Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-03-15
The Jews.

England, in the nineteenth century,
while making the world vocal with her
clamors about negro slavery, sits gravely
down in her national assemblies to debate
whether the Jews shall be admitted to civil
privileges! Noquestion is made as to their
intelligence, or objection urged against
their colo, it is merely the complexion of
their religious belief Her hypocrisy as
nation is we'll exemplifed by this fact. In
her opposition to the Je,cs she stands forth
in her true character, in that plain robe of
fictitious philanthropy, which protessss to
extend freedom to the oppressed Of every
CLINE Here are people born upon her
soil, intelligent, having no distinctive bar,
such as color orphysical formation, who are
too proud to beg for social privileges, ye1
when they demand, at this enlightened day
their ciril rights, English Statesmen sl
down gravely to consider whether they are
entitled 10 that which they claim. They
make no question about taxing them, OF
holding them amenable to the most oppres
sive laws, but whether their consent should be
obtained to the enforcement of those laws
is debateable question. Why? Because
they are Je,gs! An unanswerable argu.
mem, truly! Belief, then, in the established
religion, and the possession of freehold
property, are the accessory qualifications
of British freeman! When he fully COM
plies with the acquisitions Of his countrys
constitution, we should like to know what
portion Of his manhood is released from
SLAVERY.
In the same manner, until forced by the
overwhelming voice of popular opinion,t the
British Parliament withheld civil privileges
from the Catholics, and the glaring hypoc-
risy of the government during the penden-
dancy Of the emancipation question, drew
forth the indignation of the civilized world.
The spectacle was presented of nation
pro- Tossing to be the herald Of civil liberty
to the oppressed of every cline, while she
was holding in a state of civil vassalage half
her population, people, too, Of her own
color and race, and equal in virtue and in
telligence to any religious sect in the realm.
Like the Jews, they were by unjust decraes
deprived Of civil liberty, forced 10 support
a government in which they had no voice
"a religion with which they had no SYM
pathy, and an aristocracy which forged the
very fetters that CALLED them. And this is
British freedom, forsooth! We never hear
her name coupled with the word freedom
that we are not shocked at the desecration.
Her hypocrisy can be guilty of no greater
outrage than boast of the freedom with
which she applies the lash Of tyranny to
the shoulders other oppressed people.
Some Of the strong opponents Of Jewish
emancipation in Great Britain advance, Us
an argument against 1t, that the granting
of civil privileges to those in the United
Kingdom will cause an influx of the race
into the British territories-that the glori-
Gus privilege will attract their brethren
from abroad. Aside from the baseness,
weakness, and shuff1ing sel6shness of such
an argument, we are of the opinion that
very little need be apprehended on that
scere-all the privileges which Great Brit
ain can at present extend to any people,
will not be likely to induce emigration to
her shores, nor prevent her people fleeing
from them. Her aristocracy has legislateo
her into state of incurable feebleness-
she is sick with pauperism, and decrepie
from corruption, and now that she is relax
ing her hold, through weakness, now tha
the Israelite has his.hand upon her vitals-
now that she is sold to the great Jewish
broker, by her imbecile ministry, she woulc
fain make show of liberality in granting
him, as privilege, what his gold has al
ready purchased and holds in paacn.
We trust sincerely that the day is no
far distant when the Jew and Christian will
be allowed to worship the God Of their ia
thers, after their own method, in every
land beneath the sun, and that neither tn
/ bloated priesthood Of an established church
f nor the corrupt schemes Of privileged class
es, will have the power to rob them of tina
right which they inherit with their man
. hood.-Rereitle.r 4 III. -.s--- -.s., .-1