Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-24

actions with winch you nave Saueeu .AS
astenished world 70 T%esound, are calculas-
ed 70 inspire.
have 0 the happiness I o be number
ed among the people for whose advantage
YOU sacrifice all the moments OF your il'e.
/ belong no. to that happy country TO.
which YOU have called back peace. ! am
one of the unfortunate Jewish people, a.
gainst whom ignorance and superstition
have leagued, in order TO degrade them
and render them the opprebium Of every
other nasiou ; bat the Lord OF Hosts has
chosen you to give happiness to the world,
and the Jews are a part OF the world -
belong to that people whose misery has
tor more than one thousand years in
vain implored the compassion and humanl-
~ of sovereigns-to that people who ex-
pec,ed in you their saviour, and who 10
YOU sir have f uod him
have constantly endeavored to promote
the happiness Of my countrymen BY clvl.
Icing them /: and my efforts have been
crowned with the happiest success. | have
az las, been able to interest several German
Princes in favor Of the Jewish people. !
have obtained for my unfortunate brethren
the abolishmen. OF an infamous tax
l have established at my own expense, an
institution for the instruction OF Iewish
children, and in which there are asPresens
more than twenty christian children. NOW
however I place no limits to my hoPes'
since | have the happiness to raise my
suppliant voice to the throne OF your ma
jesty.
Deisn, sir, to extend your benefcent
views to the Jews who inhsbis The coun-
tries adjoining to your Yaas empire. llyou
con6ne your benefits TO that part OF my
brethren who are among your maJes'y's
subjects. how much will still remain 70 De
desired? How u i'll it be possible 10 SUI
mount the obstacles which the difference
of the French administration aod that OF
,ther states will place bstwsen them aud
Us? The commercial relations of France
and Germany require a constant inter.
course between the Jews of these coun.
tries, but what Jew, iuhabi,ing yoar states,
would degrade the ii lie OF French citizen,
BY ehe humiliations and vexations which
he system of administration in Germany
would make HIM experience? Would he
choose his spouse among a people rendered
infamous by the laws of the country they
inhabi: !?
How great and sublime is the enterprise
Of breaking the chains. of apeople lin Justly
oppressed? Who bu, a God can hearkento
sheir complains, and deliver them from an
indispensable bondage?
The princes Of Germany co not oppose
the accomplishment of this grand work On
the contrary, it is the cbj7cto OF their wishes.
They are anxious TO amelierate III condi
lion. We groan under the operation Of an
cieutlaws d,c,a,ed by balbarlsm, and which
prejudice only could have mania ned until
the present day.
The German Jew would be happy were he
permitted to earn his bread honestly, to enjoy
the common rights of protection which go
yernments owe to their subjects; and, were
there given to his worship a practical form,
wrr.Ch without deviating from his own law,
would accord with the exercise of all the du-
ties OF cltlzenshlp.
But to attain this object it would be neces-
sary,
/. TO establish a SOVEREIGN Jewish council
presided by a patriarch residing in France.
2, 10 class all the persons protesting the
Jewish faith according to the districts they in
habit, with a synod to each, which, under the
superintendent of the French government
and the sovereign Jewish council, should de-
eide on ell affairs connected with worship, and
should appoint the Rabies.
3. To authorize the said sovereign council
to supply each Jew with the necessary expen.
ces for enabling him to fulfil the duties of a
citizen in every country.
These means, Sire, appear equally certain
and Indispensable Only break the politica
| and ecclesiastical chains which copGne The