New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-27
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS.
prv1pw or THE PETITION TO BISMARCK.


weather last evening there was large congreE""V"
present I'm Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, to near tue
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's protest against ."o
persecution OF the Jews In Germany MI DooV
took his text from Exodus Kill ~ Az anu WV"
stranger shall soIourn with thee, and will keep the
passover 10 the Lord let all his males be crcumcSeu
and then let him come and keep it, and he sha DC
as one that ia born in the land; for no unercuncisei
person snail cat thereof One law shall be u nun 'n'
is honeborn and unto the stranger that soJourhesh
among you
This ia not an accidental sentence, SAID hr' beecher'
It pervadcd the polty introduced by the great Jaw
giver You find it again in Leviticus as II Al needel
continual reiteraton. Here 1t Is based on inc hse'
and proudcst confederation truth sp ung from 'ne
very bosom of God. II appears also IN NuhDers' anu
there grows stronger and stronger
baye been asked to unite with other ministers OF tue
Gospel IN respectful reDOnstrance against Tue '"0P
ent steps which arc being taken against the VS. /"
Gerinlny When Plymouth Church refuses W JV,"
cru lie against suffering any par5 OF the worid ls
uuuIl viii no longer nave any for existence.
can assure you Tor myself that no warmer speaker ca
be iound on behalf OF tn, Jews than Ana wheh the
request comes from tDe jews III Au'oii'"
IT does so with peculiar htness 10 ,h'"'
we owe the earliest forn OF our commonwealth as
it was established by Moses We arc indebted to ms
pcope more than any other for the establishment OF the
houseot for the education OF children for the hrSt
ufipc,pes of liberty and for the liberty OF women Bar
barrie treatment OF always results IN DarOalSm
ard b.tore an The people of the Orient jewish thought
on tiis subject stood highest. In Palestine woman
was pernuttcd 70 be legislator. judge, ar
list uoet or whatever Gjd inspired Der
TO- whlo q, The same Greece the Intelligent WON
an WAS com. ed as a cOurtcsan. W owe 10 THIS NATION
the principle OF charitable institutions We are aSo
eped to IL for the earliest forms OF land tenure; anu
although the religion Of the lraelltes may not DC app"
cab evcrywh r., there are features III IL "hcA Pl@c'
their land alb We all other nations. We are
indebted to the Jews for the moral IDEAS
IF the world and It may also be- said that there Is not
rag or a garment Of morality not woven by them Inc
@ Treatment was written by Jews; the Nc" lesta-
urut Is theirs Mary sweet jewish malnel' CurS1
WAS a 7 w John was jew. The Ap0stI' Wh" cdrIlel
the spirit of life into all the word ooaSeu
mat he was Hebrew OF tie Hebrews.
stul the race has long received c0nthu Il
prosecutions Nowhere else has such m inceSsant pefse
cutiou against people been found. Every mans mana
lac been turned against them. And Why From rea-
son. taken from that lg0n which teaches love- AS IN
me day Lord. churches nave Oeeh possess9u VI
devil. and on. o. that spnC these people nave
suffered; Dut III splle % IL az '"'f a,'.'rv
ami ia fruits nave their very offence IhtV nave
not been propagators Of danger3u- doctrines nor cor
Iilptors OF youth. EycywneIe they nave Drought
thrift wise inf fences, .cllttnct-n WOld, cNil4Ht-
tonic bear. Yet II seems that the D'00dy nre ol
persecution ia to b. rusei against them an. TINS line
IN Germany. or all nations we hau nopeu tnat llot
cstant Germany wOdld reIus; 10 permit such an OUT,
r
drrgs ali through to the bottom. 1t America DC
heard sneaking for the oppressed o. al na,IouS. nina
10 my hand tTdnsia Ou OI petition now Delhg
crcu ated ii Germany. think NO sucn document was
ever issued before sluce CIVILIZATION began IL IS al
dressed tO Bismarck, and snail READ II ana sha com
u o Nohs Prince. High Ruling, SIR Chancellor Of
the Empire and President OF inc Ministry: In every
OF & rmaay the conviction ma come 10 tne sur
tnr h the spread OF the jewish element btngs with
most serious l. rh,re wherever Cirlsnan and
ant. inn -br1
Jow gaming the mastery-tue CHRISTIAN popuatlon
however. IN IA suDor dinate position Well thnk II
that were true III my pride would never ie me
say IT, In the hard Labor the great masses or our
people the Jew taxes very htte part In
Inc helds and in the workshops; III mines and
on the scaGOlung Of buildings IN marshes and ON the
canals II is every where 9niy ,he hOruy baud OF toe
Cnris Ian that ha> 70 do the work. The fruits OF tue
CHRISTMAS work harvested especially Dy the jew
By lar the greatest part the capital winch produced
n M Maj ona labor rs concentrated jewish hands.
