Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-10-22

iply in population--undl even mighty Britain will
,ayc to descend from It's proud prc-cniincncc' aud
.icld the palm to the United States Of America, aud
hat supreme rank which thus inevitably awaits
his Commonwealth, in power, moral, mental and
natcrial--that same influence inscparohlc from ,
oowcr-wich the United States are called to weld
,mons the nations Of the earth, we American Jews I
are called to exercise among our own people in et-
,ry part Of the globe We alone are citizens and {
rrccmon. We alone hold equal rights and
enforce them. Our country, alone. in It's vast cx-
tent and boundless resources offers home TO our
injured brethren in every part Of the world. But
it should lc il must bc. our care to be prepared
and fully qualified for our high destiny. When the
fugiti,cs land on our hosptalc shores VIC must be
able to usher them into that higher state Of moral
aud intellectual consciousness which BELTS the free
man. We must be prepared to take their children
by the hand; we must cleanse their young minds
from every taint which Russian tyranny or Austr,
Bavarian bigotry may have imprcgnaied them. We
must train them to become Isrnclitcs trnc TO their
rcligior --unselhsh and sympathizing with the or.
pressed Of every crcrd and lineage, Wcmust train
them to become American citizens worthy of their
country, whose voice potential shall he heard and
to nurc or the arm Of dcspotism is stretched out
to dcspoil their brethren: and the instrument for
working out this great good is your school. Not
only in the example It sots, which other jewish
congregations will follow or in the system it n.
troduccs which other schools will be glad TO adopt
but in higher and more important degree 10y its
direct activity. Already I see the time mincog
when thc higher branches Of knowledge viii be as
assiduousy cultivated in yon school as its rud-
imcnts are at present. Already sec gifted youths
from among its pupils standing forth and pro-
claiming their intention Of ministcring at the
altar Of religions and this will be soon as they
can he properly trained in jewish College. Al
ready see the spirit Of zeal among you, and oven
as it created this school call it created for il
was the production Of something out Of nothing. |
see it busy in extending your educational institute
into n Collegiate one; aud the work will progress
and this B'nai Jcshuran-alroady the first among
Jews in the United Statcs--wll add TO its other
claims that Of being the educational benciactOr Of
its brethren throughout the land for your school
will lay the foundation, and your College will COM
pctc the structure Of that learning. Rabbinical
classical aud general which shall qualify your chill
dren to become the spiritual teachers of this great
land. And when we have Rablins and ministers
trained in America, sympathizing with the people
from which they sprung. and imbucd with the spir
it of the land in which they liyc-frcc moral and
religious; then those among us whom the Lord
permits to sec that happy day, will witness the
spiritual regeneration of American Isracl--that
genuine and nuch-nccdcd reform which consists not
in abolishing the outward forms Of our holy rclig-
:. II Al Il. Il
not that | promise too much-that my antcipations
are too sauguirc. You all know that last year,
among the children belonging to this congregation,
there were probably not six under the age Of Is
who could understand or translate any portion Of
the New Year or Atonomcnt Prayer. Your School
in its present confined locality, has since January
last, been open eight months, ono month having
been absorbed by the vacation and these eight
months forty boys and fifteen girls have learned 10
translate, and well understand the greater por
tion of these difficult Hebrew prayers, in addition
to the daily and Sabbath service And think not
that this progress in Hebrew has been acquired At
the expense Of their secular cdUCuticn; for ! feel
no hesitation in declaring that their general pro
grcss during the time the school has been open will
favorably sustain comparison with what has been
done in other hghcr-priced and more fashionable
schools You thus sec my friends, by the cxpcr-
icncc Of the past that am not over snnguinc for
the future.
Near in mind that the Israclitcs has n two fold
character to support. In each ho has duties to sus
tain which require instructions. lie is an Amcri
can citizen, and must be trained for his soal dutc,
lie is jew, and must be instructed in the religion
and language of his fathers. The one species o
teaching represents the body, the second the soul
Pay the same attention, at least to the higher want
Of the soul as you do TO the every dayrcquiremcnt
the body, your children will not lie worse Amer
lean citizens and much better Jews. As they grow
up afford those ofyour sons who have decided yo
cation for The ministry, the same opportunities tina
YOU bestow ON those who are intended for secular
ayocations, and the result will amply justify youi
course
The Doctor concluded by earnest prayer for the
= success Of their undertaking. Tribune.
, A correspondent relates the following circum
| stances which occurred very recently at New
@ Orleans;
! lie went thithcr in his ship from Liverpool will
r eleven black sailors. BY the laws Of the State h'
:, was required to give $500 bonds that he would
e take them out of the State. This legal require
r mcnt was fulfilled on his part but, under tho
United States Laws, he also had to pay the usual
! hospital money at the Custom House for each oi
a these men. Two of them aiterward were taken H.
= and though each has bona fde protection grant
: cd at the Cusom-IIouso in Boston, the Collector
refused to admit them to this United States Marine
y Hospital, because they were not recognized a'
/ American citizens. Tie Deputy Collector at New
f Orleans told our correspondent that their orders
were to collect hospital money on black sailors tu
a not admit them to the Hospital. Application IL
+ the presence of a witness was twice madc, inef
8 fectuaIy, TO this end
q We call on the Secretary Of the Treasury fol
some exclamation Of this matter. II carries com