It was sound logic at Rome, and, thanks to it, the murderer got off with a few months' imprisonment.
You will ask why the Jews have not fled a hundred leagues from this Slough of Despond.

The answer is, because they were born there.
Moreover, the taxation is light, and rent is moderate.

Add that, when famine has been in the land, or the inundations of the Tiber have spread ruin and devastation around, the scornful charity of the Popes has flung them some bones to gnaw.

Then again, travelling costs money, and passports are not to be had for the asking in Rome.
But if, by some miracle of industry, one of these unfortunate children of Israel has managed to accumulate a little money, his first thought has been to place his family beyond the reach of the insults of the Ghetto.

He has realized his little fortune, and has gone to seek liberty and consideration in some less Catholic country.