ana at the same time, with the increase Of
movable weaIin Their rcnes IN the shape
Not Ouly the proudest palaces of our large
cities belong Jewish gentlemen. whose fathers OF
graudfaihcs crossed the boundaries Of our Fdtheind
rs pcLleIs, but also landed pIoper-thls Liguly con
seryduve Das Oh me edhce ol our 3ldtti9 coW Ws
more and more INTO the possession 81 me jews La.
are T Tn ss the men mo ' %ho Become qS sadeG
have this say: II jew IN America
tilus let nIm do H. MOI acre alone but Throughout the
world The OF ~ Il tnat tie nnenshtened brains
of the world 30 the harL work and Thar only wien
bran ana muscle have been educated are tDey released
fr III ,ur dfudgery. those men WORK at Wauull tou
" e IL.
he sparrow or the eagle because ihey nave nss;
There never was such revelation made ahd II aaI
confidence IA the translation would believe mat
this document was a traHcstY -
+" In view OF these circumstances" continued Mr..
Bercher, AGAIN reading from the translation, ana OF
tue TACT that the Semitic clements are penetrating Ia
great numbers INTO every position o. power aud lnnu-
morally or from the standpoint OF nationality
WHAT flltur. awaits Fatnerand If the Semitic ee-
eut Tor another generation to make the same
upon our naive soil has achieved within
tue last decades a. IL ia estimated mat the whole
suall compared Win the population OF the
would they should not be greatly dreaded There
II II is granted that the Father.and snail not
be despoed OF us ideal meaning If our people are NOT
10 forget that our ancestors were tile Ohes
who rescued the soil Of Germany from the
Saes With "V their boOd Il the Intimate relation
sup OF German customs aud German banners win
ton is TO be preserved. then follows that must
never permit tOrcgn race 10 gam the asceLiancy II
C,rminy a race 10 when our humane legislation has
amO bur whcu feelings and IN It's thoughts
ise r@re sR World DON'T the Jews in Ge.ny
speak Germanl Don't they live under the awi Are
Iney faithful to The German sovereign Is not their
judaism SIMPLY IA faith answering To our own Have
the testimony OF TWO generation, tnat they baye
settled down aud are dong wei Ana II the jews are
dong better than the Germans IL Is GODS message 10
the Germans to do better. When Your eyes are sore
and the lamp the III II 10 not beat 10 put out the
LAMP bur To cure eyes. Tie danger OF nation
ay " course be Increased In me same degree In
Which tine Jews are able not only 10 d press NaOha1
and religious CONSCIOUSNESS OF our people by their ln-
hurnce IN press out also To obtain for Themselves
eifces under the Government, whose incumoens
are called to watch the ideal goods the Ma
ton. We have especially IN view, IN this connection.
the office OF the teacher and tue judge Both offices the
Jews not permitLen until recently to hold; and
DOth again DE closed against them otherwise tue
ucoDle'5 conception OF authority and their senti-
ments OF justice aud patriotism viii be shaken.
Already the German Ideal OF personal honor, manly
fidelity and plety begins become confused and
give way to the Iase idea Of cOsmupOLtansn" That
il To SAY that the Jews have been appointed judges
are peryertabe briDable, being teachers
ney in danger OF bringing tue people to their side.
f.tIz
sImT that they are superior 20 u" What is
pulaulsmi IL II that the world Is open 10 all II the
Gvrn.Ins are losing ming, and wIsh to ind the
cause, might 1t not be wel 70 LOOK at their theologes
II 10 point to anything would say that the Ger
were made imprAclcaDle by the suppression IN
their country 81 liberty. ltls poor policy to turn
credit OF tneir own misgOverDment TO the
Jews. Inns Is not simply prejudice II is stupidity
IL itls deem desirable 10 prevent people from
falling into economic seryitude under the power of