Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-07-16

Below we give the substance Of an article
from the Congregational Journal on this eu.
rions people
The existence Of the Jews is the living
miracle Of the world. They are scattered
and down.itohden, and yet, according TO the
most accurate Statistics, are as numerous as
they were when they left the land Of Egypt
The returns made to Bonsparte giving abou,
three millions. Evpatriaied, they become
citizens Of the world and wherever ,olera,
ted, they commence traffic and become
thrifty. Everywhere they are al home
They may be banished, but canno, be ex.
PEELED be ,rodden down. get canuot be
crushed. Only in the United States, France,
Holland, and Prussia, are they fully citizens
but in spite or British statues, the Russian
nkase and Turkish rurse, they prosper still.
| The great nations Of antiquity, The Egyptians
and Assyrians, the Romans and Ssracent, as
well as the modern Turks and Christians
have attempted to destroy them, but in vain !;
while penal laws aud cruel torIures have on.
~ served to increase heir Der aud rein
| force their obsiinanry.
Bn, The Jews exis, not only as a monument,
and Il miracle Jewish mind has eAerted II
by Napoleon, The Hebrew race a, once de.
vrloped power which had never been sus.
pec,ed. Sonli, Ney, and Massens, Who thus
altered his name from Mannessah, to escape
the odium, Of being an lsrealiie, were all
Marshalls Of France under the eye Of the
greatest warrior of his age. In politics the
Jews have Metternich in Austria, Dlsraeli
IN England, convert to The Christian faith,
while the Anlocrat OF Russia has had Jew
fDr his confidential counsellor, and Spain a
Prime Minister of the Same race, and Russia
her Minister Of Finance. In the United
S a'es, Jews begin 10 figure in our naiona
conncls; Mr. Yulee, late member OF the
House, and Mr. Soule, recently Senator lon
Louisiana, being o The Hebrew stock. MI
CrpmieuA, one of the most eminent lawyer
of France, was hat We should call Altorie
General upon the fight of Louis Pnilllde.
In money power the Jews hold in lhei
hands the destiny Of Kingdoms and empire
whose governments become bankrupt. AM
heir snvreieus turn bpeears al a Hebrew
r uuu. Half dozen Jews can do mCr
10 preserve the peace of Europe b.
ling behind their desk and persi.liue
saying No 10 the royal applicants for mo
py, than all he Peace Congresses and Con
venions in Chlistendom. The Rohschilds
the Bainqs and Sir John Monetiere, are al
Jews, and with their banking establishment
scattered over Europe and Asia, WELD
cep're mere powerful Than monarchs hold
Coming 10 he literary profession, and in
qulring into The lineage Of many of The mos
distinguished scholars and men Of science
We find he Jews prominent here as we'll a
IN active life. The most renowned i
Asro omy have been the Jews, as the Herr
rhels in England and Arago in France, tn
Astronomer royal under Louis Philippe, an
/ who has filled The world with fame. Thos
German works which are deluding the wor
are for the most part the production of Chri
+ iauized Jews, as lhos. OF Hengsenber
Tnolurk Schleiermacher, Kummachr
Greseninf, Neander, Nirbuhr, and oher
, whose learned Ireaiisef, Biblical criticism
didaclic theology and general sacred liyer
nrr, ase found in the library OF every The
;. logical Seminary, and in the hands OF eve
r. Theological slnden,. spinoza, the famo
lnfdel, was u Jew, and so are Ronge a!
=, Cz-rski, who took the lead of a new reisio
reformation in Germany in our day,
Such have been and are the Jews. My
y rerious nation! lnexplicabe enigma
living, perpelually omnipresent miracle!
t race so lndotniiahle, so mPeTishabe, mt
have been raised np aud preserved for son
st grand purpose.