, 1880-03-08
ADOLpIIE CIsEDlIEUX.
,-,re.siyo Memorial Services at the
Sinai Temple.
. History Of Ills Lffc md Character
? By tic Hon. f. u. Wash.
burnc.
vh,t Ho Did for 1srael-Address by tho
Roy, DR.. Felsenthal.


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nh. services at tho Sinai Temple, cornor Of In
.,sna nye1,,lc nnA Twcnty-llrst Street, In honor
oS,ho memory Of Adolpho Crcmleux, tho ohll-
o.nt French statesman who departed this Ito a
~ weeks ugo, brought out ono or tho lhrgcet
..d,ences over gathered together IN tho epncipsia
.dIdce. Except S!r Moses Mon'eNofc, no Ffofnl-
sont 1srnclIto WIS bottcr known or moro re-
,fd b ysn tor A,e1nbo cron,cu.. 1Is cmlnens
World tn''' ,%.asa,r % ~ thn :To,ea,, rnco and its
sEtecs ,o n % fr",n Tho ,,avcrv of rtIa,oua in,o-
s.aoco nrc indcllbly inscribed In tho hearts Of
ntca nil over tic world and It Is tLoro.
tho ,,,,1crs.o, whv q, tu,,nonso nm audi.
fore eas'ly hnu'i oso , ~ .n..s,". ~ -,
.nco should hnvo turned our ycstoru0y 70 10
sonor 10 hts menory. The faot lint tho Hon. E. b.
w..hburno gs WIS to deliver mn address OIL tho lifo
Of the deeeae W." ,,..,".1 "no"' ~ ~ % ~ae a,n,
acquainted whllo minister 10 Franco, haucu
essuy' es', II rho crowd, Nearly ail tho prominent
tos"un to,.,. r., tho ctr ycrn thnr nnd nlso n,,1n-
tsractes ~ .o ,,,,,,o,t nr,,,,,e, ,ri,r,, ,snr,
tha celebrated German poet Friclerlch Won
,nsoacnstedt, Mr. Erucst PrussIng and 1r. August
N.sn Soas"''~
The serr1ccs ~ero oponca WIZ hhe muslcnl
election By tho choir, which bud boon etrongth-
eued for thIs occasion. ......
-,a!aH naH Hr'' ~ ,,n.,,ont 1, nT,ir.ss lin ao,d
sa sSHa ho m not yot eapsea since M XaoIp s
cremMna c,Jna IN n thia nroat wostcrn civ 10 INV
,o assemotu -, 80 rcanoct ~ hts 1ncn,orv. wh,royer
Itrseitcs aboundcd thoy would nssemblo to do
houor 10 Crrnieu1. Tho question, however,wa
hyrant richt tt,i tho lsraolites hero iii Amersca
not c5cnieax He was Thorough y, NJ Ffoaeh, rn,a
rnn and added tnstfn 70 tno in1no OF n!s na1lon
hs aceR .,t sua o,orv ,nr Itisor ~
TSnce, ought q honor and rover. ~ h!a'; l'nt ,s
.hat elam hal he upon ihs g grnsisnn&o & of tn, tue
asSIy ~ "ve1 WEI creex w Sg n
o picture ot tno services or ,, ,no gro"1 ,inn
bettes thn ta, ~ VIZ So ha as ~ cstne,nr nj Nv ui
xn3,,ca xaia saoW wo,,1 thorcforo. n fD ns riSf m
potsbe, au ,ynr, ~ aJM ha s,,,nno hsnip
e sno ooTcIizionists. acfsd .' '' 'o H''
room tnerG eiects'ne4 nc .n9 tl,r " tau III
aoa q .ho lsraslites IRON intSier9nt practices
4ha snSod ,nnrn noiit"a, nn sScn fiI,ortV
han n any other , county, but thSrS o
la thG courts lasae'1es were 1e6u'Ie1 70 hRo
.rSaId % mako q dcpos,tiur. K Josscss had Il case
which sho lost because aho could not provo TINT
mo- meut nAG cromioux. % Wv" who % Was fhen young and
comparatively unknown, assumed her dofonse
and nchoved grand victory for human rights,
ljbcrty, and e1uutIty before tho laws. Crcmloux
showed cOpcltsiyoly TINT thoro Wng no Inv by
which the courts could d!gtnto to jewish con-
ScIences When ho Huyo uttcrnncc to thosu
ecntimontS they rcVcrherntcd through tho
hcart1 Of tho tsraclltcs not only IN Fr1nce, but
tntuUgbout the world. After this equality bc-
foro The law bccnma tho watchword. A few
years lator pther countries followed tho good
example OF France, and for nil this Cremfeux
alone was to DO thanked.
Wttlp this nlono would bo sufficient to cntltlo
hIs memory to niche In thotr honrts, got to hatl
f1led At DaInasolg. ERypt, and tho JoWs sycre
chnrged BY tho curaaod ponulncc with having
committed tho cflmO to obtain tho blood Of tho
yctjm 10 be used In religious ccrcrnonfcA
4 pupbor Of Jows werp tortured
and many died from tho cr1lcltleS .tl
which they were aubjected. Not ouly
the JoWs nt tho City Of Damascus werp terror.
6,IIcken but the Jews eyerywhcro became
alarmed and fearful OF cxccsses. Crrmtcux III
oooo camo to tho rescue. Iio applied to tl!t
Government, which thon occupied u powerfu
position. to interterDf in behalf OF his co-rclfgion
Lts. Hp niado d personal appeal to Louis
Philippe, King of Frilnco, but tfiIa monarch hat
not tho moral courage, and remained neutral
fearing to tnko any open steps Cremloux, how,
'esrr, did not Ret dlshcarteEed. by able ncwa
paper nrtIclea and stirring appeals hO created
public opinion III favor of tho pcrSecuted Jews
Ia COMPANY With Sir Moses Mputclors ht
tulrnoyed to Egypt, md tho two phIIantbroptst!
went before tho Vicgroy and pleaded 81 oflcct
, iyuly that the i1uprisoHel Jows wore roloasot
md the char9ca aKNinst them declared base