Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-18
Miscellaneous.
fF,om a London P.o.,,
SPEECH OF MR.. MACAUkEY,
4" the House " Commons on the Question Of Je,vish
Emancipation. y7Dril IL

A' "e house " Commons on the Question of JetcisI
emancipation, Jdpril IL.
MIR. Macauey said the Hon. me mber for the Univer.i,,
Of Oxiord (Sr Robert Ingis had begun at the be ginnns
oil me SUBJECT and contended that the COME ring oil
was not matter OF right but grace favor and tina
Whatever the supreme authority Of country chose to
ACT from persons living in it, man had right 10 com.
pam oil oppression Now, he (Mr Macauiey) thong hi
na uocne oil this nature, carried out would lad Ia
consequences so monstrous that even the Hon. Bsone
himself would be disposed TO shrink them Suppose
Tor instances be enacte mt that any man ~ bo
had blue eyes, stood feet high should be excluded
from the possession of certain political rights Would moi
sue" law be considered piece Of gross injustice And
ye' the distribution Of political power be re.
garded as mere matter OF caprice man would have a
snt TO complain Suppose some such clause fol.
towing were inserted in bill which should brought be-
fore the House =" That no person should be apnonte
Governor General OF India, be out as Governors OF
Madras and Bombay, who had not been educated the
be raised by those who thought with the Hon. Barone and
YET no man had right to the of I'm.
dia il was pure matter of grace He assumed this to
DE he nsl principle Of public aud private e-the prn.
cipe on which all law and all morality rested namely
the proposition laid down by the author religion and
confirmed ny The sanction OF the law and the phrophes
nat every man was bound to study the happiness of his
eiiow creatures, and that man ought to nllict the
aeS quanuty oil useless pain on another, deprive
MN OF Tue smallest quantity OF harmless pleasure. That
point being conceded, he would ask whether exclusion
from the possession of all power were 10, source
oil pain! Ii was conended that if Jews were admitted to
seats in Parliament MussuInans Parsees and Brabmins
would have an equal right. This argument, he would
meet by another OF similar character Suppose it were
proposed to roast unbeevers slow fire. The reasons
which could be urged for such barbarous pracce-at
The very idea of which he sure his Hon. friend (Sr
lngs) shrunk with horror-were fully decisive
those which were produced in of the exclusion of
the Jews from civil power.-Where he wished TO know
we're 'ey stop IN the career of intolerance Where
Ink the line! The Hon. for the sy of O ford
would Tx at the point which the extended the
Hon. member for Oord would 20 further and DEPRIVE the
Jews oil the power opossessng landed property
point he (r Macauley) believed, which the most un-
Parlng inqusor Of the 10Th century would have been
disposed 10 STOP He asked again how the line to be
drawn between tolerance and intolerance? The pain which
he Non Baronet inflicted was in his estimation good; the
pain inflicted by others mpoltc and Injurious Jews might
DC Jurors but not udges-they might give damages but
not grant new trialhey be members of PR
iament but they might possess immense influence i'm the
money market, and control the exchanges, nay Jew
mgh' De summoned TO attend congress Of soveregns-
treated on equal terms and prevailed upon furnish the
hed fowers oil Europe with the of CARRYING ON
their mighty operations All this might be, but still Jew
must not be Member Of Parliament 1t was said that
the ineriict OF the Almighty upon the Jews and
mat we were opposing His will ende vorinp TO Mace
them upon an equal footing with Christians; but the Su
prehe Being would distinguish between substance and
orm-he would see that whilst we pretended TO withhold
political power from the Jews in form, we in fact allow.
