The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-05-11

OF the Jews throughout the habi,able world,
AMI aid him. no doubt, in his audacious plans
against Poland and The East. Ills scheme. u
is lrne, proved abnrtive; for the mass Of me To-
rlrlltes were by no means inclined To merge
their hopes in the desiinies OF the Empire
exchange Zion for Monimartre. and Jertsa-
lem lur Paris. The few liberal believers whom
he Attracted to his views ruined his prospects
with the people by their impious faltery and
ayerted ,he whole body Of the nation 10y blend
ing. on the 5ih Of August, the cipher Of Ma
poleon aud Josephine with the unatterabe
name Of Jehovah. and elssaing the imperial
eagle above the representation of the Ark of
the Covenant A misconcep,ion, in fact Of the
character Of the people has viiiated all the at
tempts Of various Sovereigns TO better their
condition; they have sought to amalgamate
them with The body Of their subjects, not
knowing, or moi regarding the temper OF the
Hebrews, and the plain language OF Scripture
that the people shall dwell alone, and shall
not be recknned among the natons'
ID is matter for very serious reflection that
The Christians themselves have cast innumer-
able Stumbling blocks in the way Of Hebrew
conversion To pass over the weak and ig-
norant methods that men have adopted to per-
suade the Jews-let us ask whether the Chris
iians have ever afordedto ,lss people an OPP
portuniiy Of testing The divine COUNSEL by
their fruits We shall know ihemi' What is the
record of The Christian periods OF the second
dispersion "A history Of iusolence, plumber
and blood, that ills even now the heart of
every thinking man with indignation and
shamel Was this the religion Of the true Mes
siahi Could this be in their eyes The fulfil
nent Of those glorious prophecies that prom
ised security and joy in his happy days; when
his officers shoald Ire peace and his exactors
righteousness 2 What, too. have they wit
messed in the worship and, doctnue OF Chris
lian states The idolairy of the Greek and
Latin Churches, under which the Hebrews
have almost universally lived, the mum
meries Of their ritual, and the hypocrisy Of
their precepts, have shocked and ayerted the
Jewish mind We often times express our
surprise at the stubborn resistance they OPP
pose TO The reception OF Christianity; put
Christianity in their view IS synohimous win
image wor ship, and its doctrines with perse-
culion; they believe that in embracing the
dominant faith they must violate the two first
commandments of the Decalogue, and ahan-
don that witness. which they have nohly
maintained for 500 years, to the unity OF the
God Of Israel
1t well imports US to have care that we
no longer persecute or mislead this once-lov-
ed nation; they are people chastened, hut
not utterly cast Off; in all their affection He
was afflicted For the oppression ofthis peo-
pie there is no warranty in the Scripture; nay.
tho reverse; their oppressors are menac-d
with stern judgments; am jealous for Jeru-
salem and for Zion with a great jealousy, and
| am very sore displeased with the heather
that are at ease for | was hut a lule dis
pleased. and hey heiprd .(orward the o0liciioa.
This is the language Of the prophet Zaehari-
ali; and we may trace in the pages OF history
the vestges oil this ver-slumbering Provi-
dence. No sooner had England given shelter
to the Jews, under Cromwell and Charles,
than she started forward in a commercial ca
reer of unrivalled and uninterrupted prosperi-
| iy; Holland, embracing the principles Of the
Reformation, threw of The yoke of Philip,
opened her cities to the Hebrew people, and
obtained an importance far beyond her natural
advantages while Spain, in her furious and
bloody expulsion Of the race, sealed her own
condemnation. How deep wound SAYS
Mr. Milman, was inflicted on their national
prosperity by this act Of the most Christian
Sovereign" cannot easily be calculated, but
ii may be recknned among the most effective,
causes Of the decline Of Spanish greatness