The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-23
BEN BUTLER ON THE JEWS.
TIE GENERAL IFAS FALLEN IN
LOYE WITH THEM.

History--Honesty Of the Mon and
Virtue Of the Women
(1he Generals Speech q, the LeJre,o Fair IN
Boston,
MIR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GEN-
TLEMEN-No devout, sincere Chris
tian can doubt for u moment the
wonderful character of tho Hebrew
race. Sprung from tho loins of
Abraham, thoy were, as we are to-
night, by our Bible and yours, Gods
chosen people, and for them he bo-
came legislator, guide and friend.
He brought them into and out Of
Egypt by q series of miracles, show
ing that Of thom he expected much
in the economy of his universe !;
and when he thundered from Mount
Sinai-amid the Egtnings of that
dreadful and terrible yet glorious
occasion to mankind-tho best and
and highest code of laws ever pro-
mulgated to man, they eyinced their
divine origin because in them were
found two subjects treated of that
have never been incorporated in any
ancient code of laws. He gave to
Moses the great command. "Take
thou no usury of thy brother" He
gave to Moses that oversight and
that knoglcdge that enabled him to
embody in his code of laws better
sanitary regulations than have been
embodied in any code of laws since;
and in all that remarkable career of
the jewish nation we see that he
proposed that from that nation, His
chosen people, should come the em-
anatlon of His plan Of salvation to
mankind and from that nation has
come the religion which has covor-
ed the earth with civilization.
prolonged applause His people
have remained together in most
remarkable manner, not as q nation
for they, for thousand years,
have not existed as nation-but
there his boon solilitary of the
people in the economy of the Jew
ish race that has kept them to
themselves, although scattered all
over the world, amid the greatest
and most terrible prosecutions for
many years-almost ages-that
would have destroyed any other
nation.
The Hebrew nation is q nation
distinguished for three characters
istics--the integrity, the thrift and
the industry of her mon, and the
purity, chastity and domestic vir~
ture of her women. Loud ani
prolonged applause. [ need pay
no compliment where mono is need
cd I speak from knowledge upon
the subject. For forty years, save
one. 1 have been conversant with
the criminal courts of Massachu"
setts and many other States, and I
have never yet had q Hebrew client
as criminal storms of applause !;
but, you may say, that was because
the Hebrews did not choose you as
their lawyer prolonged laughter
and applause but that is not the
true answer, for I never yet saw
veritable Israelite in tho prisoners
box for crime in my life renewed
applause] md, thinking of this
matter, as I was coming here, T met
q learned Judge of one of the high
est courts of the Commonwealth,
of more than forty years experience
at the bar and the bench, and I put
the same question to him, and ho said
he bore witness with me to the
same effect he neither at the bar
nor at the bench, had ever seen any
Hebrew arraigned for crime.
(Thunders of applause.
Another fact is that tho jewish
race, having remained intact for
so many years, must come from
some preordination of the AL
mighty, that they should keep
themselves to themselves to return
again and possess tho promised
land after more than forty years,
and, perhaps, centuries of wander
ing away from it; and that time,
which had been the dream of the
Hebrew philosopher, tho topic and
prophecy of the Hebrew prophet, the
hope of the Hebrew statesmen,
seems about to bo fulfilled for,
under the lead of the man who to-
day is the most powerful on the
carth---a single man standing out
thu canfru1 fsy,1ra of oil N,1rOna-