ed them 10 possess in rcaIty-Those who I'm,
OIL jews heads dragged them horses tails and burnt
them on slow fires, were men OF different spirit from
his honorable friend the member from the Univer-
IN his opinion. they were not consistent TC6ssera
II was said that ii would be an anomaly 10 see q
thought that sound law upon the subject migh,
exist with an enlightened Jew upon the bench
nc uoush mat every man ought TO be at liberty TO dis
cus tue rum or fasehood OF religion but force upon
the unwilling eyes and OF Others sights and sonpd
which were insulting to them (Hesr, hear) The dis
JUNCTION was perfectly clear man chose 10 sell Primes
dSe Of Reason in back shop to such as thought proner
10 buy II, or II another chose TO deliver lecture
against venersied religion in private room he thought
a hei'her oil them ought 10 be but if an in
dvduaI exhibited at window in thorougare a carica
lure oil what was ohect Of veneraon 10 999 men o or
ovo OF IN Piace OF public resort should apply
ana insulting expressions TO beings and things which al
most all who heard him were disposed to Venerate he
"ouiu punish such man. not for libel, but for nu
sance-nol for attacking what he though, true but for in
lcng useless pain and disgust on his (Cbeer
NO man had right 10 insult the religious FEELINGS of is
,enows under Inc Pre'ence OF exercising the freedom of
uscusson any more than he had tight 10 establish an Of
tensiye mandatory in neghborhood and 10
that he was exercising the right property or TO walk
sNau IN .hc streets and say he was exercising the gh,
ioconolon (Cheers) On the same principle the remains
oil The dead were projected from insult in all civilized
communities The interests of science required that bo.
dies should he dssected but the law took care that nri
vae feelings should be outraged. He coud sec mn
ditculty IN Jewish judge applying this principle in
question oil blasphemy, because he could apply IL himself
III the case oil religion which he believed 10 be utterly
false III in Malta, which subject to US an English
man should revive the old ceremony which used 10 be act
ca 10 ms country on The anniversary of the accession of
queen Elzaoeth-Dameiy, The burning the efgy OF the
Pope in the public streeIs-he would put it down IC
any person should offer ouages insults 10 the religion
oil The natives oil Madras Calcutta he would have no
difhculy as magistrate, in suppressing them; and an
enlightened Jewish Judge upon the bench would have no
omeuiy ~ punshing gross public outrage the rei-
there any charge against the Jews the Chris
an religion! He had been present al their worship and
saw nothing in II in which Christian might not oin
IL was said that the prophcses declared that the Jews
would be wandering through the world and That they ne
yer would be admitted TO participation the rights and
privileges OF The people amongst whom thew might So
Journ what had occurred France and prove
'hs 10 he alse which could be the case with the
progresses, and therefore those who put this construction
upon them must have utterly misspprebended them Az
to what was said about the of the Jews TO Jerusa
lem, II was for him remind the Commute
tat remote events, predicted 10 take place indefinite
PERIOD rarely influenced the conduct OF men IT, however
mat was an argument against the Jews IL applied with
equal iorce against Christians who admit that The
state OF things would last forever II the Jews were in
capacated from exercising egsating functions
they believed that they hereafter TO be assembled AT
jerusalem, legislation could be obtained from that
class OF christians who believed in the approaching mil
leDnlum There was this most important REGULARITY be
longing 10 the Jewish religion which gave il the adyan
tage over all religions which hold fase-namey
Mat there was not the least chance OF its spreading IL
was notorious that Jews did wish TO gain prose yes
they discarded and almost rejected them looking upon il
as something like cupsbe presumption for any person to
aspire 10 belong 10 their religion Hence II was that the
conversion Of any person 10 the Jewish faith was almost
as event total eclipse Of the SUM- He had
never heard but OF such occurrence and that was
remarkable one il was the Of Lord George Gordon
He turned Jew, and how he trested! His adopted
brethren admitted him reluctantly TO all the pain .ul
parts OF their relgionf IA laugh]-but when upon his
death -bed he claimed the Jewish burial rites, they
told him his request could not be complied with The
charge urged against the Jews was that thew were
unsocial. How different this from the accusation
which was made against the Catholics when they like
The jews, were petonng Tor the removal OF disabilities
The Catholic religion described restless Unsuitable
and insinuang, clothing itself in every garb aud accom-
might, its emssses, sr,fu learned and courily men
were 10 be foundthey we're present in the court the