The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-11-20
=ea. GE From the PhiIadeIphia Lsilger,
Present Condition Of tiae Jews.

euOut tue SeNlou uatlOhb 'HeIG - HO peOpie
about whom 50 much yet temains to be
written, and no such wonderful people on
the face .ofrtho globe. Their connection
with this Country and with Us, the only ma.
Etion that has never prosecuted them, seems
as ifit mightyetproye one the moat imeor-
Etant features in their annals, aud who knows
but in ours9 At the Preseat moneneA Jew
stands at the head Of nearly every waIlyEin
life throughout. Europe, The RothschiIds
command the money market Of Europe,
some in Paris, some in Vienna, some in
London, and they loaned immense sums to
both Russia on the ons hand. and the Allies
on the other, in the late war with Europe.
| In literature, for centuries, they have pro.
duced the ablest scholars. the subtest Of
all thinker. the foremost men of each
! age. In the dar!; ages, amid ,tEe greatest
persecution, they produced lights whose has.
tre otiIt shines; = and now ID England, a Jew,
d'lsteali, leads the House Commons, and a
Jew is Lord Mayor of London. In Ger
many at least half dozen of the most dis
tinguised Professors are of that race. The
great n apGer Himself wns one oflhcm, and
Mendleshon who was the ehvy Of Goethe
fer his power Of language. In Spain, men
of this nation hnve, in former days, as
profess ed Jesuits, while secretly retaining
their own fuith, obtained direction even Of
the Inqusition. In fact, there are few
heights Of power to which they have rot
attained, as there ore no amounts Of perse.
cutions they have not endured. No matter
what they undertake, they. seem to push
it through with a vigor and an enterprise
that carry heir point to the furthest attain
nble degree, and further than will be reach
ed by any other. The ablest musician in
London was a Jew, Braham, who retained
his voice and his position till about eighty,
forming his name out Of Abraham, by the
single exPedient Of dropping the A, to da.
guiae his origin. And SO in like manner,
the most distinguished singer of Paris at
this moment, is Rachel, the Jewess. In
fact, no matter what they turn their hands
to, philosophy or the fine arts, money chang.
ing or old clothes, they uniformly push
their occupation to an exten, and with q
closeness of computation that carries them
beyond oil competitors. ,--.....-,.
There is no country where they are not
scattered, and their numbers at the present
time would seem greater than at any former
known poriOd Of their history. Being now
at least ten millions, they are rapidly in
creasng, in this country, and though they
say but little to strangers about their re
Iigich, have al this moment, about as many
synagOgues in the city OF New York, as
the Bpptists have churches. They have
dropped the names of Pharisec and Sadducee
it is true, but retain to this day the two
distinctive principles which divide them
now very much as formerly. II any one
wants to see the synagogue worship as it
probably existed before the destruction Of
the Temple, he has only to so to the Green
street Synagogue in New York, where Dr.
Raphall holds forth. The sermon may be
little longer, and it will be in English,
but in other respects there is no change.
What, it may be asked, is the great pc
culiarity of character, which has occasioned
such a diversified unity, five may so speak,
in the results they have produced upon all
ages! 1t is unconquerabIe persistence in one
idea al one time. They have the power Of
seizing the strong points OF whatever they
undertake, beyond any other nation. and
developing those with an energy and enter
prise unequalled, and at the expense ofeye-
rything beside. p No consideration of feel
ings will ever interfere with the success OF
project, and Of tlieir strict persistence in
the, one idea that becomes identified with
their self love and seems to throw them il
antasonism to the Whole world. 1t causes
them to appear to others, whether really so
or not, utterly selfish in all their aims and
d. ..H D. .... a D..
ends. They are capable Of noble and gen.
eroGs actions, and among their own people
show a side OF their character utterly oppo-
site to what they exhibit to Christians. -
Centuries of persecution have in fact
wrought into their characters such an anti
pathy to other nations, that TO spoil them,
whether by overreaching in bargain or di,
rect fraud, is often considered a matter Of
commendationaby men who would perhaps
.scorn 10 wrong their own nation. This
spite is often gratifed gratuitously. !"
The London Rothschild, who made the
fortune of that house, used to give largely
the most valuable information and advice.
daily, on the Stock Exchange, but would.
sometimes indulge these freaks Of malice,
especially to those who had offended him
One daya broker, to whom ho had been un-
der great obligations, approached and asked
him whether he hed better buy more or sell
out some critical South American stock
Rothschild advised him clearly and decided.
ly one way. The broker, however, suspect
ing some trick, from what he knewfof his
peculiarity, did exactly opposite, and lost by
tito large amount. Afewdays after, Roths-
child asked him il he hadtaken his advice
"No," replied the broker;"I was Afterwards
recommended to a different course" lt'T