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mahawk, and pipe, he had but little, if 
we except his silver ornaments, of which 
all Indians are fond,.as weil as good 
judges of their 1 snepiiee value, 
Standing Stone formerly drank deep, 
and, in one ef the nad moments conse- 
guent on inebriety, he had hurled his 
tomahawk at his wife, but missed his aim ; 
the murderous weapon, however, sunk 
deep into the head of his first-born son, 
and snatched the young warrior from: his 
country. From’ that moment Stanaing 
Stone ‘carefully abstained from whisky, 
and became remarkable for orde: ‘ly con- 
dact,and for mild and quietanamiers, 
Alexandria, Your's, &e: 
June 1, 1807. 2. DinMone. 
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acts of the GREAT SANHEDRIM @é PARIS. 
Sitting of the 20th of Kebruary, 1807, 
Member requested that the sub- 
A jects of their decisions before 
they were deliberated on, should be print- 
ed and distributed; but the motion was 
not seconded. 
New deputies from a synagogue at 
Amsterdam, were introduced ; these were 
a doctor of laws, a mathematician, and 
a doctor m physic. ‘Phe first dehvered 
an oration m French, the second in Ger- 
man, and the third.in Hebrew. | They 
‘pathetically expressed their gratefal at- 
tachment to the Sovereion, and their de- 
votion to their ancient religion. The as- 
sembly was sensibly affected by the pre- 
sence of three new members, eminently 
distinguished by their erudition, an ‘d 
whose fame had preceded their appea 
auce. ‘Lhe fourth doctrinal pot was, 
Fraternity. - 
"The Israchte has been too often sus- 
pected of a want of fraiernal atfection, 
by the nations among whom he-is re- 
sident; and the popular pre ejudice infers, 
that tl ie Jew in France and in Itaiy dces 
not consider his christian fellow-citizen 
but inthe character of a stranger. The 
Great Sanhedrim therefore declare, that 
all Israelites are obliged by the be of 
Moses, to consider as their brethren all 
men who acknowledge as God the Cre- 
ator of the Universe, ‘and who grant them 
hospitable ex sjoyments-and eivil rights ; 
that the sacred writings ordain we shine 
love aur own likeness, and do nething to 
ancither but waat we would another 
Bu sould do to us ;.this doctrme is-universal 
ith the createst doctors. of Israel; the 
me Code commands exer y Lsraelite 
Acis of the Great Sanhedrim ai Parts. 
knowled ced that it becomes 
[Sept 7, 
to practise all the charities of hfe hy 
receiving strangersin their towns; it con+ 
sequently follows, that so much the more 
must we ciicrisn the same sentiments to= 
wards those whose laws protect. us, whose 
armies defend us, and who permit is to: 
adore the Eternal according to our rites; 
The Great Sanbedrim therefore ordains, 
that every Israelite shall blend with his 
feilow-subjects, as a brother anda citi- 
zen, since they with him acknowledge as. 
God the Creator of the Universe. — 
On this point, Mr. Furtado, the Presi-. 
dent, addressed the Doctors of the Law 
and the Notabies. 
‘You perceive the advantage of re- 
ducing into maxims and doctrinal ordi 
nances easy to contprehend, the conse- 
quences which flow from the principles 
ef our holy law, and harmonizing them 
with the Civil Gode of France and “Italy, 
“ We acknowledge that the laws given 
to the children of Israel, by the mouth 
of Moses, emanated from God, and this. 
venerable Code contained all the neces- 
sary Institutes for a nation, either for re- 
ligious, or civil society 5 but Moses even 
passed beyond this boundary, for he has, 
established regulations which apply to: 
the rights of people, that is, the Law of 
Nations, as they stand connected one 
with another. 
“‘ When the people of Israel enjoyed 
an, equality of rank amoag nations, our 
ancestors religiously followed the ordi- 
nances of our Divine’ Legislator, reli- 
gious, civil, ahd political; but Israel he- 
came broken by disunion, her throne and 
her altars were overthrown, and. this 
grat revolution elésed in an universal 
dispersion. . From. that moment the Is- 
raeiite became the subject oi: the civil 
and political laws of the nations, mto 
whose bosom he has flown for refuge; his 
own civil and political laws ceased to be! 
The fragineats of Israel then soon’ ac- 
a religious 
obligation for them to consider im “civil 
and political matters the laws of the 
rindaten in which they reside, as ‘the 
supreme lass. 
“Tt was not so with the ieee laws, 
faithfully transmitted from generation to 
generation, entire amidst the wreck of 
aces; pure among the usshaliowed perse- 
eutions of men; ‘unchangeal le amid the 
revolutions of Empires ! Calumny -has 
often branded us with obstinacy; but this 
more than human constancy at this day 
receives the eulogium 1t merits. 
“Thus freed from the. obligation of 
following any other civil Code, than that 
