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"The Franklin Prophecy", sometimes called "The Franklin Forgery", is an antisemitic speech falsely attributed to Benjamin Franklin, warning of the supposed dangers of admitting Jews to the nascent United States. The speech was purportedly transcribed by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, but was unknown before its appearance in 1934 in the pages of William Dudley Pelley's Silver Legion pro-Nazi weekly magazine ''Liberation''. No evidence exists for the document's authenticity, and some of the author's claims have actively been disproven. ==Elements of the speech== The setting for the purported speech is a dinner table discussion recorded by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney during the convention of the Continental Congress. Primarily, it is a polemic arguing against admitting Jewish immigration into the newly formed country. Among the points made are the following. * They (the Jews) will amass in the United States in large numbers and change the government. * They are vampires and will make Ben Franklin and his audience's descendants toil in the fields for their own benefit. * They will not integrate into the larger society. * They are derisive toward and will undermine the Christian religion. * They pine to return to Palestine, but would never go there to live if given a chance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franklin Prophecy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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