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therefore ) believe that Ba^ will quinary, if we ever, lose ground at the . start, cesser Ranted us ihJ&8 ?:
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man 's or any nation'ssoright to shed the blood
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of a human^eing ;
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poibts, Venice, Triest and Fiuraa and the after the late
for Bavaria
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hail the position which Sardinia takes, and ^
both ^ Jhe 8trongbold of R oman. priest- Austrian trade is killed , the rail road com- 0r Windisch graetz: and ftny^u* vOan
one
the manly, powerful course of Count Ca- oraft and Jeauiti8m> Their system
gov- munioation between Vienna and, Milan is forget the , soand^ous. 'edicts and aeo
^f
isiona
tout. This roan is a giant pohtic.an, a co- ernment j 88haped accordingly. ( We fat her- intercepted , the seat of war is brought into .o(i,lm
according to whibh,the native An,
men
lossal statesman. That handful of
the Lombardy and Hungary, and the revo- trian Jew is
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more believMhat PrU8sia and tbe M8t of
considered an alien , or thrrerr
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comprising the miniature state of Sardinia Prote8tftnt Germany wiU not g0 to war for lut,on ™ n mlst n8 ltt botn countries. Be- ulation8 of 1855 for
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Hunj;a whi(jh . *
Mn%ti
*nd
side
her
trade
Austria
would be politically as insignificant as Sax- th
loses
her
Italian
reItriori t f the Roman Church In
the Jews Of:contract
their old rights to possess real
ony, Bavaria or Wurtemburg, as pnest-nd- al Au8tria and Bavaria. We believe Prus- v~ «** *• **** J>f ?* h <* Hu^frian \jp *
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th the.Qcr man ^ues fler ^e^^^n^^^th w^,
den and oppressed as Rome and l>apleB if sia and Bavaria( together
maSa]ie? 'mwln the
can
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It was not for CountCnvour, who gave a his,not^ist^n . ^rld^ouU ah Israelite-S
g borderin on fo Rh^umst the *¦*lo* battle and^she
ympathise with
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• torical and universal importance to that litan ***? ** »y length, of t,me^forced .
have a re
table
there to prevent a
loans w ill onlj -help for a htrte ^ifc then .^fe^flS^^^^
tie country, set Austria at defiance, threw revolfc of
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t> ot^Umm now^m^i^^Z
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he
Habsburg
off the yoke of the Church and talces afirm
boy-emperor
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find
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a .mdnien t -with the robbers of th ei&ra
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ajth for
has
robbed
stand for constitutional liberty
Ins.country
of
all^rwe
We ftlrtn8rmore believe that the llq8Bian
ofi^.aS^^^Si^^d^&iariSfi^laTO
th
We sympathize h eartily wiih Sard.nia,
at,d ^tc Hod
on the Au8 t rlan and PtU8sian front5er8 so many years, that h.^own-trodden-sqbJeWinlBfoi^^'ene^
the cause of Italy and constitutional liberty, j 8 in fccnded to chcck Gemany on
jeots
have,
yet
paper
and
debts
;
but
mothe^
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Blline.
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and admire Count Cnvour. We hate the
Wbenevcr tho Germans molest France, the ney is gone 1he Austrian subject js poor, inflexible fl tr6ng hoidof^pi8h'
d^6&^^
house of Habsburg with its relentless des- Ru8siftn9 wU1 raareh into AH8trj a g^ Pma . and cares (Vienna excepted ) very httle for
Jesuitical ,tyr anny ? Sow- c'an^|8ymDa potisin, its bigotry and concordats, its vioThu8 a E uropean war ^11be prevent- the emperor s quarrel in Italy. Tlie priests thize for a foment wMW' prote||rs%
lence and oppression with but one aim in ^ E
d win remain neutfaIr ^ d the who are acttta ly the belligerente on the Aus- the Inquisition and the 1 oanoq' law vrhioh
an
As
trian side , will heat up their villagers to ac- killed »
^-iew. the interests of the dynasty.
battha . w ,u be fo hfc in Italy 0nly. Italy
d^wnd innocini ibo fc& afe
tion , .. e to pray for the emperor , and reIsraelite, especially, we sympathise with bar- and Fmi
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avowed opponeQt9 of H^ty ft „d huynanity?
