Earl of Egmont Parliament 1753
“But sir religion was not the only objection which the people had against this act for permitting the Jews to be naturalized they likewise looked upon it as a sacrifice of the honour of the nation for they judged that every Christian and every Mahometan nation in the world would hold this nation in contempt, and treat us in the same manner they now treat the Jews they also judged that if in pursuance of this act a great part of the riches and lands of this kingdom should come to the possession of the Jews it might be of the most dangerous consequence to our constitution; and if they have never yet shown any discontent with the act for naturalization such Jews as shall reside seven years in our plantations it is because that part of the act which relates to Jews was passed as it were by stealth without ever making its appearance either in the votes of this house or in the title of the act, so that very few of the people know that there is such an act”
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