It was thought wiser to seize the children for the army first and then to expel the parents--to get hold of the young birds and then to destroy the nest.
[Footnote 1: It may be remarked here that the principal enactments of that period, down to 1835, were, drafted in their preliminary stage by the "Jewish Committee" established in 1823.

See Vol.

I, p.

407 _et seq._] [Footnote 2: Commander-in-Chief of the former Polish provinces.

See p.
16, n.