Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

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In the contemplation Of events a. they
succeed each other without apparent
connection. Il behoovss the phileso-
phieal mind to rise above the tumult OF
passions and to view things sins ira It
studio. calmly and impartially. How
necessary this Is We can observe every
day whom We see men drift from q e1-
treme to the other in their opinions, to-
day abusing and viliiying a country on
which they hardly could bsstow praise
enough only yesterday. As With indi-
vidusls. 30 II is with nations. Some are
90 Insignificant that they are not worth
the trouble to be hated. but others again
are 90 powerful and so conspicuous that
Il 10 hardly possible not to take . de-
oided attitude towards them. Their In
Auencs 10 so.grsat. their individuality 30
pronounced. that TO be aware OF them 10
either to like or to disliks. There
il n nation than which mono has
had q greater influence on man
kind, than which non has pro-
duced more great men in all branches OF
human activity. than which none has
had q more varied or instructive history.
It 10 the writer's own, the German. na-
ton. This 10 Q proposition which needs
no proof. It is an established fact and
known to every person Of ordinary intel
lioence and information.
When this same nation Q short time
ago shook Of the dust and ashes OF
medieval times and took the rank It dc.
served, then the scoffsrs were sileuoed
and Germany's glory was at its height.
Powerful in war and peace. she was
hailed as the leader OF civilization. But
what do We see now7 Out Of their holes
We see them crseping-thoss envious
spirits that the rising power OF o mighty
nation had swept away-and We see
them laugh. scornfully pointing with
their finger at the once feared and hated
aud snvied people. Germany 10 falling
back into barbarian" " they hiss. Ger.
many 10 persscuting the jews" Now this
Is q misrepresentation as absurd as It Is
false. Would p reasonable man think
the Americans q nation Of thieves and
forRers because there happens to be .
number Of these useful citizens In the
country7 Or would he call the French q
herd Of communists and i~pcendiaries
because there 10 undoubtedly quite .
number Of such vermin In France ?
Now Why insult the German nation BY
confoundipR It with 1000 idiots who
have signed that celebrated petition
against the Jews? Forty thousand out
Of As, 900, 900 ! That 10 not quite one
eleventh Of n per cent. OF the whole
population.
lido not think Il right to use hard
words in what 10 meant to DO an argu-
ment, but I will call things and men by
their true names. and I called those
would.be anti Semitic crusaders idiots.
They Are idiots because they try to swim
against the broad stream OF enlighten-
ment and progress that flows on calmly
and quietly. tearing away the old barri-
ers Of creed or race, and undisturbed BY
empty cacklers who try to dam up such
q stream with Q grain OF sand. They are
idiots because they como like puny
youngsters. with black eyes and torn
breechss, weeping and l%smenting to Bis
marck and cry: "Oh. thou. our lord and
master, protect Ms from the wicked Jews;
they own all the newspapers because
they can write better than We; they are
we'll to do because they excel rs in good
sense: they cheat us because We are i'm
beetle enough to be cheated; there are
more judges. physicians, musicians.
savants, attorneys and teachers among
the Jews proportionately than OF our
own race because they have greater
ability than We" Are men who give
themselves such q testimOnium pau
pertatis not idiotsf Have they new
or heard that in the struggle for sx.
isience the fttsst survive aud succeed Z
They complain that the 60O, 900 Jews who
are In Germany at present overpower the
other A, 600. 900 Of Germans and give
them NO chance OF success; that they,
30 to speak, take Of the cream aud leave
to the others only the skinned milk OF
national prosperity. Was there ever
heard anything more absurd2 / do not
write this to defend the Jews at oil,
because I would not insult the intelli.
psnce Of the News readers by supposing
that they do net know how many eminent
men the Jewish race has produced.
Their defense 10 written in ineffacesblo
traces In the annals OF history, and any.
body can know il IL he will. What I
defend here are not the Germans who
confess Judaism, but the German nation
a. such against the accusation that Jews
are prosecuted by the German nation ON
account OF their race. Suffice II TO say
tina. the best people there express their
indignation at these proceedings. Not
one single body Of Aldermen has signed
the petition, but most Of them have con.
demned the movement In the strongest
terms. That great number of
students had signed tho petition is
untrue; II 10 only o very small minority
and belonging to that clique to which
the Lutheran preacher Stoecksr. the
leader OF this scandal. belongs; to those
darklinRs who fain would bring the
world back to the night Of the Middle
Ages, where they could ply their trade
protected by the strong arm OF law; men
whom history teaches nothing and for
whom the heroes Of science have lived
In vain. Bat. luckily. they are only the
SCUM. The sound good n OF the
German nation will prevent II from fol-
lowing in the footsteps Of such as these.
The Prassisn government disciaims
any connection with this movement. and
IL 10 probable that Bismarck will either
not receive the anti-Jewish petition at
all, or, II he receives II, that he will
shortly answer that be will have nothing
to do with such measures. Shli It
IL proclaimed: "Germany prosecuses
the Jews" Has not Bismarck. a.
the representative Of Germany In