The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-11
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.he letter Written by HIM in Defense
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-ne letter Written by HIM in Defense o
the Jews.
Baron Anseim Won Rothschild, of
v '''r wro'c ,hn arn.veS let'e TO rof-
Prediges Stoecker, of Berlin, the instisa or
g. re anli-oeMit.c as.,a.iuu III usr..u,.
lie says: &
VIENNA November, 1881.
10 the Court Preacher, Stoecker:
SIR-lt l am correctly informed, your
physicians once advised you 10 take plenty
of exercise, and since then you have been
almost constantly employed inanti- Semitic
movements. This matter really. concerns
me Very little, for, thank God, Austria has
not vet advanced so far on the path of in
telligence INC refinement us to possess a
"~Judenhetze, snch MS the cultivated city
of Berlin can boast of. Bnt still, I should
like TO call the attention of Your reverence
to certain grave errors which have crept in
to your speech, recently delivered i'll the
German Parliament.
You said in hat address, Behind me
stand the Millions" You are mistaken; the
millions stand behind me, and if you doupt
this you are respectfully invited to visit my
counting house, where ample pioof shall be
given you. You contend that "the Jewish
usure1s have ruined all classes of people,"
Now, pray tell me, my dear court preacher,
who goes TO the Jewish usurer? Is it not
those whose credit is exhausted? And if
their fellow-men will not t1ust them any
longer, are not they already ruined before
they seek this last resort-tbe Jewish usurer2
This is only another of many cases where
the Jew is made the scapcgoat for the otlep-
Sc, OF his %neighbor. J
You say further that the Jews, out of IL.
pr portion to their numbers, assisted by
tn1art md r,v,ta1 nyorcica n ,,,,htr ,rA,,
ence in the community. / am really sur
pr'sed that this should surprise you. AS if
tale At had not, from time immemorill, held
tnu scepter. Would you rather that this
world should be ruled by fcols than by wise
mon? And as far as the disproportion of
our numbers is concerned, We J VS. cannot
help hut feel highly h.ttcied if We 20. sess
more talent than our Gentle countrymen.
And as for II power us capitalists, this is
the result of our business genius and econo-
my. Why do not the Chlis ms initiate us?
Do We hinder them from earning money or
from saving ii?
"TheJews shorldbe more modest" you
say. 1t Is true that mo1esty is 4 most de-
slrable virtue, suited alike to jew and Cen
tile, but as Goethe has it, Only ~sconndrels
are modest Now, among Jews there are SO
few scoundrels, IL then really it is much
tuSitI " u Gutli pltiltlltI W 10 uiUOSSl
than for n Jew. Ii a court preacher dis
plays that commemorate virtue. his flock
will bow before him and cxclaim: $50
mighty aud yet so modest" Let II Jew be
modest and he is kicked and spurned, and
the mob say, Served him right"
You aver that the Jew in Lessing's "Na-
than" is no Jew at ali, but a Christian.
With the same right l might say the Court
Preacher Stoecker is 40 Christian, but un
ap5siute Jew who has banded himself with
some harLarous -ellc of the middle ages to
prosecute a miserable anti Semitic ngita-
ton. But l VIII not say this, MS I would
not desire to SO grossly insult my co .reig-
ionists.
Iour friend Bachem is of the opinion
thattae people are backing him. ! Will ad-
mitthat there is a 60 lie in bis wake, but
as Il German philosopher once said: There
are enough wretches in the world to back
any bad cause" Your friend also INDUCES
il the crushing accusation that the Jews
are grain spectators. Now, do you know
who was the first Spectator in grim?
None other than the Jew, Joseph, in Esyst,
although at that tune there was no court
preacher TO discover any crime in his ac-
ucn, and the people were grateful to him.
III one of your d~iscourses you once ex
claimed: Look at Herr Won Bleichroeder.
tie has more money than all the erangel-
lcal preachers put together" Now, l am
sure that Ii .rr Won Bleichrocder has never
said: Look at Court Preacher Stoecker.
He earns more money by a single sermon
than a hundred Jewish firms do in a whole
year"
In conclusion. if you will not admit hat
the Jews have any good qualities, You will
at least not envy them for The little money
they may possess. If i'll spite of their
wealth they cannot prevent, in tho year Of
1881, the formation Of an agitation against
them, what would become of them if they
had no money? IT is true the Jews prt
some value on wealth, and must say that
would rather be a rich jew thsn a puul
Christian. Bat then, are there not poo,
Christians who would rather be rich Jews?
Even you, most reverend sir, might, per-
haps, be willing to change positions with
me (and l tia,tar myself that YOU would not
make so bad a bargaipl. For myself, | en-
only say that if [ were not Iothscbild, l
should still be very far frsm wishing my
self the Court Preacher Stoecker.
Very respectfully,
a. Won R~oTHScu1L.D.