The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-16
the sCATFERhD EEOPEE.
; LECTURE r,[f,,, On rHE CHiLDRESssoFisRxEE-
AN ELOQUENT KDpHEss aBY HON. z.ip.
VANCE, OF NORTH CAROLINA. .2t>ss&
rRcnorted for the Baltimore sun.I

| tr0duCeu Oy MT. SSluteT, Mt. NauCc NaS eh-
Enthusiastically received. About eleven nun
bred persons were present. Among thegcn-
tlcmcn on the stage were the following, VINO
came from Washington expressly 10 he pre-
sent at the lecture: DR.. George r. Den
mis-, senator from Maryland; General NJ.
W. Ransom and Colonel William john
ston, senators from North Carolina, Hon.
K. Il. Vance and Hon. II. M. Robbins,
also Of North Carolina, and Colonel Ii.
i. Peyton. OF Virginia, and Colonel Wool
| ford, Of Maryland. Mr.. Vance started out
BY saying that In giving lecture under the
| AUSPICES of 4 business college, he thought
fitting subject would be the greatest COM
mercial people in the world. There is a
river in the occau the gulf stream) Of large
cy,ansc. whose waters cbb and flow all unaf
frcted Of the turbulent pillows and furious
waves surrounding it 4; and SO there is river
among mankind which refuses to ming'e
with surrounding waters, ana whose own
characteristics can be distinguished Win the
nrk,d eve. This river is the Jewish people.
rho history Of tie Jews is the history OF
our n,ocrrs<. They were the faithful or
Cod and their ideas still continue to I'LL the
world, Just as the sun. which sets hehino
thc hills. reflects its glorious rays, t!ie
thoughts Of Israel. no more nation, stlil
remain.
We admire the ancient Greek and Roman
nations. but we reject their Goo as an 'ao,'-
try: we dcspise the Jews, but reverence the
religion which they founded. For thousands
| If yr,rs they have preserved the same GUS
IONS the same forms, and cherished the
s,r,,, ideas and institutions. Their exile
has made them a commercial people, and oil.
though prosecuted by popcS, empcrorS, ana
nations they remain the same. AYE. what Il
pcrsccu ion. They submitted TO cruelty III
the name Of their own God within nearing
Of the hymns their PsalmiSts hao sung
With all the persecution the JewlSh peop'e
I aud Church are still standing, though Tue
stones of their temple have fallen. W nat IS
the line of the pontiffs to that great and gio-
: rious line of Isaac aud the rests The frst
? pontiff and for that, the Saviour OF the
: world, were Jews. Every Christian Church
to-day is graft upon the stock Of the JeW-
isb Church, and each Christian perpetua'es
4 the jew. The lecturer here entered into q
| logical and clear review OF facts, showing
G TINT the Jewish nation were the first 10 re-
c coruizn one God, one great governing ana
+ directing power that was uDsuoJectlFc 10
l. kings. The beauties and riches OF tales-
u tine. and the condition OF the Jews IN an
1 ci,nt time. we're each told of with glowing
5 language and thoughtful expression by tue
: lecturer. -.
n In speaking of the perfect government Oh
i. each and all the tribes of Israel, he said they
: were allowed to carry arms, elected tnetl
! own chiefs, and could secede from otnet
G tribes in confederation of their own when
$ ever desirable. The chiefs served without
f pav-cither back OF front. Laughter and
e apphuse.] They exercised The inalienaollity
Of property, and when the day of jubilee
e came all property reverted TO the original
owner. Every fifty years God, the Hing
e assumed the soil, and gave back to the de-
2 scendants Of the first poSseSsor the right o.
4 their inheritance. This constant recurrence
c to first principles is seen among ourselves
for we have learned nothing of government
during the past century. The ancient tribe
1 went in and out of their Union whenever
# they pleased, and they had their slaves
:, IIApp'auSe.] 81.
II Jerusalem, he said, still sits in solitary
l. grandeur on Judea's hills, and the stones o
Z lis temple, though crumb!ed, are reverenced
p anG just as thought is more lasting thar
granite. will remain revered to tue emo
& IApplause.l The pyramids may fade and IA!
: away, and no deep->eated remembrance VII
y remain, but Jerusalem shall always stand {
y brighter and more glorious monument thar
1t the towering Spile of any church in christen
y DOM The wanderings and SutferlnSs o.
these people during eighteen hundred year,
are not to be pursued, nor would he as 6
Christian man wish ii. for it staggers hui
mar creGulily to believe it all. and What
G does their religion convey in this particular
c That the wrath Of q religious bigot Is worse
than the cruelest tortures of bell.
MIR. Vance here described the peculiarlties
d of the various classes Of Jews in different
is countries, putting those in Europe and
J. America among the most intelligent and
= progressive. Their great longevity, freedom
d from maIarioUs diseases, and pecuiaritlcs oil
l. form were also spoken Of and described.
r Mr.. Vance said that rs Il man who had given
IS the subject the greatest study and utmost at
C tenion be would assert that the Jews to-day
J. ure the soberest, most industrious, and moral
5 people on the globe. [AppIause.l He said
; he never knew yet Of jew being impriS'
= oned for anything above misdemeanor
|. rApplause.] They contribute much in charity
: 10 The Genties, but never ask them for charity
lin return. GApphuse] The most they have
: ever asked has been to be let alone. APP
l., plause.] Ii Jew breaks down in business
= they set him up again, and he never saw q
t Jew that could not read, write, and compute
c figures, especially the figures. daughter
i and applause.l They do not seek political
p Ipower, and though the greatest in the eX'
S tent of their business transactions seldom
5 Town ships or property. They are always
}. ready to pick up and start when the day ar.
d ryeS. [Laughter.]
e Great credit was extended the Jews by
the lecturer for their having been the first to
/ benefit the world by Introducing the bill OF
e exchange. w henever, be said. the iron hand
= was taken from their throat they advanced
8 | II was only of late that q Jew was announced
K to have taken lease on the Persian nation,
s. and no country to-day could war against the
;, lower of the house founded by the Roth
: schilds. Christian men are taught by Jewish
rabbs, the world has listened with delight to
: Jewish song, the voice Of Jewish orators is
0 heard In the courts and Senate; and If it be
a. true, or halfway true, that the persecution
Of the nation has been unjust, what have we
= to answer for? .......,.
a True, in this enlightened country all the
y restrictions have been removed from the
t Israelites, and are only fastened on those
c whose forefathers founded the land and bled
! in its freedom. [Applause.] But there is
Istili statute in the book that should be re-
, moved if Jews are to be Judged by their
!; merits like the children of the civil-1ights
y bill rlaughterl, who have always been serts.
rApplausp.] The lecturer admitted that
Jews bad faults as citizens, and believed there
/ were jew swindlerS, but not enough of them
J | TO compare with Christian sWlndlers. lie
, had found that Jew could not makea living
) in New England, for jonathan with his knife
and shinoie could whittfe Isaac out Of his