gion alone that makes a man
true and faithful to his fellow creatures, and sincere and
loyal to the Government under which he lives.

"His Imperial Majesty being sensible of this sacred truth,
in his great mercy and paternal love to all his subjects
without reference to their religious creeds, granted
permission to his Hebrew subjects, the soldiers at St
Petersburg, to have Synagogues of their own, and I assure
your Excellency that I cherish with feelings of the
deepest gratitude to His Majesty, the memory of those days
when, by his gracious permisssion, I was enabled to join
my brethren in prayer. This event alone is a sufficient
assurance to me that His Majesty's Government will in its
wisdom add all those individuals to the classes of those
who are considered as subjects useful to society. There
are also individuals, though they cannot be brought under
any of these various classes, to whom the Government will,
I dare hope, extend its mercy. I mean persons advanced in
age, or in an infirm state of health, and others who have
no choice but to cultivate the soil, but have not the
means to purchase land and agricultural implements. In
short, these observations are merely to show that an
immense number of people still exist who may be in every
respect useful, honest, industrious, learned, and
distinguished in various branches without finding a place
in any of the four classes. A wise and humane Government
then will surely not suffer them to be regarded as a
burthen to the congregations, and cause them to be
subjected to coercive measures.

"I have now shown (I trust clearly) to your Excellency
that the reasons advanced for not extending to the
Israelites the mercy of their most illustrious and
benevolent Monarch are unfounded incorrect
representations, a circumstance which, of course, I am far
from attributing to the most honourable and distinguished
Committee appointed for the purpose, but to parties for
unaccountable reasons inimically inclined towards the
Israelites. I have further proved to your Excellency that
the Israelites in general are not of an idle disposition;
that, moreover, most of them are anxious to cultivate the
land, and even pray for such occupation; that the majority
of the Israelites dwelling near the Austrian and Prussian
frontiers are so circumstanced that an accusation of
transgressing the laws of excise a