American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-10-04

ments IN agriculture and manufactures in trade an
commerce, which includes a valuation Of thre
huhored millions OF dollars of taxable property
one hundred and Fifty thousand militia, armed an,
equipped, constitution founded upon an eouali,,
Of rights having no test oaths and recognizing n,
reugious distinctions, and seven thousand fre,
schools and COLLEGES affording the blessings OF ed
ucatlon to four hundred thousand children of
religious denomination. Such is the great and in
creasing state to which the emigration Of the Jews
is directed.
The desired spot in the state of New York, ,o
which hereby invite my beloved people through
out the world in common with those of every reli
gious denomination, is called GRAND ISLAM D, and
ON which shall lay the foundation Of a CITY oil
Refuge, to be called ARAFAT.
Grand Island, in the Niagara river, is bounded
by Ontario on the north, and Erie on the SOUTH and
within few miles OF each of those great CONNER
cal lakes. Tie Island is nearly twelve miles in
,ength ana varying from three to seven miles in
breadth, and contains upwards of seventeen thou
sand acres of remarkably rich and fertile land.
Lake Erie is about two hundred and seventy miles
IN length, and borders on the states of New York,
pennsylvania, and Ohio; and westwardly BY the
possessions OF our fliends and neighbors, the Brit
lsh subjects of Upper Canada. This splendid lake
unes itself by means Of Dapi igabe rivers, with lakes
ot' Clair, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, emb, ac
Ing lake shore Of nearly three thousand miles !;
be connected with the Illinois and Mississippi riv
ers, thereby establishing great and valuable inter-
nal trade to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico
Lake Ontario, to the north, is hundred and nine
~ miles in length, and empties into the ST. Law
renee, which passes through the province of Lower
Canada, carrying the commerce OF Quebec and
Montreal to the Atlantic Ocean,
Thus fortified to the right and left, by the exten-
sIve commercial resources OF the great lakes and
their tributary streams-within four miles of the
sublime Falls OF the Niagara, afordng the greatest
water power 10 the world for manufacturing pur-
poses-direciy opposite the mouth of the grand
canal, of three hundred and sixty miles inland nav
igaion. to the Hudson river, and the city of New.
York, having the fur trade Of Upper Canada 10 the
west, and also OF the great territories towards he
Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean likewise
the trade of the western states OF America, Grand
Island may be considered surrounded by every
commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural ad.
vantage and from its location is pre-emint ny cal.
cuated TO become, in time, the greatest trading and
commercial depot in the new and better world. To
men OF worth and industry is has every substantial
attraction; the capitalist will be able TO employ his
resources with undoubted profit and The mer 1 hant
cannot fail to reap the reward Of enterprise, in
great and growing republic but to the industrious
mechanic, manufacturer and agriculturist, ii holds
forth great and improving advantages
Deprived, as our people have been for centuries,
OF right in the SOIL they will learn with peculiar
satisfaction, that here they can till the land, reap the
harvest and raise the tlocks which are unuuesion.
ably their own; and n the full and unmolested en-.
ioyment OF their religious rights, and of every civil
immunity, together with peace and plenty, they
lift up their voice in gratitude him, who sus
tanned fathers in the wilderness, and brought us
in triumph out OF the land of Egypt who assign
ed to Us the safe keeping of his oraces who pro
claimed his people, and who has ever walked
before us like cloud by day and pillar of fire
by night
the government of the Jewish nation, under the
auspices and protection of the constitution and laws
of the United States OF America. Confirming and
perpetualing all our hts and privileges, our name,
our rank, and our power, among the nations of the
earth as they existed, and were recognized under
the government Of the Judges And hereby en-
join it upon all pious and venerable rabbis, our
presidents and elders of the synagogues, chiefs oI
colleges, and brethren in authority throughout the
world, to circulate and make known this my procla
nation, and to give 10 it full publicity credence, and
effect.
|, is my will that census of the Jews throagh.
out the world be taken. and returns of persons to-
gether with their age ard occupation, be registered
in the archives of the Synagogues where they are
to worship. designating such in psrlicu-
ar, who have been and are distinguished in the use.
ul arts, in science, or in knowledge.
Those of our people who from age, local attach
nent. or from any other cause, prefer remaining in
he several parts OF the world which they now re-
pectively inhabit, and who treated with iibera
y by the public authorities, permitted to do so
md especially recommended TO be faithful to $
be governments which protect them. 1t is, how 4
ver, expected, that they will aid and encourage The
emigration of the young and enterprsing, and en- y
eavor to send to this country such who will add 10
ur national strength and character by their indus.
ry, honor, and patriotism
Those Jews who are in the military employmcn,