ny
dinia and France winch granted the Israelbis ate to God ,f he be caught and for- Thpref
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p I8Ettelit9 can Wmpatliee
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and
the
^ ion.- ^d into that hateful uniform.
ite his rights and treat him with jus tices united
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cities witU
/|>opety.
aieady on the pendin g Rat
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while we abhor Kome with her canon laws ]iome
those
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of
Roman
priests
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obnoxious
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m ^ ^ ^ ^ Naple8
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and Austria with her concordats, ultramon- wi „
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every sensible man , and a blow on the head and behold the ^
mf > % elfcher fcy ^ dejifch
Jew in the ^binetoffeanoe
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tane Jesuits, and exceptional and oppre 8s|ve and the_
to
and Sardinia , i nA l egisl ative^ociieS in
1LberftKand ^afcriotio^iiftposition of
ome
every rational^us^,a n .lt^
laws for Jews and Protestants, btill this h ;
. In the executive offices; in the
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8 sliccessor) 0l by thfl revolt oflth e ^peoplearmy and navr
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shall not prevent us fro m giving a fair expo- Auatpia ;
wJU haVe t0: ^mbat allf taly and thl8 war the boy-emperor^hd- 9 ^horrable at the bap bBfore the^ourt of ju stice and in
sition of the present state of Italian affairs.
FrftnoB r raugtinahltain an army^H ungary) motherwiUJnd out , that despptic force.bends fche profe3gor.s chair/and distinguisliadhon.
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For the benefit of those who have no Atone in Gaiioia and one on tbe l^^e, and ia and silences a peop le.but it. wUl not inspire 0rably every where: LoofcUipon our constilas in the house we remark here : Sard.n.a
bankrupt before the war begin3:' Austria them to hero.sm or sacrifices, Thejr will fcut j on and our prft6tifl
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sympathy ? Iff was in Ameri'
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the Medirerranean sea^ west by France and
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ca I would rouse our
and tbe revolu^
people to meet e« m^- '
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east by Austrmn Italy and the Duchy of
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crushed
Austria
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send^ addresses conPa»ma. lum. with 200.000 mhahitantB iB ^ ^ ^^^
has quenched every.spark of-patnotisni, ev- gratnlating Sardinia
ared
for
it
Uence
all
Italian
castles
aniiF^ollrpdhethbir
xts capital , Geneva or Genoa with 150,000
the house of llabs- determination to
and citade ia catt ntofc gft ve her, slieIslbstin It- ery idea of attachmentto Wl
crush.the
serpen^ head
.
^nhatitants, on the Mediterranean sea »s its
» *«* them > t0 I would cause the
k- Whtl^ilHun- bur & a ho 1°as of
n%8h;e.de8^ve8
legions
of
fre e men to
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principal port , and Alessandria near the
^ a little better. .
;tem^n |;8 • . treat their other subjects
^efl
give
exp
ression
to
their,
sympathy fir the
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Austrian frontiers with 50,000 inhabitants 18
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tfon to whichVe Tentol^ ho .^rtr .fore
gious
liberty,
and e.peoi.1rom arks
la^e
the -next largest and fortified city. 1he
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we
our wl»«*Jou had the -goodness to send me, I Jy,thClIsraontcs^to give^ vent o( ^eiferatiiWhoI^B^^^^^AB fge as
.^e.ftrtlowittfeej ^rtife
tude^afc.their o^inflexlble .enemy-bechast^ ^^
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stote of Ohib, 20,000 square miles with 5,
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irien d wll0- leH wi A^jj ^ffiSSBtak **»* nordl ftn
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000,000 population. .
aervi ce - n tbe aStrdini ah oqi^ oj lfunteers. was ^ot a mtle . surprisei-to see Germany
1H live t will write vou again, &c.
