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a strong and very fine article against the abominable 

 Jew Bill, with which we are threatened, and against 

 which I have already protested in very impressive 

 words. 



Ever grateful, yours, 

 WEDNESDAY. A. HT. 



It was intended in the preamble of the law to speak of 

 " the miracle which God performed in preserving the Jew- 

 ish race amid other nations ;" " of the will of God to keep 

 the Jewish race separated." I have replied thereto, that 

 the bill is a violation of all the principles of a wise policy 

 of unity ; that it is a dangerous arrogance in short-sighted 

 man to dare interpret the primeval decrees of God. 

 The history of the dark ages ought to teach us what 

 abnormities such doctrines lead to. 



I live in apparent outward luxury, and in the enjoy- 

 ment of the fanciful predilection of a generous Monarch, 

 yet in a moral and mental seclusion, such as can only 

 arise from the monotonous dulness of a country (a real 

 steppe) which, though it is not wanting in erudition, is 

 torn asunder by the opposing influences of similar 

 " poles," and becomes more and more contracted in its 

 Eastern proclivities. May you be content with him, 

 who, though standing alone, has the courage to avow his 

 own opinions. 



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