The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-11-26

deifed in the person of their most beau
tiful creation. Almost every great COM
poser and skilled musician, almost every
voice that ravishes youSwith its trans
porting strains, springs from onr tribes.
The catalogue is too vast to enumerate;
too illustrious to dwell for q moment on
secondary names, however eminent.
Enough for us that the three great
creative minds, to whose exquisite
compositions all nations at this mo-
ment yield-Rossini, Meyerbeer and
Mendelssohn-are of Hebrew race;
and little do your men of fashion,
your muscadins of Paris, and your dan
dies of London, as they thrill into rap
lures at the notes of Pasta or Crisis;
little do they suspect that they are offer
ing their homage to the "sweet singers
of Israel p From the earliest times OF
which American history takes cogniz-
ance, the free exercise and enjoyment
of religious profession and worship have
been considered the absolute rights OF
individuals, recognized by our constltu-
tions and secured to them by law. 1t is
ordained by the constitution OF the
United States that Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment OF
religion or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof, and the same principle appears
in all of our State constitutions. But al
though the United States required no
RELIGIOUS TEST,
Eligibility to place and power in the vari-
GUS State governments was confined to
Trinitarian Christians. In the State OF
Maryland the struggle to remove the po-
litical disabilities of the Jews waxed
warm in 1928 A. In January, 1924, Col.
Worthington delivered his famous speech
in the Maryland Legislature, IN the
course of which he stated that he had
propounded certain inquiries to Solomon
Etting, Esq, leading Israelite of Balti-
more, as follows: What offices have been
or are now held by Hebrews? Solomon
Buth, Colonel in the American revolu-
ton, distinguished officer who died
after the revolution of the wounds re-
ceived or their effects. Reuben Etting,
Marshal of Maryland, appointed by
President Jefferson. He was also Cap
tain of volunteer corps, raised very
early in Baltimore, long under his COM
mand, winch became so numerous as to
require being divided into companies
and thrown into Fifth regiment Mary
land militia. Solomon Etting, Captain
Fifth regiment Maryland militia, ap-
pointed by Governor Paca. Benz: l..
Cohen, Lieutenant in Columbian Volun-
teers, attached to the Fifth regiment
Maryland militia. The strongest case
applicable to the subject is one at pres
emit existing and may be thus related:
Early in the spring of 1928 number of
spirited young men formed a
VOLUNTEER RIFLE COMPANY
Known as the 'Marion Corps" With
out any previous knowledge on his part
of even the existence of this company,
they unanimously elected BENZ. I. Cohen,
Esq, their Captain. A commission was
received from Governor Stevens, but not
qualified to, of course, in consequence of
the existence of the test law; the corps
were made acquainted with this fact, and
a resignation of the command on the part
of Capt. Cohen followed. At a meeting
of the corps, called for that purpose, it
was unanimously determined that no
Captain should be elected until the fate
of this bill to repeal the test law should
be decided, and the corps is at presen.
commanded by the First Lieutenant
Another eminent Hebrew is Major Nor
decai M. Noah, Major in Pennsylvania,
Consul to Tunis for the American Gov
ernment, and on his return to this coun-
try, appointed by the Legislature of New
York to the important station of Sheriff
of their metropolis. A. A. Massais,
Major in the q. s. Army during the late
war, and retained in the service at the re-
duction of the army,
HE Is NOW PAYMAsTER
For the Southern department; w. P.
Levy, Lieutenant in u. S. Navy, last
Commander of schooner Revenge, and
afterwards Commodore. The Consti-
tuition of Maryland of 1851 provides
'sthat no other test or qualification ought
to be required on admission to any Office
y than such as may
be prescribed by this Constitution.
If the party shall
profess to be q Jew, the declaration shall
'be of his belief in a future state of re-
wards and punishments. The Maryland
Constitution of 1867 provides 'sthat NO
religious test ought ever to be required
as M qualification for any Office in this
State other
than a declaration of belief in the ex-
istence of God" The Constitution OF
Oregon declares that ''No religious test
shall be required as qualification for
any Office of trust or profit" To-day we
find the chosen people occupying high
positions throughout the length of the
land and the breadth thereof. Josephs
of Louisiana is in the United States Sen
ate, while Einstein of New York is in the
House of Representatives. Some of the
brightest lights of the Bench and Bar OF
the country are Hebrews. The army
and navy contain q fair proportion of
them, who, in times of trial, have proved
not unworthy of their positions. In
Europe their standing is, if possible,
even higher. In Germany Edward Tas-
ker is the
LEADER OF THE LIBERALS
In the Prussian Landtag and Solicitor
for the ''Deutsche Baden Credit Bank, .
or Credit Fomcier.'' He has been a
member of the various parliamentary
bodies since 1866, and is far honester
than Disreli, in that he has clung to his
original Hebrew faith in spite of all the
advantages that apostacy offered to an
ambitious man and his political integrity
is beyond the reach of slander.
In 1868 an acti.e and enterprising
young lawyer made his debut at the Pal
ace of Justice in Paris, first attracting
public attention by remarkable defense
of several persons prosecuted for con-
spiracy. In the following year he was
sent to the Corps Legislatif from Bell
vile and Marseilles, and On September
4th, 1870, when the furious populace
invaded the Legislative chamber, Leon
Gambettd was proclaimed prominent
member of the Government of National
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