Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-05-26
The Jews-Their Destiny.

The Jews-Their Destiny.
Our sprightly contemporary of the Third District
says the New Orleans Delta, had some suggestive
remarks on the Jewish movement which is now
progressing silently and surely throughout the CT.
vized world. The day of IsraeIs regeneration
appears to be at hand, and the Eastern war is ey
IDENTIFY working out the mission of the chosen
people.
At this moment half the available wealth of Eu
rope is in the hands of the Jews. England knows
the fact, the effort of Russell on the Disabilities
question proves Austria, which is three-fourths
| owned by them, will not deny it, and many other
nations admit their influence on the commercial
and contemporary in the belief that the "Jerusalem
of their longings" is not far off; but they have
wisely concluded that the foundation of the new
temple should be block of gold.
| The modern history of this nation is a strange
and melancholy one. Prosecuted through all the
centuries since Charlenlagne, kicked and cutfed,
and spat upon by all the Norman Princes, they
have still believed in the Jehovah whom they out
ragged eighteen hundred and ffty-fve years ago,
and held firmly to the traditions of their race.
Having lost force, they substituted for it cunning
| and reversed the sword against gold, they threw
in gold against the sword. This money-getting
habit was not the result of avarice, but of policy
a fact which few men, except William Shakespeare,
have understood.
And SO they grubbed along until every city in
the world from London to New Orleans respected
them, because they were rich. The game a
skilful one and badly played in other words, it
was the game Of the world, more dexterousy man
aged than usual. In every department of modern
life their influence began to be felt, and even in
the House of Commons and the Senate of the
| United States their Representative men" can be
found. The gifts of their ancestors-the subtlety
OF Moses-the courage of Joshua-the poetic fervor
of Isaiah, are still retained by them, and inteec-
tually they are inferior to no people on earth The
very man who leads the party which opposes their
emancipation from political disabilities in Europe,
is Jew himself. Of course he understands his
part for Benjamin D'Israeli is never untrue to his
race. In vain political exponent, the most bitter
and eloquent of Parliamentary orators, calls him
" the last descendant of the impenitent thief" for
| he holds to his purpose and fulfs his mission
in spite of fate or rather in accordance with fate.
The great movement now afoot, for the rebuild
ing OF the Temple is no romance; it has real and
practical existence, and we have said above the
foundation stone of the structure will be block of
gold When individuals are "long-suffering pa
tient," they obtain rest at last and the same is
true of individuals. The Canaan of Israel is in
sight. Their destiny is near its completion, and if
they avoid prosecuting other races and true to
their traditions, the Holy Of Holes" may arise.
A DESIRABLE PRovIsIoN.-The Guardian
Angel in Paris is man whose duty it is to visit
the drinking shops, and the moment man gets
tipsy to take him under his protection, to &C
company him home and put him to bed. The
individuals practising this profession are picked
men, who never drink themselves, who have the
necessary moral authority to force obedience
from the drunken creature they are conveying
home, who can defend him against attack, and
more than all who can prevent him from drink
ing at the shops they pass on their way. The
price for this service is ten sous: and there is
not an instance on record of an individual thus
protected home and put te bed, having failed to
discharge this debt Of honor. 1t is rule at
the drinking shops that when man cannot
stand he must be taken off, and an Angel is
straightway called. The Angels are kindly
treated by the shop keeper, whose interest it is
to see that no one of his customers come to
harm. They receive the odds and ends of the
dinner, and are recommended to the neighbors
when reliable man for some confidential GRAND
is wanted. Their honesty is proverbial, and
Bacchanalian with hundred francs in his
pocket, who is confded to their charge, is
morally sure of finding his hundred francs
where he left them when he wakes the next
morning. To those acquainted with the char
acter of the native Partisan, it is unnecessary
to observe that the Guardian Angel relies for
custom principally on the English and other
foreigners, who have not learned to use wine
without abusing it.