Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-08-18
Position and Influence OF the
pcyVs.

ScNS.
Below we give rhe substance Of an ar
ticle from the Congregational journal,
OH this curious people:
The existence of ihe Jews IS the lig-
ing miracle of The world. They are
scattered and downtrodden, and vet, ac
cordlng to the most accurate statistics,
Ire as numerous as they were " hen they
left the land of Egypt, the returns made
TO Bonaparte giving about three millions.
Expatriated, they become citizens of the
world; and, wherever tolerated. they
commence traffic and become thrifty
Every where they are at home. They
may be banished, but can not be expell-
ed; be trodden down. vet can not be
crushed. Only in the United States,
France, Holland. and Prussia are they
fully citizens; but, in spite of BRUSH
statutes, the Russian ukase, and Turk ish
curse, they prosper still. The nations
of antiquity, the Egytians and Assyrians,
the Romans and Saracens, as we'll as the
modern Turks ard Christians, have at
tempted to destroy them, but in vain;
while penal laws and cruel tortures have
only served 10 increase their number and
reinforce their indomitable obs,inacy.
| But the Jews exist not only as a mon
ument and a miracle; Jewish mind has
exerted powerful influence on the
world. Favored by Napoleon, the He
brew race at once developed power
which has never been suspected. Souli,
Ney, and Massena, who thus altered his
name from Mannasseh, to escape the
dunn of being an lsraelite. were all Mar.
shals of France under the eye of the
greatest warrior of his age. In politics
the Jews have Metternich in Austria,
D'lsraeli in England, convert to the
Christian faith, while the Autocrat Of
| Russia has had Jew for his contiden.
tial counsellor. and Spain Prime Min.
/ lister OF the same race, and Russia her
Minister of Finance. la the II. States,
Jews begin TO figure in our national
councils, Mr.. Yulee, late member of the
House, and Mr.. Soule, recently Senator
from Louisiana, being of the Hebrew
stock. Mr.. Cremieux, one of the most
eminent lawyers of France, was what
We should call Attorney General upon
the flight OF Louis Philippe.
! In money power, the Jews hold in
their hands the destiny of kingdoms and
empires, whose governments become
bankrupt and their sovereigns turn hey
gars at Hebrews nod. Half dozen
Jews can do more TO preserve the peace
OF Europe by sitting behind their desks
and persisiingly saying ''nor' TO the roy
al applicants for money, than all the
Peace Congresses and Conventions ip
Christendom. The Rothschilds, the
Barlngs, and Sir John Montefiere are all
Jews, and with their banking establish
ments scattered over Europe and Asia
WELD sceptre more powerful than mon
archs hold.
Coming to the literary profession. and
inquiring into The lineage of many of the
most distinguished scholars and men of
science, we find Jews prominent here as
well as in active life. The most renown
ed in astronomy have been the Jews, as
the HerscEels in England and Arago in
France, the astronomer al under Lou
is Philippe, and who has filed the world
with his fame. Those German works
which are deluding the world are for the
most part The production of Chlistianiz
ed Jews, as those of Hengstenberg,
Schieliermacher. Krummacher, Gresen-
ius, Neander, Nisbuhr, and others, whose
learned treatises, Biblical criticisms, di.
dactic theology, and general sacred liter
ature are found IN the library of every
1 theological seminary, and in the hand.
of every theological student. Spineza
the famous infdel. was Jew aidso ar,
! Ronge anl CzessIa. wtio took The lea,