Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-21

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s. and was not. made for the purposes @
commerse.
IL esghs howeverss be RENE mDrseu 'ia
,hese wise and wholesome regulations, vert
| m,de At remote period from the present
and when the Jsws exssed as natloh o
the world. -.
Blu, when this unhappy people were els
psrsed among the nations % inc eaf'h' vas
du,ies and Obligations imposed on them Q,
their legislator, while in Palestine, nasa'
rally ceased with the changes OF taeif coz :
dision, aud tho they dsllghtln the Rr'ae''
ples Of the law, yet as the reasons Tor tHs
Law hsvs ceased. shsy do not new heslsass
to lend msasy oa in.eres, to sradlsg Jews
as veil as other persoas Of dIasrsss rel'gl'
sns.
9aes,ion IL. Does the law prohibit. or
daes 1t permi. the Jews to lend money on u
sSry, to strangers:
Ans. We have zhewn ia the answsr pre-
eediog, that usury, considered as INC snsh'
ess interest, is less a principle OF commerce
than Of charity aud beaevolenes, aad Is
shis view i. is equally prohibited by Moses
and by tbs Talmua, aaa this pronlolsl9a
ex,ssSs as wall to our own conaiFymsh'
whs dc nos profess tha Jewish religion, a.
10 those whe do. Tbs spirit OF me law,
whisk permits us 20 take lnleresi trem
strangers evidently applIao TO the nas'oas
with whem wa are engaged ia com5sfee,
Otherwise paipabie contradiction would
be percsivsd ia tbs following, and t@eo'y
other passages OF the holy wr,ilegs, love
lbs stranger, beeause the Lord our Tod
loves she stranger, give him isod and raj
meaf. There shsil be bat ons lsw.'of yoa,
aud fer the stranger, who resides among
ysu. kat justice be equally administered
TO sha stranger as aGssons youraelses Iufa-
ed be he that do the least wrong IA ne
ssranger, treat the stranger as goaTsslf."
Tae ressriesioa thsn was apRl4eaD3e 10
the stranger, whe residsl ia lsrael; the
scripture pats him under he SAFETY ef
God The Stranger is sacred guest
whss Sod has &c a,snded Us 80 sreai rs
the widaw aas! the orphan. Il is evident
then thss tho tsxt which says s. eatyeneo
fenera5is ct tfrnfri ttso nan jenera5Is" IS
to be- spplisd osiy 20 io.eiga na,ieas, wan
whom We are gagged ia eong.efcs ana
ia this sess. sile scripture, vale s'owiag
inseves, 10 be taken fsoan me stranger, doss
nea fHesn excessive iaserest, expressive 20
him whe pays, and aesndalops 90 MIA Who
receives is. IS Non Ecuisse IgraeFsss, cay
The Doctors, usuras immsdsratas entgsFP
a5 ertransts, etiaas diotubus, res est per Sc
nosa'
Moses in being the legislator tor 'hs
Jews, wss no; so for ths world. ias
laws which he gave so The people eonhard
so him By God, coala aos b. surpesed 10
be lave for all the weird. g You shall Nos
take any interest from your srs:trce. "---
What security had he ;hae IN The relations
which were to be formed be.we en- tho jews
aud foreign nations, that the later would
rsaeoase the eastons OF eommsTce, and
lend che Jews without interest; II couic
not be supposed that he would sasflface ths
;nseress Of his eva pseple whe were Poor,
eor she psrpo.e Of eur;-hics tcre'ga "a
items. It is absura TO Eiaess hius tor iAs
res,ricsieH made'io this precsgt OF me Ia,
tevensmy. What legislator woaId ae'
have considered it as principle Of na'ura
reciprocity? How greatly snperioT 10 This
instance is the Legislation of Moses. hes
much more siEaple, mere asbls, spors just
aud ssors humane than ,has OF the Greeks
sad Romans. Were thsre ever seen a
aesu sac ansient Jews, any of shoas ssaa
ds,ous and cruel scenes sccssio=ed by ia
e.orshle creditors? Were there arnong the
Greeks and Romans, ANY Of these fregasn'
abilities of debts, sos the Su.eese of ssv
log aunnb.rs of miserable people, reduces
10 wrs,cheansss aad driven to despair BY
the exsssions Of the prsters as wers seer