The national Republican., 1861-01-21
THE JEWS.

THE JEWS.
We find in one of our exchanges, the follow
ing compliment to the Hebrew nationality from
the Charleston Courier, upon the occasion Of
the gift of $4,000 to South Carolina from
Mordecai, Charleston banker:
"Let the name be placed in honorable recol.
lection, as a noble instance and example; a
proof that the ancient spirit of Hebrew patriot
ism which counted no sacrifice too great for
defence Of the faith or the country.
"South Carolina has many honored citizens
who exhibit and illustrate the virtues of the
race who founded, under God, the first Com.
monwealth the world has seen.
awe rejoice that while we have given to
other States of the South Ben jamin, a Cohen
and others, we have at home many Hebrew
citizens who are ready and willing to serve
the State in council or in the field, by their
arms or their means"
Manners change with times, although the
substance of things remains very much the
same. When the Jew in Ivanhoe, Isaac of
York, was commanded to produce a ransom of
"ons thousand pounds Of sileer Of the lawfm
measure and standard cfthe To,oer Of London"
it was done with display of the iron bars
upon which he was to be roasted, if he refused
compliance. That was in rude times, and the
thing is now done in a more civilized form.
No gridiron, we presume, was exhibited to
Mordecai by the polite gentlemen of South
Carolina no blacks stood by with their char
coal and basting oil; but, nevertheless, the
ransom was paid over, under the same kid
glove but efficient pressure, which is said to
have drawn muni6cent sum from that uncr.
cumcised millionaire, ex.Gov. Aiken. These
people had such admirable good luck with
Mordecai, that it delights them to think that
they have got in their power " many hOnored
citizens" of the same race, who, if not now
"ready and willing" to " serre the State " soy
their MEANS" can easily be made so, by the
same appliances found to be so effectual with
Mordecai. The Lord have mercy on them
South Carolina, it seems, has abounded in
Jews In addition to those happily retained
for its own use, it has given to Louisiana,
Benjamin, (until now popularity believed to
have first seen the light in St. Thomas,) and to
Baltimore, Cohen. How must their mouths
water at the thought of having Cohen again
in their power! How gloriously they would
roast and squeeze him
The other day, in the Senate, Mr.. Harlan in.
dulged himself in little gentle trituration of
Benjamin, reminding him that his race had
nowhere and at no period been so well pro.
tected in their rights as under the Government
of the United States, and insisting that it was
trife ungratefu in him to be now laboring
to overthrow it. Whether Mr.. Harlan had this
case of Mordecai in his mind, we do not know,
but if he had, he probably Intended to hint to
Benjamin, that Jews, of all people in the world,
had nothing to gain by revolutions.
ALABAMA.-In letter (Jan. l2) from Mont.
gomery, Mr.. Yancey says:
"As you have seen, by telegram, we passed
the ordinance Of secession yesterday, at 4 p. NJ,
by vote of 6l to 80. We gained seven votes
on the passage from the cooperation ranks.
Amongst others, we gained the chief leader from
North Alabama-Clemens."
1t thus seems, that the ma jority of twenty.
two for secession, would have been only eight ,
if seven men elected against it had not been
"gained," that is, cajoled, or, more probably,
intimidated.
1t is hardly doubtful that, upon an aggregate
popular vote, secession would be defeated in
Alabama. 1t is the representation of slaves
in South Alabama which has carried'it The
yeomanry of North Alabama are opposed to
it, and are ready to-day to fight for the stars
and stripes
Mr.. DlxoN.-In the vote in the Senate on
Friday, upon reconsidering the rejection of Mr.
Crittenden's propositions, Mr.. Dixon voted il
the negative, with the other Republicans, ant
not in the affirmative as enormously stated by
our reporter. Both he and Mr.. Cameron, anG
perhaps others, indicated willingness that the
rejection should be reconsidered, but rather