Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-20


Lated. They who hay used their
machinery can best vouclI for the truth
~ WI at we have asserted.
..HE SCATTERED PEOPLE.
Lecture on the Children OF israel
An Eloquent Address By Hon.
Zcb. II. Vance. OF n. &.
Honorable L. i. Vance, Ex-Governor
Of North Carolina, lectured at the
Masonic Temple, in Baltimore, on last
Friday night, under the auspices of the
Rryant, Stratton 4 Sadler College. -
Upon being introduced by Mr.. Sadler,
the Governor was enthusiastically re-
ceiysd. About eleven hundred persons
we're present Among the gentlemen
on the stage were the following who
came from Washington expressly to be
present at the lecture: DIR. Geo. Il.
Dennis. Senator from Maryland Gen.
NJ w. Ransom, Senator from North
Carolina: Hon. II. B. Vance and Hon.
". NJ, Robbins, Representative from
North Carolina; Col. I'll. +. Peyton, of
Virginia; Col. Woolford, of Maryland
and Col. VIM. Johnson, Ct North Caro-
lima. Mr.. Vance started out by saying
that in giving lecture under the au-
spices of business college, be thought
u fitting subject would be the greatest
commercial people in the world There
is river in the ocean the Gulf stream)
of lurge expanse, whose waters cbb and
How all unaffected by the turbulent
pillows and furious waves surrounding
it: and SO there is q river among man
kind which refuses to mingle with sur
rounding waters, and whose own char
acteristics can be distinguished with
the naked eye. This river is the
jewish people.
We admire the ancient Greek and
Roman nations, but we reject their
God as an idolatry; we despise the
Jews. but reverence the religion which
they founded. For thousands of years
they have preserved the same customs,
the same forms and cherished the same
ideas and institutions. Their exile has
made them a commercial people, and
although prosecuted by popes, empe-
rors and nations, they remain the same.
They submitted to cruelty In the name
of their own God. With all the per-
secution the Jewish people and
Church are still standing, though the
stones of their temple have fallen
The lecturer here entered into the
beauties and riches of Palestine, and
the condition of the Jews in ancient
times
In speaking of the perfect govern
ment of each and all the tribes of Is
rsel, he said they were allowed to
carry arms, elected their own chiefs,
and could secede from other tribes in
considerations of their own whenever
desirable. The chiefs served without
pay-either back or front daughter
and applause. They exercised the
inalienability of property, and when
the day of jubilee came all property
reverted to the original owner. Every
fifty years God, the King, assumed the
soil, and gave back to the descendants
of the first possessor the right Of their
inheritance. This constant recurrence
to first principles is seen among ollr-
selves, for We have learned nothing of
government during the past century
The ancient tribe went III aud out of
their Union whenever they pleased,
and they had their slaves. Applause.
Jerusalem, he said, sits in solitary
grandeur on Judea's hills, and the
stones of its temple, though crumbled,
are reverenced, and Just as thought is
more lasting than granite will remain
revered to the end Applause The
pyramids may fade and fall away. but
no deep seated remembrance will re-
main, but Jerusalem shall al ways
stand brighter and more glorious
monument than thetowerings plre of any
church in Christendom. The wander
iDgs and sufferings of these people
during 1900 years is not to be pursed,
nor would he as a CHI istian man wish
TODD it, fOrit staggers human credulity
to believe it all. And what does Their
religion convey In this particular
That the wrath of a religious bigot is
worse than the cruelest fortunes OF hell.
Mr.. Vance here described the Decu-
harities OF the various classes of Jews
i'll different countries, putting those in
Europe and America among the most
intelligent and progressive. Their
great lonSlevity, freedom from n1alari
Gus diseases, and peculiarities of form
were also spoken of and described.
Mr.. Vance said that as a man who had
given the subject the greatest study
and utmost attention, fe would assert
that the jews to-day are the Sc bricst,
most Industrious ard moral people on
the globe. Applause. He said he
never knew yet of ii Jew being impris-
oned for anything above mis,lemea-
nor. Applause. They contribute
much i'll charity to the Gentiles, but
never ask them for charity in return.
Applause. The most they have ever
asked has be. IL to be let alone. APP
piause. Ii Jew breaks down in bust
hess they set him up again, aud he
never saw a jew who could not read,
write and compute figures, especially
the figures. Laughter and applause.
They do not seek political power, and
though the greatest in the extent of
their business transactions, seldom
own ships or property. They are al
ways ready to pick up and start when
The day arrives. daughter.
Great credit was extended the Jews
by the lecturer for their baying
been the first to benefit the world
0y introducing the bill OF exchange.
Whenever, he said, the iron hand was
taken from their throat they ad vanced.
1t was only of late that Il jew was an
hounced to have taken q Lease on the
PERSIAN nation, and no country to-day
could war against the power of the
mouse founded by Rothschild. Chris
tan men are taught by Jewish rabbis,
tae world has listened with delight to
Jewish song. the voice of jewish ora
Tors Is heard III the Courts and in the
Senate; and if it be true, or half way
True. that the persecution of the nation
mas been unjust, what have we to an
swer for?
Irue, In this enlightened country all
tae RESTRICTIONS have been removed
from the Israelites, and are only fast
ened On those whose forefathers
founded the land and bled in its free
uom. Applause. But there is still
statute in the book that should be
removed if Jews are to be judged by
1neir merits like the children of the
C .1 Rights bill [laughterl, who have
ia aways been serfs. Applause. The
lecturer admitted that Jews had faults
a. citizens, and believed there were
Jew swlndlers, but not enough of them
compare with Christian sw;ndlers.
ne had found that Jew could not
Iake living in New England, for
"onathan with his knife ord cbippla