St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-29
John Paul on the Jews.
Saratoga Letter to New York Tribune.

Saratoga Letter To New luTk tribune
''YOu've got all the Jews over with
yOu,' said il gentleman from one of the
other hotels to me, last evening they
SMUT down on them over at our house ::
won't have 'en." like that: pIoscrip-
ton of all kinds is good. like Ia hear
one man say thai he hates an English
man. and another that he can't stand
an lriShnau. For il shows thdt their
educatiOnS are not finished: each has
something further III his life to look for
ward to. ifthcN live long enough. they
will come to the conclusion arrived at
by the great French Traveller. who de
clarrd. after visiting every part of the.
known world. he had made up his mind
that it was inhabited oml, hy men and
women. Bun religious prescription j.
especially pleasing fo the naked eye.
SO far as business dealing is concerned.
m officer of one of your most prominent
yaniss, to whom repeated the ohScrNa-
lion. remarked that. fall the men who
had dealings with his bank. he found
the Jews" the most honest. the most
faithful III the performance Of tie spirit
of thcii contracts. the most trustworthy
i'll all money transactions. And l. il
not 50 Among the raupers VIII" till
our streets and our asyiumS. our hos pi-
tal> and our iails. do you find jew -
I They feed their own poor. and they
take care of their own sick. Like ih,
best modern engines. they cumSuunc
then own smoke and rubbi <h. But aside
from these material facts. there il Il
poetry and granduc~S about tn" Jewish
character which has always moved uc
to reverence. y nation without Il cuIu-
try. Il people without Il home. flowing
! through and penetrating all nations. yrI
not c"mmiugling with Il single one; PIE
serving all their individualiti,>. THEN
religion. THEN language. their customs
/ intact: the same now ~ when. led 10y
the cloud 10y day and the pillar of tire
at night. they went dry ->hud tiunugll
the cl"vcn sea. and cncamp,d in the
wilderness beneath the same stars ~ hicll
NOW stud the, heavens. Show me u pcn-
Pile like this in all history; a people
around whom all the gIaud poetry ut
the Bible clusters: people rirh Ill tia-
dItiuu beyond all precedent. VIII" nave
Vet preserved the mlnutr>t "t these ira
dItionS while dynasty after dynasty
/ has cIumhlrd mouud them and nation
after nation has faded from Oft the face
of the earth a people who have clun@
tu the faith uf their fathers, to the one
GOd whom thcir fathers Wur>hlpCd,
making no change and seeking n'
change. while creed after creed hd~ had
t> daN and decay. aud iict>>Jut war
over durtIimal points have dr>"idtcd
empires. My >ymPalhlcs III the play
let me confess. have always been VIII
>hyln,k. lluu>cIr,~ and homeless. spoil
ed of his wealth and robbed "t hi
daughter. he j. driven "u1 in hi> old a.,
To c!rldir>~ pcnuIN AMI ;ur " hat il-
-iltcd and ~l3d upon. his religion Ir-
NlIci amt hi hnu>r di>hunoIcd. hc t"oh
no revenge In cuWardll murder after
the Christian pattern: he sought nUi
tho uluilmrut of Il contract the terms
at which he had complied with. In'
".u"i. have complied Win. ptUt,triN
had pu>tiuu> been reversed. Won't,
MT >hlluck. think ynu. have barred hi
breast tu the kuiic u tuliilmcu1 at hl'
bond without rhr ~piIitlc>> fuss rhd
\utonio made about II ! such l. lrNI>i
ilith: depend upon il the dc>pi>cd jew
would not have sheltered himself iron
the iuliillmcuJ ot' Il bargain which he
himself sought under the qUihhlc ahou
"a drop ui blood "Wom't nave Jews .
talk about ''thc best >ucirtN of New
luTn; y"u d" not know what It i m
.ill You hdN.. mingled with the Jews
gone among the r.ihii>. 1T at rh,I, fee
ard in admiration ui manners and lc!Ii
iug which pass all prcvinu~ experience
ola gIdri",l~ grurl,Hc>~ which makes ;h'
-.,l..r.tti,, .,tl..r,i,I -..,rr any Il 7,