The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-14

pie IN any age, Raise the emblem Of
distress appeal for charity to stricken
humanily-aud WHO sooner than the
Hebrew will respond with II hearty
good viii? Ransack your. memory,
aud say who.
See that emnclated, poverty-slricken
stranger dying on tho street aud who,
sooner than the Jew, will give Of his
substance forhisreleH YOuwho have
had occasion 10 test the matter pause
aud usk who? When the pesllence
comes, stalking through the city, re-
specting neither age, sex, nor condi-
ton, and multitudes flee, who, more
than the jew, stands his ground, bears
his breast TO the storm, and risks sub
stance and life to succor the distressed?
Let those who have passed the dread
ordeal recall their experience, and ask
who?
When thc wall Of famine comes to
our shore from other lands, and the
cry for bread Is sped through the land,
who, sooner than the jew, responds In
liberal contributions or all people
on earth, when an unfortunate brother
comes along, who SO soon or SO uni
formly MS the jew will lend him n
helping hand TO appcGse his wants ana
Sci him fairly allout on the sea of
life?
Again, of all the Jews you ever knew,
how many We're drunkards or vaga-
bonds How many robbers or muir
dcrer5? How many debauchecs on
adulterers2 How many malcontents
or enemies 10 law and the peace Of 500
cicty, demagogues or traitors? How
many who swindled their credi-
| tors, committed iorgerics or made re-
! ligion cloak for villainy? Refresh
your memory, review your past obser'
vations and answer all these questions
fairly, rs compared with other people
and then say, in the honesty ofy0ul
hearts, ii your early impressions of the
Jews, however obtained, were not cru
ely ut fault.
On the contrary, despite long cen
turtles Of ostracism and persecution,
the Jews have ever maintained n high
order of learning. They have founded
the noblest institutions of charity and
benevoence. They have, in the dark
est hours, been the wiscst counscllors OF
kings, even in lands where they had
been scourged, ms in Spain, Portugal
and Bohemia. They have, by their
timely aid, rescued bankrupt nations
from ruin. Through the dark ages,
when learning went into an eclipse,
the Jews of Spain, under the heavy
load they had to bear, still maintained
the highest order of culture, and when
finally driven forth by the cruel fiat OF
bloody tyranny, they found liberation,
If not liberty, in Poland, Bohemia and
LondOn, where, for centuries, they
have maintained their own charitable
institutions, dispensed the noblest benz
cfactions, and financially saved the
country in its greatest trials, until, by
force OF their long attcsted wisdom,
they have beaten down heavy prcju-
dice and won their way to the fullest
enjoyment of all civil and political
rights, and we now behold n Disraeli
MS prime minister and II Rothschild in
the house of commons of Great Britain,
MS we have seen in our own country Il
"Benjamin" and II "Levyn in the SEN
ate Of the United States.
Shall the youth of Texas, the land of
liberty, cultivate the ancient antipathy
against such people? Let our answer
be, now and forever, no! Burst asun-
der the bonds OF prejudice, Judge all
men by the light of truth and justice,
have charity for all, rs we need its pro-
tccting mantle ourselves, trample big
otry under foot and exalt virtue where
ever found, ut home orabroad, whether
in the native or adopted citizen,
whether in Jew or Gentle, and thus
render our country q 1T abiding place
for all men made in the image of God,