The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-03
TIE CAkpINAls AM rng JEWS

Cardinals Manning and Gibbons on th
Persecution of the Jews in RusSiA.
Dr.. aaron Hahn IN the HebreW Observer.
On October 80 the Jews OF Grea
Britain presented the English Cardina
Manning, on the occasion of his silve
jubilee, with an address expressing thei
appreciation OF his great and noble worl
done in behalf of the prosecuted CO
religionists in Russia and elsewhere
The following ia the full text of the re
ply made by that high prelRLe to thl
Jews Of Great Britain:
"Until received an official announce
ment that you had prepared to greet mt
on this twsnty.tiith year Of my work ii
London, had no thought OF receiving
such an act OF kindness at your handS
You will not, therefore, think that
have doubted your kindliness towards
me. ] have in these many years haC
constant evidence OF your good will
You may be sure, therefore, that your
presence here to-day, aud the only to-
favorable words Of your address are most
grateful to me. Let me Hsk you to &C
cept my most heartfelt thanks. Fol
nearly forty years London has been my
home: and in that time all forms Of
suffering snd poverty, as we'll aH
OF vice, have come before me.
can therefore bear witness to
the charity and generosity oil
my Jewish fellow.countrymen. havt
found them forward in all our good
works. In the care OF your children, Of
your sick, and Of your poor, you give us
noble example OF generosity and efiici.
ency. You areinAexible, as we are also,
in maintaining that education Is essen
TALLY religious work. Your schools,
az ours, are firmly and fearlessly religi.
GUS. have been witneas OF your care
of the sick in the festival Of the Metro
politan Free Hospital. OF the walchful
care OF your poor have had full eyi
dence. When, driven out by tyrsnnH
in Russia, they came over in multitudes
to ourRhores, was witness OF your wise
and efficient administration. Such art
some Of the direct and personal motives
which have prompted true good will
towards you on my part; and your pres
ence here to-day assures me that 1t exists
towards mo as truly on yours.
But there are higher and more con-
motives which have impelled
me to the words and actions which, in
your address, you esteem go far beyond
their worth. I should not be true TO
my own faith did not venerate yours.
There are, / believe, only three indie.
elements in the history Of
people and faith OF Israel the
Catholic church, sprung from It; and
the world, which has prosecuted both
Sometimes, perhaps, we have wronged
one another, for all are not Chris.
tians who are called Christian, and
Ill are not OF Israel who are called
Many deeds dark and terrible
have, no doubt, been done OF which
Israel is guiltless; as. also, in many mis-
deeds the Catholic Church is without a
stain. The world is perpetually recruit
ed from both sides by those who are un.
worthy OF the name they bear. AS the
world grows in mass, 1t grows in malice !;
and il our forecasts are true, might
even Bay-forasmuch as what is foretold
ls certain-the warfare OF the world
against all who believe in God will grow
and spread 10 power for it's final conflict
and It's final destruction.
Happily, in the British Empire, where
by equal laws and brotherly charity all
lust and honorable careers OF life are
upsp, our Jewish fellow countrymen are
loyal, peaceful and generous IN the ser.
vice OF the commonwealth. They share
our strength and they add to It. I'm.
happily, not 80 in other lands. But
both the GAUGE and the remedy are in
the hands OF those who complain and
deClaim against you. Men become what
their rulers make them. Penal codes
make loyal men disloyal, and social
vexations generate animosities which
crush the weak and sting men
TO madness. The greater the
power, tho greater should be the
humanity and the tolerance Of those
whom ages have brought low. You have
referred to my share in the outbursts OF
indignation in 1882 against the persecu-
zion Of your CO reiiglouists in Russia.
Take it from me as personal pledge
that what was done in 1882 shall, If God
80 will, be done again. will now ask
you to accept my heartfelt thanks for
your generous words and acts to-day (;
and I will ask you further to make my
thanks known to those whom you repre-.
sent in the United Kingdom. May all
grace and blessing be upon you and your
homes. CARDINAL MANNING.
Ofthe same tenor is the following let
ter, by the Baltimore Cardinal, James
Gibbons, addressed to the Jet0iSh Erpo.
nent Of Philadelphia:
i BALTIMORE, December IS.
Every friend of humanity must de.
plore the Systematic persecution OF the
Jews in Russia. For my part cannot
we'll conceive how Christians can enter.
tain other than kind sentiments toward
the Hebrew race, when consider how
much we are indebted to them. We
have from them the inspired volume Of
the Old Testament, which has been the
consolation in all ages to devout souls.
Christ, our Lord, the founder Of our re.
ligion, His blessed mother, as well aa the
apostles, were all Jews, according 10 the
flesh, These facts attach me strongly To