The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-08
MAN,S INHUMANITY.

had rendered Their name Oulou,
And yet such is the cas-
in Russia. So monstrous and uncalled 70
indeed have been the prosecutions of thu
Jews in the dominions of the Gar, tina
conservative nations such as England ant
the United States have felt it duty to hole
public gatherings looking in the interest
humanity to an interference with the Rus
sian government calculated to put stop IL
the cruel butchery Of the Jews, If the de
scendants of ABRAHAM in Russia are ~
those in the United States, NOR,
reputable class of citizens could not be de
sired. With us they are frugal and in
dustrious, obedient to the laws, meddl,
with no one else's business and are gen
orally unobiectionable us citizens And i
is consequently almost impossible to con
ceive of the widespread persecution of th'
race in Europe. Some OF the foremost mer
Of the time, linanciers, statesmen, politica
economists, are found in the ranks of the
Jews-such men as Gambctts, CASTELAR,,
the Rothschilds, a short time back ID Israeli
and others too numerous to .Gention,
From all that We can learn. lie representa-
tiycs of the race in Russia are perhaps
the most thrifty and intelligent, and
wlthal the most orderly citizens Of
the cmplG. And yet they have been set
lIbon, their houses RACED to the ground,
their property taken, their old men and
young murcdred and their women actually
outraged by scores by their Russian neigh
bors, directly under the eyes and often
with the assistance of the officers and sol
diers of the regular army. This same gov
eminent, it will be remembered, was very
indignant at the rebellion OF the sonth, and
ent every assistance possible, information
ally, to the effort to. free our
slaves, but to-day tolerates and
connivcs at abuses to which
the southern blacks have ever been stran-
gers. To murder the old and outrage the
helpless and virtuous is the blacklist Of
crimes against humanity, and it is therefore
not matter of wonde: that the better por-
ton of the world is theoretically protesting
against the continuance of these dastardly
acts. The Russian government is very
prompt and powerful in the execution of the
Nihiists for even an evil thought, but de.
clarcs itself poweress to protect the Jew.
1t is OF course, an exceedingly questiona-
Bile policy for one nation to interfere in the
internal affairs of another, and is only per-
missblc on one or two grounds. When the
interests of humanity are at stake such in
reference is not only eXcusable, but proper,
and it is gratifying to notice that the higher
powers are taking the correct course with
the subject. When the United States and
Great Britain say thing shall not be done,
1t isn't likely any other power will turn .
deaf ear to their utterances. 1t cannot be
expected it is true that in the premises
there would be an armed intervention, but
public opinion can be moulded and handled
so rs to force the degraded masses of
Russia into consciousness of the
odious nature of their conduct. 1t is an in
suit to the humanity and progress of the
age that such righteousness is permitted,
whether the victims be Jews, Genties,
Chinese or what-not, and whether II be
done in Russia or the United States.
Tyranny and superstition have so wound
themselves around the subjects of the Mus
covitc, and the press is so iettered and
opinioa so stiflod that it is impossible ia
witness any condemnation Of their popular
mcanness but from the outside world, Al
the late meetings relative to the matter both
In London and New York, the foremost mcI
of the two foremost countries in the
world were present, and 1t is to be hopec
that the influence of their action and thu
energy of their expressions will accomplish
the desired result. II is but the praise
worthy protest of modern aud civilized hu
manity against the re.enacting of thu
bloody and disgraceiul scenes which distin
guishcd antiquity. AT the meeting re
fcrrcd to MS held In New York city las
week, Mn. EvAIrs closed n powerful addrcs
with the following beautiful periods worth.
of attention and reproduction evcrywher
and emitting the cx-sccrctary to the lastin
gratitude of the people in whose bchal
they were uttered; "lt-tho persecution
has prevailed from April until Christina:
and the greatest outrage was on Christina
at Warsaw, when 800 houses aud COO shop
were plundered In that city, and u garriso
of ~ goo soldiers were kept in their barracb
and gave no aid 10 their succor aud obeyc,
no authority to protect them. And thi
was IN the morning when, IN the name q
Christ. peace and good will was rroclsimc,
throughout the world to all men. Thi
was Christmas celebration of Christ
mas day upon the persons and property O
their lclow.mcn. Now, Il may be- said, al
this Is horrible indeed. And yet YOU hav
never looked Ia the lace of one Of those win
were the victims, and you stand IN no drca,
OF the british ignorance and the brutal pas
sions ever being exercised at your risk
This is but one more OF the ever recurring
forms aud instances of that question nske,
80 carly In the history OF our race "Am
my brothers keeper" It is not that, Il |
the oppression of Jews by Russia II is tina
Il Is the oppression Of men and women b,
men and women. and we are men an,
| women