Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-09
IN REuALf OF TIE RUSSIAN JEWS.

FOLLOWING n the full text Of the
memorial 10 the CEar Of Russia, voted
al the London Guildhail meeting, and
which was duly forwarded, but re-
turned unopened by the Russian aid.
dc.canp for petitions TO His Majesty
the Emperor;
To His Imperial Majesty, Alexander III,
Emperor Of all tho IiuSsiasi
rho memorial Of tho oillNons Of Lon
don. In Guildhall assembled, on behalf 81
the Russian Jews.
May II please your Imperial Majesty
We. the citizens OF London, respectfully
approach your Majesty, and humbly bog
your gracious leave to plead the cause Of
tho afflicted.
Cries Of distress have reached rs from
thousands Of suffering I-raolltos In your
vast Empire; and we Englshmcn, with
pity In our souls for all who suffer, turn
to your Majesty To lmplorc for them your
Sovereign aid aud clcmonoy.
Five millions OF your Malesty's sub.
jcci. groan beneath tho yoke u oNcp-
tlonal aud restrictive laws. Remnants of
n race whence NIL religion sprang -our,
aud yours, and every creed ON earth that
owns one Go1-mcn who cling with all
devotion n their ancient faith aud forms
of worship, these Hebrews arc In your
Empire subject 10 such laws that under
them thoy cannot live aud thrive.
Those laws, built up la bygone times
whom Intolerance was tho rule In almost
every State, have boon intensified by
later ordinances, aud weigh ~ grioyous
burdens on tho Hebrew subjects Of your
Majesty, raising a barrier between them
and their Christian fellow subjects, max.
Ing them parIah caste, degraded aud
despl-ed as ifAn aocursod race.
Pom, up In narrow bounds within your
Male-ty's wide Empire, and oven within
those bounds forced ~ reside chiefly In
towns that rock aud overflow with every
form OF poverty and wreichodnoss; for
blddon all free movement hodged In
oycry enterprise by restrictive lAwsi for
hidden tonuro OF land, or MI concern In
land, their means of livelihood have DO.
come 10 oumped ~ 10 render lifo ioI
them well nigh impossible.
Nor nro they cmmpcd alone In spac,
and action, Tho higher education is dc.
MED thom, except In limits far below the
due proportion Of their moods aud asplra.
tons Thoy may not freely oxorcls,
professions like other subjocis u youi
Majesty, nor may they gain promotion In
the arny, however geeaI tholr merit and
thoir vaior.
mo wonder II, struggling agains, such
disabilities In the icrco fight for life
their faults and fiillngs should come mp.
pcrmost, ob,curlng thclr many virtues.
"For they have virtues. These Israel
ties, declared allous by tho laws, ar,
patriots sin, They serve In The Imperial
Army beyond lhoir due proportion. they
fight with leil AMI valor Ia RussiNs bat,
ties, and shod their lifa.blool for thall
country's cause, syor loyal 10 your
Majesty, they strive to obey the law
though Ia yoke DO heavy, aud true to III,
dictate, Of their Ancient Book, thoy prn,
In their Synagoguos Tor the welfare Of
your Throne aud Home,
"siWl We who have learnt to tolcr,
ate all croois, doemlng II part o
true religion 70 permit religion,
liberty, we boseech your Majesty :,
repeal those laws that anlici these Israel
ties. Give thom the blessing OF equality
In ovory land whore Jews have oqua
rights, the nation prospor-, We pray
! you, then, annu. those spOclal laws aud