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The Jews.


making the world vocal with her camors about
the evils Of negro slavery, sits gravey down in
her national assemblies TO debate whether the
Jc'rS shall be admitted 10 civil privileges No
question is made to their intelligence or Or
Jecllon urged against their color, it is merely the
complexion of their religions belief. Her hypoc-
rlcy as nation is well cxempfed by this fact
In her opposition to the Jelys she stands forth in
her true character, in that plain robe Of fictitious
philanthropy, which processes 70 extend freedom
10 the oppressed of every cline. Hero are
people born upon her soil, intelligent, having no
distinctive bar, such as color or physical forma-
On, who too proud TO beg for social privileges
yet when they demand, at this enlightened dav
their cirH rights, English Statesmen sit down
gravely 10 consider whether they arc entitled to
that which they claim. They make no question
about taxing them, or holding thom amenable TO
the most oppressive laws, bu: whether their con-
sent should be obtained to the enforcement of those
laws is dobateabe question. Why! Because
they are Jeacs! An unauswerable argument,
truly! Belief, then, in the established religion,
aud the possession of freehold property are the
necessary qualifications of British frermani
When he fully complies with the rcqusitions of
his country's cOnstituticn we should like to know
what portion of his manhood is released from,
Siavery.
In The same manner, until forced by the over
whelming voice Of popular opinion, the British
Parliament withheld civil privileges from the
Catholics, and the gIarng hypocrisy of the gov
ernment during the pendancy the emancipation
question, drew forth the Indignation of tho civil
zed world. The spectacle presented Of n
nation protesting TO be the herald of civil liberty
10 the oppressed OF every cline, while she was
holding IN 4 state of civil vassaage half her pom
uatIon, people, too, of her own color and race,
and equal i'll virtue and intelligence to any reig-
ious sect in the realm. Like the Jews, they were
by unjust DEGREES deprived of civil liberty, forced
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voice-o religion with which they had no sympa-
Thy, and an arisocracy which forged the very
letters that CALLED them. And this is British
freedom, forsooh We never hear her name
coupled with the word freedom that we are not
shocked al the desecration. Her hypocriscy can
be guilty OF no grosser ou.rag gs than boust OF
the freedom with which she applies the lash of
tyranny to the shoulders of her oppressed people.
Some OF the strong opponents of Jewish eman-
cipatlon in Great Britain advance, as an argu-
ment against il. at the granting Of civil privi-
cges 10 those in the United Kingdom will cause
an influx of the race into the British territories
that The glorious privileges will attract their
brethren from abroad. Aside from the baseness,
weakness, and shufiling sefshness of such an
argument, we ire of the opinion that very ttle
need be apprehended on that score-all tho privi-
eges which Great Britain can at present extend
10 any people, will not be likely To induce emf
grafton 10 her shores, nor prevent her people fee
ing from them. Her arIsocracy has legislaied
her into state of incurabc leebeness-she is
SICK with pauperism, and decrcpld from corruption
and now that she is relaxing her hold, through
wcakness,-now that the Israeite has his hand
upon her vltaIs-now that she is sold TO the great
Jewish broker. by her imbccilo ministry, she
woud fam make show Of bcrality in granting
him. as Il privilege, what his gold has already
purchased and holds in G1cn
we trust sincerely that tho day is not "a dis
tant when the Jew and Christian will be allowed
to worship the God Of their fathers, after their
own method, in every land beneath tho sun and
thai neither the bIoaed priesthood of an estab-
iished church. nor the corrupt schemes Of prvi-
legged classes, will havo the power 10 rob thom of
that right which they Inherit with their manhood.
CoNFEssioN.--The Oxford and Cambridge En-
glish) review, for December, says Already
confession is Practsed in great number Of par
lshes. vast body Of the clergy are impressed
with sense of lis importance, many probably
are convinced of its necessity. 1t is not often
urged in sermons, recommended privately TO the
most religious of The parishioners, and is accept
ed by them in numerous instances thankfully.
CHLosoFoRM FOR INsAN,rY.-The Rochester Id
reTiiser reports recent application of chIoroform
to a lady "afllictod with tinsanily.' She was
perfectly frantic and all previous attempts to
mute the limitation OF the chloroform she was in
tranquil slumber, continued about half @ hour
and then awoke, comparatively calm.
ARTIFICIAL ARMs.-An ingenious artisan. Mr..
Van Petersen, of Paris has attracted the attention
of the learned and the phianthropic. by an ingc-
NOUS model Of an artificial arm, which moves
with the same ease as the natural member-with
the same precision and rapidty. An old vote
ran, who had lost both arms in war, having en-
ployed these ingenious contrvances, was looked
at with eager curiosity, he carried his glass to
his mouth, and replaced it again upon The table
rs he picked up pin, or folded sheet of paper.
4 New SrEAMER.--Thc Cincinnati Enquirer
says: " The s,upendous and most thoroughly
completed Of business steamers, the Josiah Law.
renee, now finishing at the upper landing, viii be
out on or about the 18th inst. She is of crea,
capacity, and besides a tonnage OF about one
thousand, she has more stowragc room on the
decks than any boat aioal. In addition to tho