The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-11

unconstitutional and as damning as that trea-
son which, twelve years ago, was inaugurated
Dy inc osyonet." II Is hardly surprising
that this sweeping accusation fred up Gem
eral Morgan (dsmoczat), of Ohio, to the
fighting point Of denouncinp the charge
as q calumny and lie; but n IL gratifying ii
know that from th~e alarming violations Of
parliamentary law thsre were NO bones broken
no pugilistics on the floor, and no indications
of an appeal from the decisions Of the ,sneaheI
to "pistols and coffee for two" In thea
things there is q great improvement In Con-
gress after all.
Still, we congratulate the country that this long
session of 1S7l-72, of prohtless investigating
committees and tedious party electioneering
speeches and clap-trab resolutions, Is ended
Upon these superAuities much time has BEEN
wasted; but the session, nevertheless, has
been productive Of some good fruit, especially
In the killing Of the railway land grabbers.
and IN the Tariff and Tax bill, passed on the
basis OF ten per cent reduction, and In tina
final compromise. in the last hours of the ses-
sion wrested from the majority, in reference TO-
Executive intervention In our political cleo
tions. For further particulars as to the bills'
passed, and the measures which have failed.
we refer our readers to our Congressional M
ports. '1 y 'sams''a a.asags
The Prosecutions Of the Jews I'm Rous
mania-A Proposed European oonsex-
We print this morning q most important
cable despatch, special to the HxRALD. relax
tive to the persecuted Jews in Roumaniat1
Earl Granville has, 1t seems, with the ooncurx
renee particularly of the government of Italy,
addressed q note to the various European gova
ernments, advising thata General Conference
Of oil the Powers be held for the purpose Of
considering the wrongs endured by the Jews
in Roumania. and of coming to some under1
standing possible e. t. TIE gscgss 9aa5ss
tQ pc pursued in the premises It Is the opi4A
ION Of Earl Granville that, in view of the Com
stantly recurring outbursts of feeling against
the Jews In Roumania- outbursts Of feeling
which we have no choice but to pronounce
barbarous-direot pressure should be brought
to bear upon the Roumanian government, and
compulsion should be threatened, II neces4
sary, to prevent the recurrence Of acts Of vio-
lence which are disgrace, not only tn
Europe, but to modern civilization.
Prince Gortschakoff, it appears, while he ID
full of sympathy with the suffering Jews In the
Principalities, takes slightly different view Of
the general question. The Foreign Minister
Of the Gear does not seem to entertain any unl
kindly feelings towards the Jews, but he is ap,
prehensive that European Conference, such
as that which Lord Granville suggests, might
excite bad feeling among the great Powers and
possibly revive the dreaded Eastern question
in most questionable shape. He Is, therefore,
not willing to lend any encouragement to the
idea q . Conference In lieu thereof hQw1
ever, he proposes that joint note, sighed bX
all the great Powers, should be addressed To
the government Of Prince Charles, demanding
explanations and insisting upon guaranteed
that those offensive outrages shall not be re-
peated. It is the opinion Of Gortschakoff THAI
this course is quite as likely as any other to
bring the Roumanian government to its senses.
The Prince adds that if this course of policy
should fail he will be prepared to insist on the
fulflment of the terms Of the Convention Of
1858, and to exert all the power at his CONF
mand to secure es settlement 2A thes sssig 81
With the exception Of Prussia the Powers
have not as yet answered the Granville note
but Prussia is said to be of one mind with
Russia; and for the moment the feeling pre-
walls that the Gortschakoff proposal will be
adopted.
We are glad that at last the great Powers Of
Europe feel that they owe a duty to the perse44
cuted descendants of Israel in the Danubian
Principalities. For generations the Jews have
revealed on affection for the countries which
lie along the shores Of the Danube In PoI
land, in Southern Russia in the eastern por-
tons of Austria and in those sections Of Tur-
key which lie to the west Of the Black Sea and
to the south of the line Of the Danube the
Jews have always been numerous Troubles
in Poland and in Russia, age after age, have
driven them nearer the great river, and from
various causes which cannot now be explained
Moldavia and Wallachia have become--wiselY
or unwisely, SO far as they themselves are ccc::5
cerned- favorite Jewish centres The result
Of the Crimean war was on immediate gain to
the jews, The Treaty Of 1856 and the subse-
quent additional treaty signed by the Conven-
ton of 1858 made full provision for the relig-
ious liberty Of all the European subjects Of
the Sultan. Article 46 Of the Convention Of
1858 guarantees equal liberty to all Christian
creeds, with the privilege of legislative extern,
sion to all other rites. In 1870, such were the
encouragements given in Roumania, the Israel
ties had increased to the number of four hum
dred thousand, and the synagogues al
the same date numbered one hundred and
seventy-six. i is said that in France
about that period the Jews did not exceed
in numbeai OF One hundred and sixty thousand