The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-03-31
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With digging graves, and ringing dead mons knell
| And after that was an engineer,
Aud in the wars 'twixt Franco and Germany,
Under prctencc of serving Charles ",
Slew friend and enemy with my stratagcms,
Then after that WAS an usurcr,
And with cxtorting, cozcnng, forfciting,
And tricks belonging unto brol,cry,
/ filled the gaol with baukrupts in year,
And with young orphans planted hospitals,
And every moon made other msd--
And would sometimes hang himself for grief,
| Filming upon his breast long great scroll,
| How | with interest had tor:.lcntcd HIM"
These are the sentiments and these the
doings which men in Marlow's day ascr;bc.l
to Jews. Shakespeare in his Shylock pan
ders to this prejudice the story of the
pound Of flesh was the sort OF thing that
men believed respecting Jewish dealers
The character of his jew arouse in our
minds and instictive avcrsrn, although we
may have some pity for the man {: but
Shakespcarc's jew WAS spotcss innocence
compared with Marlow's.
When the flower Of European chivalry
left their own lands and started forth to do
battle with the Turk, the Crusaders swords
grew red with Jewish blood. The knights
commenced their labors for the Cross hv
massacrcing the Jews in every city through
which they passed. Conversion or death
were the alternative proposed. Cologne,
Worms, Trcves, saw the fearful work begun.
y band of Jewish women ut Trcves went
TO the banls of the blue Mosellc, and hav-
ing loaded their clothes with stones, threw
themselves into the river and pctiShcl.-
While the crusading mania lasted ma
ny similar scenes occurred.
at the coronation of Richard I, of En-
gland, orders had been given that hone OF
the jewish race should approach his palace.
Ignorant OF the order, some of the leading
men went to the spot with presents for the
king. A riot ensucd. A rumor spread
that the king had sanctioned massacre Of
the Jews througllt his ,lominions. The i'm
agnary order was put into opcration.-
From city to city the blood-news went :;
the most deploraLle scene of all took place
at York. There the Jews shut themselves
up in tower, and were lesciged by the
pcpulace. Finding no means 10 escape,
they resolved to fall by their own hands. =
Each mead OF Il family took 4 razor. with
which lie slew first his wife and children,
then his domestcs, and finally himself. FL
thcr III this fearful manner, or by the hands
OF the porulace, every Jew in York
prrlslcd. Still later, seven hundred were
slam in London because Jew had demand
ed cXhorbitant interest. In 1874, every
Jew who lent money on usury was compel
led to wear plate upon his breast signify
ing that he was usurer, or to quit the
realm; in 1877, two hundred and sixty
seven Jews wer" hanged and qlaltercd on
II charge of clipping tic coin the same
year, upon a prctence that Christian child
had been cruciticd at Norwich, fifty Jews
were hanged, and every synagogue des-
troyed; i'll 1887. all the Jaws in England
were apprellcndcd in one day, their goods
and chattcls contiscatcd to the king, and
they, to the number of {, eco, banislIed the
realm. They rem aimed banishcl 374 years
England is in this matter, fair sample of
other countries. In 1894 they were driven
out of France; in 1902 were banishcd
from Spain; against them the Inquisition
was first established. Recent times have
seen the grossets cruelties enacted against
them in the face of all reason and justice.
The old prejudice still to some extent intlu-
cnces the public mind though no fire or
sword are employed, they are still under the
ban Of the law, until comparatively lately
were rendered incapable of the privileges Of
citizenship, and even now are denied some
of its advantages.
A bye-word among the nations, the Jew
ish people have been preserved amid all the
agitation and tumult of the world. There
is something very striking and impressive in
the idea. The legend of the wandering
jew seems but q type Of the nation -
Sand eighteen centuries now have sped
On the dark wrecks of Rome and Grccce !;
They have seen the ashes scattered
or thousand shifting dynusties;
Seen good unfruitful good, and i'll
Prolific while the tempest roll'd;
Seen Two new worlds the circle fill,
Which, one world occupied of old.
Ever, ever
Earth revolvcs-ti,ey rest them never"
Jews have been compelled to turn their
attention to the accumulation Of money
In every age they have been celebrated for
their wealth. Rich as Jew, has become
a proverb. Their supposed wealth has
brought upon them cruelty and persecution.
Their real wealth is q known fact. But
modern Jews can do something more than
make money. The melting music of the
Midsummer Nights Dream" the mclan-
cho!y strain Of "Elijah;" the solemn music
of "Paul," owe theI origin to Felix Men
delssohn--a Jew. Who has not been en-
chanted with the beautiful fctions of lyric
no.tr ,pJ l r,,o oil with f1,o <.ro,oc,I ~, IL