New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-25
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ihsnkinIbsss at being present. On ~ snsD'eoss o" D.
IIa then proessdsd 70 detail he opefatons ofs seiI
during be poet year Heed the nesdy aa ossn rIsyss
5000 during The year in The relief 81 over 900 needy
Hebrews. Not only had The suffering at home been r.
Ieysd, but to the sick and stricken Of Sew
Orleans and the banks Of the Miasssipp the hand OF
charity had also been extended lie hoped that the con
tribuons Of the present year would be no less mulcen
than those of the post that the Society may be enabled 70
continue IL benefoient course He was loudly chcered
during his address and also at is close.
CLARITY the gaeyore'd grounding sgreIf y1is-" Do nyou
Tie Rev & NJ. Issaes of the Woos;erst Synagogue.
responded to the last sentiment lie commenced With an
eloquent tribute material charity and then expaated
upon that virtue in its exalted sense lie spoke eio
queutly of the long centuries OF tyrsnniea persecution to
which the Israeltsh have been subjected and then
paid glowing tribute to this the promised land where
his peoTe have at last found that blessing which for
many years they had long hoPed-Charity.
The Rev. gentemsns remarks were received with loud
Messrs Mark Levy and E. s Mawson then read the list
Of donations the aggregate Of which amounted to over
$500 which announcement was received with loud cheers
g. The CRY q York and t. Ceniisisi Aviio,e'
My /, ever realize is glorious motto, Excelsior"
Mr. Jonas b. Phillips responded. lie apologized for the
absence ofthose who entitled to respond 70 such
toast than he was. But he assured his friends that the
this Association He congratulated the Jewish population
on being such good citizens that during his official career
he had not met with single Jewish criminal and he did
not know of single lsraele who was burden TO the
Rlgevs Lb.ry-Gcds choices, sif- Msn's dearest risht
The Rev DR. RAPHAEL called upon to respond to this
sentiment
He said this a sentiment 10 which all present must
respond with heart and soul But If the exploitation ap
rended indeed fact and II was truly great fact
then the duty imposed upon him was one from which he
ought to shrink for what lips could be eloquent as 70
do Justice 10 Heavens choicest gf He hoped that all
present would bear with him in dealing with subject
grand theme to whose truthulness and grandeur each
heart beat mpulsive acquescence-a response that has
been chroncled in every page Of history for the past 1900
wears Whose influence was asserted wherever national
prosperity atests the existence Of religious liberty or
where national degradation or individual adversely bears
the absence OF religious Au Ol
poet Blind Harry the Harper some 500 years since sung
F Fo ed me : i : . sSeS h HING
And if this was true of civil liberty IT was in the highest
degree true of religious liberty Vain all intellectual
and social enjoyment If those gifted with free will and
responsibility could not worship God in full freedom of
conscience All the noblest capabilities aud enjoyment
of humen nature choked wherever freedom Of con
science is denied TO Religious Liberty Is OF higher
character than civil liberty and its denial imposed yoke
more calling and bondage degrading The depre-
citation of the first subdues the body and affects the mind
while the latter enslaves the mind and affects the soul All
religious feeling depends upon faith, which is freeke
oye compassionate repugnantit is no more to be
forced upon the reason than the person upon the aec
tons OF another And the more that which is an
tipathic is applied externally, the stronger be
comes the opposition to that which Is applied
internally And this explains that constant and unfnch
sect or people have much and long from the
prvation Of religious liberty as we Jews But II our SUIT
rpgs have been great our resistance mas been hero
Ours was the mertorous duty Of proving to the world
that mind is mighty than matter that the lofty hope
is stronger than the crushing reality As we have been
the teachers of mankind in all matters pertaining to re-
leious truth we have also taught them by our prac
tce that truth is more precious than life and
that therefore the fear of God prevails over the fear
Of Gentlemen my years OF consciousness and
Observance comprise nearly half century l have
visited many countries and have paid close attention to
the condition of society But have seen or expe
renced religious liberty in its full exten-which is the
perfect equality of all men before the law-unt set my
foot the shores Of this the State OF New YORK
lCheers | need not speak Of Austria, whose boy En-
peror has just with the flourish of pep destroyed the
social welfare of some 900 or persons solely
because they Jews Nor yet OF Russia where Nicho
las deCs tens Of thousands of Jews from the arms Of
parents and wives and children and forces them to fight
for the advancement of superstition which they abhor
and of a despOtism which they detest L need not
sneak of Italy or SPAIN where all measures relating
liberty of any kind still date from 1882 not 1883 But
in France that country Of great profession and liz
tie performance les cuHes reeoHHues par fctatthe re
gons recognized by the State,-enjoy little equality
that learned jew cannot ascend professors chair in
public college, because Bishop forbids it, And in Eng
land we have seen how in defiance of public opinion the
House of Lords continues by Of six short words
the FORM not the substance Of oathto perpetuae
religious disquafcations, and to deny religious liberty
Honor then TO this State OF New fork, and to the other
States of the Union in which religious equaty fact
ICheers Honor them who fully carry out the wise
and Just Constitution of this glorious Republic which de-
clsres that whatever is his creed, mans man for
that Long and loud applausel Honor to them
saw far above North Carolina and those few other States
in which bigotry still presumes TO raise its unbushing
'front.' so that Heavens choicest gift is subjected to tests
and man dearest right is withheld from Tim by
minded prejudice. To them say with the poet:
shane to mankind, but shame to you the most
Who all the sweets Of lh .1 can boast
That bl,s others which yourselves enjoy"
Gentlemen this is charitable meeting, from which po
tcs must remain excluded But we are on the eve OF
ieious il perched the standard OF the aggressor l
may not cannot be long before this standard will be
confronted by banner bearing the soul stirring inscrP
tioD Liberty civil and religious" For this banner pi
ous me will pray wise men will toll brave will die
We my friends may not be called to afford material AID
Let then at least afford the moral support OF good
wishes will therefore, with your PERMISSION conclude
ny remarks with this toast;
May The power of the oppessor be broken on the shores
cthe Danube while from the banks OF the Neva % those
oftbe Tber mighty shout proclans that conscience
rec Tremendous applause.
Then followed the irregular toasts
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. Or ste, ses, esraed eomps,' ne Of Baero
sppsnd and rejoice their loud
n. ers and music