^ the Tecini river '
The* lake Mffggiore and
sympathize with despotic Austria against n- . ,-\\
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, which empties fn the Po, make,the bonnda" Friend Wise.— When this letter reaches sing Italy—Germany with its revolution of
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ry 'between Sardinia and Austrian Italy.— you the iron dice of war will have been cast 1848 does coincid e with the princes of' Habs- To thfi Editors of Jewish J ournals
in ; EuFrom Toulon in France'to Genoa are about in this land of classical recollections. M y bnrg, the tyrants of I tal y, the murderers of
rojgey.especiq.lly Jewish Chronicle in Zon20Q miles,4ience French steamers can reach functions , to Jilleviate the sufferings of the Hungary and tbe assassins of the German ' don, Lien d) Israel in Strasbo urg, Aril in ane day and ni ght A rail road runs wounded warrior or rescue him from the em- union—Germany with its boasted liberal
chicves.d Israel in Paris, and L' Educafrom Genoa north through the whole state brace of fri gid death will have commenced, isin , Germany even in the sunshine of Araertore Israelite in Italy .by Alessandria, Mortarn , ^ovara and Arona , or, if Providence so decrees, a bullet may can liberty, has no heart for a down-tvod- You are kindl y requested to call the attenwith which the branch from Turin connects ; have dispatched me to " another world, ln den , outra ged nation for the crucified Ita- tion of our brethren in Alexandria , E^ypfc
so that French soldiers can reach the seat of this case farewell, live happy and remem- lift . What an unprinci pled contradiction ! to the fact , that the. veritable Miss Dales in
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war from Toulon in SO hours.
ber me in your dy ing hour; lwill remember what a heartless selfishness^ and above all connection with some missionaries, preciseAustria has a double reason to long after you in minei what a servile disposition to kiss the task ly as she formerl y did in Damascus, de„'
the possession of Sardinia ; first on account
" From the Tecino the mi ghty battle col- master's-t.TeS ! one uniut exclaim. Are those ludes Jewish parents by conducting a secu- of commerce, as Austria has no port on the umns of Austrian champions rottup against men mad ? one is forced to ask; but a friend lar school , in which Hebrew children are
Mediterranean sea and Genoa and Leghorn us like the impetuous billow? of a stormy of jours and mine , the nolilb-souled, genef- received for the onl y and sole purposeof indo tbe Mediterranean business for northern ocean ; they come to press-t upon our neck ous hearted H. gave ine light on the subject, structing them in, Christian ^sectarianism.—
* ^ka^y-^1tn^-^eoond^y^)Ir-at«50ttnt-of, politics , the yoke of Austrian despbtism
and Popish He wrote me lately somewhat to this effect : The garb of educatio n and disinterestedness
Sardinia being the onl y Italian state with injustice ; they come to sqbaiit us to lords
" The impoteney of some of our German is assumed, to proselytize ignorant children
liberal institutions and independent of Rome whom we abhor , to rules and laws which we liberals is conspicuous. Instead of agitating against the will of their parents.
and Austria. The convention of Austria hate , to a system of government which is now against tbeir respective governments ,to
Here is part of her letter fro m AJexnnwkh all Italian princes, not to give a consti- rivetted to mi ght , slavery and violence; they obtai n such concessions , as are actually ne- drift , dato-1 March 4r, 1859, addressed to The
tution till Austria does so, is not accepted come to tear out a chapter from the history cessary, and force their rulers into benefi- Christian Instructor :
by Sardinia only. Sardinia in the name of civilization and the progress of-huniani ciaL measures , -now when the most proper.
"Bible instruction is made so prominent ,
and in behal f of humanity and more eape- ty, substitute a blank leaf and write there - time is, they sympathize with Austria and thaimuch of the mornirigsession , every day,
ciallj in behalf of Ital y, protests againat the on: the" world belongs to the mighty des- .the other despots of Germany against France is taken 'Op ith the various Scripture les^
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supcriority of Austria in Ital y, against tbe pots. From the sea side on the wings of and I taly. A threatening attitude now on
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worraly power ot tbe rope, and against the tulton smig hty geniusthewarrior s ofFrance part of the people is more efficient than a
ry, "they surely will never forget them. The
system of oppression and proscription which come, the men who^ fought a hundred battles revolution at any other time. Wh y then Sabbath-school is very interesting. Buth
characterizes, the governments of Naples, 0f liberty, who reduced Algiers , or rather areJliey dumb ? why trample their own in- schools have assembled Mr. Hogg hears
Rome and Austria.
