MAJESTY, were then read by the secretary OF
'Ae meeting.
/ Is the Jew permitted to marry more than
cue wife?
2 Is divorce permitted by the, Jewish rei-
gon
;. Can Jewess intermarry with a christi
ah' or christian female with Jew or does
me law prescribe that Jews alone should inter
marry
4. Are the French in the eyes of the Jews
@ashers or aliens
=; What In all cases are the connections
Shlc1 their law permits them to maintain with
Tie French who are not of their religion.
.. Do the Jews who were born in France,
: anu have been treated as French citizens by
'ne laws, consider France as their native coun-
Try Are they bound to defendit? Are they
: saaer an obligation to obey the laws, and fol-
'ow ali the regulations of the civil code.
{. Who are they who are called Rabbins ?
3, What civil jurisdiction dc the Rabbins
exercise among the Jews (? What power Of