Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1857-07-15
From the Loidoa Tr,ses.
THE JEWISH DISABILITY QUESTION.

here u one tendency more obvious than another In
'he British Legislature Is TO have little possible TO
do with controversial questions Il is becoming more and
more civil Legislature, interfering With religion only
when compelled, when dealing with existing in.u,;o,.
or having to dispose OF some political question complicated
with religious opinions pretensous The Roman Cath
ocs have chiefly contributed 10 this existing and ipers
sing tendency OF the Legislature Before the famous Act
OF 1929 the British Parliament had very theological
dogmatical antPspsl character. Ii held that Pouerv
was 50 great error and Injurious to head heart .n,
SOUL that IL could not allow one Papist 10 take
IN s deliberations Those we're serious laws when man
were IN earnest, and when, the Boman Catholics found
no Parliamentary eonntenance for their peculiar doctrines
they had at least its countenance Tor earnesne
aud even persecution But when 0Connel had laid seye
to faamer for several years. aud when all ireland VA,
81 MS gates, with all sorts OF mysterious threats n
capituated, and then followed that .pecies of Co,co
which survives TO this day. But the change ha. been Al
most fatal to the religious character o the two Houses
not that the members less religion. than thev -,
tor they are probably more religious Parliament ia no
longer that Synod Of Protestant Dvnes that IL used n, he
The man who Is on his legs discussing Bishaps Deans ana
onsp@r, itnss, tmversi'i,s Church Rates. Ministers
Money, and all kinds OF seni,Tsgous questions may h.
either Protestant Papist aud his arguments
such as either may We have to thank our Rom,n
oa'nouc Tor this change aud they are
some respects benefited by IT, they find themselves
better oil In liberal than in bigoted though hstcroox
assembly, on the other hand they will now tnd ali one,
uons ueau WIN mainly on what they
er low political ground Ii happens Just nov thar The
jews in the same position thar the Roman Cathoc
In ls2s the City oil London perse cringly
Baron Boihschild Just the County of Clare vs. rs
returning Mr. OConnsl The only difference IL IN = 80
OF the Ci'y OF London, which is certainly acting Ni,b less
VIOLENCE and returning better aud queter citizen than
Iae 1'r Tue Mouse oil Commons respects the importu
ny OF the Londoncrs, IL did before that of the Irish
Pspss and Is Tor alosng Baron Rothschid AZ last IN 81,
and vote That was last night the simple question before
the House. The Roman Catholics had supplied the prece
dent and lky nntl tn
all could they pretend that the House O. Commons ouch,
TO iusst its generally Christian character general &
ahy being IA Their eyes ~orse than any particular error
They could not, then, consistently aud reasonably Offer
any objection to the Bill couple il with other der, ma
| In their favour. The characterization Act w.s .,nsn
ed TO the case OF the Roman Catholics themselves who
would then have been Indignant be classed with
the Jvw included in the benefit the same measure
This political view OF the present question for which
We repeat we have to thank the Roman Catholics has In
the present. instance beeu fatal the demand which h-y
have endeAvoured 10 engra upon the admission of the
Jews Parliament still thinks right 10 maintain In. no
tira protest against the dominion jurisdiction of sny
foreign prelate in this county IL has this difficulty 10
meet IN the OF the Roman Catholics but not in the
OF the jews who have foreign or or,
gazaton, and spiritual prince claiming the allegiance
| at all m1nkid The question IL " Are the Jews good
subjects and safe legislators" t Is question which
asked Of the Roman Catholics so wears ago and mr.
finally answered in the Affirmative though the lea Iousy of
some OF stipulated for what called secn,itv IN.
House OF Commons confines itself settling that ona
question. Ii decides grounds OF notorious fact and
common sense that the Jews be safely trusted 10 L.
gislae for the country For part a. matter of feel.
| ing, should have thought it quite enough for the Ro
man Catholics to find the Jews following their e1amnle
and entering Parliament by the gap themselves had
made Even that might suggest unpleasant comuarsons
But the last thing should have desired for ourselves
that which the Roman Catholics have now askJ viii
their usual wrongheSdednes they shall be relieved
coutemporaneousy with the jews In tho sama na,su,
sud relieved, not from exclusion, but from an oath which
they nevertheless tAke without any hesitation and
able to interpret to at least their entire sa.c
1 ffn IL fll-alxf lad haa.
only result Is to publish TO the WOlk which had aIaso.s
TO- gotten it, that the Roman Catholics regularly TAKE an
/ oath to which they have particular objection
The purely political view Of the case IS matter of ma
cessity Whether it be expedieut not TO admit the
Jews into Parliament that Ipedeucy u the only rple We
can now adopt and We have accordingly consider what
good harm the Jews doing now and What thew viii
be likely To do ia Parliament. This is question which
lev people will decide the generaitiss ct Sic p Tisi
ger to she unnatona insulated cosmopolitan character
oshe Jews That is the natural result Of their excusion
from civil privileges. II NE prevented particular cass
from entering our cities dwelling in houses they
would be obliged TO live Ia and wander over lh
country but 1t would be the bright Of malice to ADM
then from their outdoor wandering habits aeain., allow
ing them to enter our towns Nodoubt give up our
Jealousy OF the Jews they will lose much Of that dsnc
tveness which exists nowhere strongly this cou
try. 1t i. for the Jews themselves TO consider whether
they would prefer TO he asmated acquire the same
habits and Of thinking, lay themselves under t,-
same conventional obi cations and have the aame s,ake
as other people in society The effects OF such process
are a matter of speculation. At present the jews
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money. Suppose their insulation remoVed.-supposr
| them becoming undstingushlble members of general
society,-how long will they retain their Speci,i
habits: Even IL they retain for wbile their money.ua
king tastes may they day lose the strong
with which tey hold OF wealth vastly out OF
proportion ~ their number? These are question Tor
themselves to consider and strongly OF opinion that
they do well to eci all such considerations sud demand
to be Engshmen and British subjects in the full political
sense OF the words We are equally that ia mis-.
take the part Of Christians 10 insist on harssne the
jews with exclusion, and goadng them to obstnacv IL
s evident that the House Of Commons Is weaed aud dis
gusted with this unWOrtby task and will at last thros on
others she responsibility Of persecution Sir J. Pakrg
ton last night avoEed that he could resist the Jewish
claims no longer and the Ministerial majority almost dou
bic that which has usually been obtained for the measure
leaves no doubt to the intention Of the House and the
certainty Of the Bill being pressed ill becomes law
The Lords hoWever. must decline nvdous task
thrust upon them by zealots who think so meany of their
faith and 90 greatly Of ts foes fear the
one Je" among CSC Christian legi.lltors
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