Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1830-01-23
THE JEWISH NAIION.

NO nation mas Oeen 90 Often ana 81
ra' iously misrePresented AS the Jewish;
the caluinnles OF ages haze heen heapeJ
upon the heads Of this race, aud the
chosen Of God haze ever been the scofl
Of nan ) and even in this enlighten. d
century, we End il d,flicuI,ito shake Of
the prrjud,ces Of our fathers.
In the middle ages this was a natural
onssquencc Of the state Of society ;
the ruue warriors Of the time whose
,ight was might who were accustomed
to cens'de, military. quai6tai ms as viz
tues-renawn won hy the sword, al
the only fame worth aspiring to, and
plunder acquired by blood and violence
as the ouly honorable wealth, natural
ly looket upon The peaceful and trading
Jew. as the viiest OF the vile. and re-
Hgron, mild, peace and meicy.brratl.
ing religion, lent to popular prejudice
her sanction and support, the por aut
cast Of Israel was bufietted to and fro
upon the wild wave, Of the world, and
like the arklpss dove, no where did the
sole OF hts loot find a resting place.
But amid the desolation and gloom Of
his condition, there was yet proud
and glorious consolation for him in
the superiority Of his intellect, what
measureless contempt must he have felt
for his ba, barous persecutOls. Vol
taire, who csnnol be suspected, some
where observes, in these times the
kings fool was his subj-c,. but has ply
.sicians and astronomers were Arabs or
Jews To those WHO love 10 study
man, the Jewish character in ea'lie.
periods presents an ,obj.c peculiarly
interesting. With 'ut a single lie to
bind him to bis fellow men-wIth all
his warn affec ions drirsn back torsnk-
le en his bleeding bosom---whlthcssoev y
er he turned him. elf, the frowns Of ha
T. ed, or the ccid and whitening snesr Of
disdsin met and retelleL him--hs stood
alone, a reyned outcast. ltmust haze
been no commons powers OF soul which
enabled the men to stand up and
struggle IA a world, when contempt and
revillng could be their only portion.
Yet we sec them pu,hias forward and
highly susc cesstui in the only career
left open to their exer;ions, Possessing
themselves OF the commerce OF the
world, and ia science rival;ed only by
the AtheDians.
Bet this 10 a general view of their
state /; national prosperity dogs not
preclude private misery, and on none
cid it iall with greater weight than ON
the youth Of the Jewish nation. They
saw the young christian joining in tine
nitthiul dance-they heard then
blithe and joyful carrollinss-but these.
10 them, were forbidden delights the
abom nations Of the hcathen. That
the old should feel thus is not surprising
they were men who had known tial
and & ibula,ion, aud who consid .red ali
Joy, except at the appointed fest'val''
US forgetting of the God If Jerusalem
But il was eadiul. that the young,
with their hrsrls uhchilied--thei' hopes
unbligh,ed--and their hearts untamed,
should haue their budling happiness
thas crushed Ly premature smrowlns.
rhe natural consequences OF this
state uf things were, that scorn was re
psnl by scorn envsnoned end deadly.
The hatred Of the Jews for the Christ
ians partook Of that intensity offeel'ns,
which has ever distinguished them, and
OF which the nation, even to this day,
10 81 peculiarly susceptible. Sach has
been the situation Of this nation since
tho downiaIi OF the Holy City--sucb
has been the feeling with which they
were viewed by Christians-and such
has been the general obloquy bestowed
upon a character, which but for u,
would haze been es,imsble, beloved aud
courted. Miners Journal.
Gould we follow into the regions ol
blessedness the split OF just man
made perfect-could we see the entire
conformity Of his nature 10 the gloriess
image Of The sons Of God and the bliss
ful cvmmunion which he is permitted
10 hold with the Saviour that bought
bin Gould we estimate his growing ca
pac,,y Tor the enjoyment Of divine
things, and the renewed communication
of dirine love, whereby I've Is ever made
blessed, to the full measure OF that Ca
pacity-or could we conceive Alright o
the eternally progressive enlargement
Of all his moral aud iStellec'na' iacu