The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-25
Tho Hebrew Race.

~ Wcll-knoWn magistrate Ol Rich.
mond Va, ccrtIcs 10 The 70 ,wint,
which Is highly complimentary to tie
Hebrew race:
! was commonwealth Attorney OF
''H city Of Richmond for twcntv-onc
yea". aud, in that long interval, l pro-
sec'''o' only three Jews, and two Of
,"c'" "cH honorably acquitted, there
pe'"@ ''o' 'rarliclc Of evidence TO sus
tam ''c char:a>S. During my 1ur,ccp
Ee"'I @ 81 Sr.v'G' @ IS a magistrate only
hewas acquitted. iE,n ,h,, H. inn, ,"' '"' ;
tcrv, do not rc,ncmbt ~ n"or ~ ha -"
rcceiVNl an application fol ,nh,;c nj " ch,ri
ty ironhany individual Of clJ',r snx nr
any age AclongmG to that faith "a IA
so lar as l\Vm aware, 10 jewish LII LII
has ever received even the benefits
our free schools, for which their parents
without mn,mur pay their taxes.
The Norfolk JomnaI in speaking Of
tho Hebrew race says
There is, perhaps, 10 more striking
chronological phenomenon showing the
tenacity Of blood. and Of race, than is
exhibited in the history OF that people
that traces its origin for forty centuries
through the revolutions Of empire back
TO the period when Abraham and Lot
fed their ilocks together in the great
plains Of the cities Of Sodom and Go
morrah. AZ this very day, in what.
ever cline this peculiar people may be
lound, whether amid the SHOWS Of Cana.
da, or the burning sands OF Arabia of
II we trace them TO the dim twilight OF
The early ages, or view them in the
broad civilization Of The nineteenth CEN
tury, the blood o'lhc Hebrew race
preserves lis purity, and like the pillar
OF fire i'll tho wilderness, j., a stand
ing miracle through all climcs and
tines.
They arc, in truth, the same pconlc
to-day. marked by the pcculiaritics. the
same physical conformation, the same
Abraaamic features, and the same rcli-
g'ous faith that their ancestors possessed
when Moses led them through the wa
lers o! the Red Sea, and Pharoah and
his hosts were cnguphcd beneath the
returning flood:
no man can account for the strange
preservation OF this race, except upon
The hypothesis Of the incrposition of
Divine Province. Within tho period
.! ihrir historic existence empires half
arising like sEorl-livcd. mists arise from
the sea, and have gone down in the
long nlght OF ages to rise no more, and
even whole races have sprung up and
have disappeared, having been sven,
from the face Of the earth.
They are indeed, the chosen of God,
and unless all inspiration is lie they
are preserved from more glorious OK.
hibItion Of Divine power than The Cen.
tile world ever saw. Whenever we
trace them, whether on the fertile banks of
the Nile, the absolute slave Of cruel
task-mastcr, or basking in the sp,cndors
that surrounded the glory Of the temple
OF Solomon, the same indcmtablc, un-
laltcrlng faith in that God who had pre-
served them, is ono Of the most snblimc
exhibitions that lie has displayed upon
earth.
Upon the ruins OF that sac.inc,al al
tar, which liz faith Abraham erected
nearly io'ir thousand years ago NIGH
ty GUY spranG into existence, rivalinr
the spIcndors Of Thcbcs and Tadmor
In The revolutions Of empires Jerusalem
perlshcG, and the Survivors of tho dee.
ccndants Of lsrcal was driven from tic
homes Of their fathers. and scattered
over the broad earth. Sill their faith
is rs strong to-day in the God of Jacob
os was that of'thcir fathers when Joseph
welcomed his brethren in sight Of the
Pyramids OF tho Pharoal,s. Amid the
Of time and the vicissitu,,cs of
lite, they still worship at tho same altar,
and knocl with rcverential awe before
.h"t God, who on Horcb's rue god mount
disclosed TO Moses his eternal scl(-ex.
stence in tho awful words, l AM THAT
AM.
Expelled at various periods from
almost every cline, prescribed and per
secuted by the whole Gentle world,
hey still cling with mwavering faith
o that law which God delivered to
heir fathers amid tho thunders Of Sinai,
md believe with tonacity which time
destroy, that He will one day
'ostorc them to that Inheritance now
ieseorated by tho inGdel Turk. In
short. they have been impressed, impr.
'oned, banished, robbed, outraged and
murdered for centuries past and yet, in
ho meekness and humility,o spirit
hat finds no parallel on earth, they
ave bowed aubmissively, under their
lumbcrless Affections, to the firm be-
cfthat Heaven will yet avenge their
wrongs.
A religion which gives such signal
Examples Of tho splcndors Of moral
worth and intellectual granducr display
ID on every page of the inspired record,
'nght to teach MS of what grand mate
'lals The Hebrew nature is composed
md we may boldly challenge the histo.
y of Greece, Rome, France, England,
'r any other ancient or modern times,
o show us people exhibiting so many
virtues and adorned will, such varied
,alents as wo can find everywhere and
It all times emblazoned on the annals Of
,he Hebrew race. ri2