who brought terests under their feet ? Hear , listen and Ornately the lessons committed through. the
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week, which are the same for both the boys
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remember
and a liberal
spirit to Constantinople and St. Pe- ' be surprised. Rome and the Jesuits
, who aTld R j r]a( aild neMias various exercises upon
energetic protestation of Count CavoUr at tersburg, and aided your own country in her have most at stake in this struggle, have them , Then the Catechism follows ; and
the Paris congress after the Crimean war , in struggle for liberty ; they come as our friends their agents and advocates in every corner this ia also a deeply interesting and exciting
behalf of Italy. Then and there he was si- and allies to check the progress of our ene- of Germany. Those men speak with a thou- le89< as^JiastJem turn to and. road the
?' for the doctnnesrso ^nappuV set forth
j iby ..the
I,,. great.. powers, hot
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proofs
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mies , to hel p us carry out. our. wishes
for It- sand tongues and shape public opinion. — ;n thaHittle compendium of ¦.truth, 1 wish
mised redress. The Italian rulers felt offend- al y, to redeem ub from the old bondage of The liberals (they do not know it) are the you could see the large company Of
you th by
ed by that promise, and protesting against it the Austrian Pharaeh — and , sir, you may re-echo of the Jesuits, of the Roman propo- whoni Mr. H. is surrrpunded on ihe Sabbatli ,
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they increased their severity like Pharaoh of imagine the enthusiasm which receives the ganda. Those cunning messengers of the wi *h t>.ir J
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old. In vain was the king of Naples advi- French , the outbursts of joy and hope which prince of darkness operate most energetical- |"
Bed to change his system of despotism , in gree t the arrival of our friends in the mo- ly upon the liberals and the liberal organs ; oneoutfrmn^
who finds it firs t always rising, and readvain did France and England recall their mentous hour of this crisis. It is midni ght for Germany likes a talk on liberal prinei- iog it aloud.
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ambassadors from that court , in vain did tbe now , still the demonstrations of py and en- pies and any such talk will satisfy our vis- . "T° *he-Jowossi«a this ^***^e tr IS
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same powers remonstrate in Rome in the thuaiasm are as loud and powerful as they ionary champions. Those very agents have
[h^truthJn the m^r^vorableand thoroug h
Mortara affair and a hundred others of the were at noon. I would describe It-if 1could; thus far degraded and debased the press,
way ih^whioh it could be presented to them,
same nature , in vain was Austria advised , I would tell you how women , childre n and that the old animosity against Israelites is Indeed , in;View of the .clear to
and attractive
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requested to treat her Italian subjects more hoary headed 1talians run'th roughthestree ts 'so miserably conspicuous in tbe liberal press, exp^nations_which:he iaab^ give, ancl his
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humanely. God mote them with blindness of Turin and shout witb joy, bqt my pen is that the Gazette of Judaism published a call
SS*A e^orkof^^^ 1^0^ which can
and obduracy of heart , that the oppression too stiff and my heart is too much moved.
to the I sraelites to appoint committees in- the no t be too highly estimated, and one^ from
eonjure up ' the dreadful specter of war or
Fully
well do we know , that the empe- different provinces, to call the press to ao- which we can not but look for the most bap"
revolution.
ror 0f France is no constitutional monarch , count for the manifest animosity against the P? "suite. If ever a person Was fitted for
Yes - war or revolution ," that is the poJti- and to expect liberty from his hands may Israelis. Whoever sees not
Rome and the ^S^ ^l X !
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^^^cy of Count Cavour. This state of things, appear an illusion to you. But , sir, Italy is Jesuits
through this fabric , must be- blind. i ng mft de to have sad fears lest the will be
bus become insufferable , it must be impro- not France and our allies are not our masat least,
Germany faithfully repeats what its enemies obliged] to leave in early summer,
is he worn
ved either in peace or war , or the revolution t ers. Italy rises not for France but for Iierfor tfCblbnd, for a rest,—so mu^b
teach. We, however, we—mourn.
favored pr probabl y headed by the ex-mlnis-. self. That very France brings
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liberty wher* g^
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aTprt^we will
tcr Cavmir, if be must resign. None hat ever it effts- its fobi^ aind with Austria comes l
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y, that those pretending liberalista do. not have a yaoatidn. Indeed/the-work in these
more cause to dread this wvolutioa than the iron gsaep, of despotism. Let the. woarst know,,
how foolish and unprincipled thdf do schools is such that we till often feel it 'unr
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