The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-22
The Fersers are Failing.

Very soon the Jews will be free from all legal
disabilities in England. This is as it should be.
Away with all shackles, and let man as man
stand out free aud uafettered, whatever be his
lot, or name, or creed
In making the motion in the House Of Com
mons, Lord John Russell said
The character of the Jews in Great Britain
entitled them TO the abrogation Of the laws
which deprived them Of the privilege Of sitting
in Parliament. OF late years, said the noble
lord, the Jew has been a magistrate Jew has
been sheriff. Hear, hear.
BY n late law, proposed by the right Hon.
gentleman opposite, the member for Tamworth,
when he was in office, the Jews can now mold
offices in corporations; and it is but the other
day, that, by the consent Of his fellow-citizens,
a Jew was raised to the office of Alderman in the
City Of London. (Cheers.)
Now, ask, what right have you to interpre-
prophecy so as 10 draw that line between an alt
derman and a member of the legislsture-be-
tween the right to hold her Msjesty's commits
sion as justice of the peace, and the right 10
hold q seat in parliament as a member Of the
legislature (Hear.) Who enabled or authori-
red you TO say that that was the line intended
by prophecy, and that you can take upon your
selves to define it, and to limit the line which
the Almighty has intended to be drawn p
(Cheers.l That indeed would be to
Strike from His hands the balance and the rod !;
Rejudge his justice be the God Of God"
(Cheers.) trust, sir, that no such presump-
ton will fall to our lot but that we shall do
that which we think il our duty 20 our fellow
countrynen, that which We think is best for the
country, according to our imperfect actions, and
that We shall rest in pious, humble confidence
that the Almighty will accomplish his purpose
by means best known to himself. (Cheers.i
Sir Robert Inglis opposed the motion. 1t
ought not to be adopted by Christian Lesisla-
ture. It was all wrong. ssidh
The Jews came into this country drop by
drop, without any invitation, beginning at about
the year 1856, for their own purposes, and ought
the laws TO be altered for them now7 They
only ask for protection, and they had obtained
II. Did any one now insult theml They lived
in splendor: did any one envy them1 He called
upon the house, by every consideration of duty
and inierest-he called upon it in the name Of
their common Christianity, to pause before they
sanctioned the admission Of the Jews into Par
lament. Hear, hear
W.. Fox replied in the very best spirit Of the
best men Of our day. We regret that we cannot
give all Of his speech. Parts Of it we must fur
nish to our readers--so living and fresh and eo-
quent is the genial and generous orator. For
the present, the brief synopsis below must suf-
fee. Mr.. Fox said:-
1t was not by the enforcement of opinions,
IL was not by the putting down of heresies, 1t
was not even in the magnificent attempts after
extended proselytism, but IL was In knocking off
the letters Of the slave, in respecting the rights
Of poverty and Of industry, In measures which,
by stimulating a free intercourse between diff
ferent nations, bound them together in the bonds
of peacei IL was not by exclusion, but by ex-
banding their rights, that they would, as the
poet said, vindcate the privilege of England
'to teach the nations how to live." And how
much nasre they would do by removing this
stigma, and abolishing these pains and penal
ties against the Jews, and declaring to them all,
in the true Christian spirit, that the way in
which we desired they should deal with us was
the way We would act by them, towards an in
ternal Identification Of the Christian coustitu-
ton and law, than could be obtained by all the
stern edicts and fierce prosecutions OF the dark
ages, how much soever these might have sue.
ceeded for time in enforcing an apparent uni
formity!
He sat down amid loud and long continued
cheering!