New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-17
The lew. and their Cnlnmn.aror,.

! Oar readers will rccoect the bloody perTecu
tons to which The Jews residing IN the city 81 Da
mascus were subjected some ten years since. and
which then awofe the horror Of the whole civilized
world. until Great Britain intcriered and the afro.
cious proceedings were stopped. The charge
/ which served as the basis and excuse tor these
deeds Of violence was that one Father Thomma'o'
a Catholic priest and his servant, who b. some
means had diiappeared, had been murdered BY
the Jews in order to have their blood for the Pur
pose OF celebrating certain Hebrew religious cere
monies THIS charge, which Mt the time vas re-
raried by oil impartial and well informed persons
as nothing bu, the roUudleIs ere stiono anaiicisn
and secarian hatred and which has never been
established b. the slightest proof has lately been
r. i!Hrned in positive and uuscrupul1gs terms by
the Ne,s Y0rk He,ad OF tbs city. Tiis recllesG
accusation OF the Herad * thus iorciby reigted
b. the A,moneaa, the industrious and able organ
o.. the Hebrew faith in this city
Who would have thought that IN th.s year OF
grace $50. aud in this City oil New York, the en-
pre- city oi these rec aud enlightened states the
attempt would be made 10 revive "a long exploded
caluunv u kiudle aresh that latent b'gOtry which
mas still b. smOulderng IN weak minds and % do
this with no other probable motive than the sorfld
one Of gain Yet such IS actually The case. New
York daily papers INFORM their readers that the
Ll0ody an steres Of the Tamud are about % be
disclosed Mysteue hoody mgsicres indeed -
Why the Ia mud has been IN the hands Of learned
Christians during centuries. ReuciilD, BuxtOn
Ligh.ioot, Pocock, Tychsen Belermao, " Caul
aud host OF eminent Christian scholars are ac-
quainted wiih the Taimud. Nst passage, not
line rot phrase " the whole VO.uminOus work
bas escaped their scrutinizng eye, aAi .haf mys
taries have they discovered Popes and councils
have examined the accusation and declared IL ,slse.
Courts If iustic IN Germany, n Austria. and in
Turkey have Investigated the charge, and declared
10 uni0unded and infamous H1maB eeli.g com
mon sense the experience Of centIf e. protest
against the possibility Of 80 atrociOus a ny stery
forming part ot any religious 5. stem. ot 50 hem
on, secre, being preserved b, millions Of men
during SO many ages Those who best know the
Jews that deeds ~ sauglnary sre ait0ge thsr
rreconciab.e with their general charH.fer. Those
VINO are couyersant with the early history q tho
Christian Church relate that Christian ayo.oe ists
had y rebut similar foul charge, brought assinst
their faith by heathens Bat that Vt.ch MI God
men declare Impossible AMI all wise men deny. the
Neic York Heroid does no. hesitat- - pronounce
true, aRd The manuscripts Of the original trh,"
enable that paper o defy the "a, nstIon : con
tradi,t the truth Of oar statements"
OUR statements. 50 yQn make then yO1-
own M-ssieurs 81 th' Heraif' LIT -, thee, *
ammo VIC :" +'h VI iy"H iNVA- Hhlp' dA' -F~4e
menis
Il was 10 the north II August, $40. ,hat
this strociogs murder was perpetra'ed."
Father Th0mMaso aLd his seryaft Cts0pDc9sta
in he moLtn o. February, 1910 That ia ! were
murdered has never been proved i CIR .sisr
n ouary, Re-. q VI Pierirz. who was Ga the
spot, AMI publ shed statement ri evcu.s as 81
occurred, g.yes c0geBt ress IS Tor believing tnst
Father TnomT1so vas stIl We I'D ,oucca'ed
iu some conyent. Sat, ~ NJ, PAGE l2l RaphaaI
fsh'r, a w-a.thy Jsw Of Dansscus, offered re-
wsri o. 5000 piAste-s 20 A., one who you'll fad
tie y = q. Fa,h.r Tuommaso /L0nt9n TJ.ssl