Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-25
why the Hebrews Suffer.

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The truth is, modern Jewssuffer from
these outbreaks from three causes,
which are not precisely faults of their
own, which are" permanent, and which,
until they mix with the populations so
as to lose their identity, are irremedia-
bic. In the first place, theyare foreign
ers in Europe and foreigners who, as
the popular instinct rather than any
knowledge tells us, are foreigners from
another continent and not anotherSt ate.
Cultivated Jews, for some u~nintelligible
reason-fOr Asia has as much right to
exist as Europe, and has done perhaps
more for humanity, st. Paul, after all,
being more useful than George Stephen
son-disiike to be reminded of this,
have an idea that they can lose them
selves among people who discern the
Jewish strain and family to the fourth
generation. The fact, nevertheless
lists and is the cardinal fact of the situa-
ton. The Jews everywhere are for
eigners, and in Europe, Asiatic foreign
ers, separated from the people by lines
which, though sometimes indetinable,
are ineffaceable. Moreover, the ma
jority of them take no pains to eftace
them, but remain, in their marriage
laws, their ceremonial laws, their laws
of diet, aud in Russia, their dress, sepa-
rate and Asiatic. The European popu-
lace everywhere dislike and diStruSt for
eigners, and especially foreigners wide
ly distinct in race, with an antipathy
which is ut once unreasonable and to
Christians immoral, but which is incur
able so long as the ground of offence
exists. The Americans, after n hum
dred years, retain their antipathy to
the negro, who holds the same faith rs
themselves, and will not put up with
the Chinese, who has the attraction OF
entire freedom from prejudices and eX-
traordinary efficiency in business. The
common people do not hate the Jews
for their creed, their dress or their GER
emonies, but for their foreignership,
Asiatic foreignership, which those
things bring perpetually before their
eyes.
Then these foreigners, though not
specially distinguished for intellectual
power-the Jews though often distin-
guished in literature, are seven millions,
and have not in modern times Origina-
ted, invented or discovered much in
proportion to their numbers-pOssess In
a high degree the faculty of accumula-
ton. Every race has its useful power,
or it could not survive, and this Is theirs
everywhere outside Palestine, where
they seem never to grow rich. In our
modern society this faculty has sudden
" become the one which confers power;
and naturally, power in the hands OF
foreigners not fixed for themselves, ex-
cites, first, burning jealousy, and then
wrath. The population feel as iftheir
wealth were being taken away from
them by intruders, and in one respect
they are right. The Jews do not con-
| tribute their share to the general reSer-
yoir of means. We do not attribute
this to them as a fault, anymore than
we attribute the absence of architecture
among Semitic races to them as q fault,
but still it increases the popular dislike.
No Jew produces anything,
ploughs, or mines, or builds,
or adds TO the general wealth OF
the world. What he does is to distribute
adroitly, levying toll IN the process, and
the world therefore seems no richer for
him. a project has been talked of this
week for sending half a million or so of
Jews from Russia to America, there TO.
COLOMBO a settlement. They would
not remain a year in that settlement,
and during that year would import all
their food. They were husbandmen
once, diggers, ploughers, vine-dressers;
but it took the stern Mosaic law to bind
them to the soil, and since the disper-
sion they have utterly lost the art;
Granted large and visible tribe OF
Asiatic foreigners, prospecting in all
distributing departments of life, exempt
from by bad harvest and adding moth
ing apparent to national wealth, and we
have explanation enough for hatred Of
illeducated and jealous millions. The
situation is no Justification of the hate
there can for Christians be no justifi-
cation for hatred toward a people-but
it is an exploitation.