The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22

and dispersed to the four winds OF
Heaven. But to give narrative OF
the lew we must follow him, despiSed
and forsaken as he is by almost
every part of the world.
The brief breathing spell which
the exiles enjoyed in Johns domin-
ion (Ruler of PortugaD was quickly
at an end. He broke the promise
that he had made them and many
were sold as slaves. In 1887 the
towns of Deckendorf and Bararia
witnessed the massacre of its Jewish
inhabitants and a church built in
homer of it may still be seen at the
present day. On Easter Sunday in
1880 in the reign of the Emperor
Wenzel, the Jews of Prague and
neighboring towns were butchered
by the thousands. In 1894 they
were banished from France and were
not permitted to return. When
Granada fell into the hands of the
"Catholic King" the doom of the
Spanish Jew was sealed. From the
palace of the Alhambra the irrevo-
cable decree of their exile went forth.
In August, 1895 they left the inhos-
pitable land which they had so dear
ly loved, and while Columbus sailed
westward to discover a new home
for the down-trodden and oppressed
of all nations, they, robbed of their
fortune and cast adrift upon the
world, knew not whittier to return to
shelter. The detestable Germans
and French rose up against them,
people of fierce countenance, that
had no respect to the persons of old,
neither had they mercy upon the
young, and they said "Let us be re-
venged for our Messiah upon the
Jews that are among us, and let US
destroy them from being nation,
that the name of Israel may be no
more in remembrance. With one
impulse the enemies rushed to the
city of Treves and began relentless
violation and carnage of every Jew
they could find. The same bloody
scenes were repeated in the city of
Worms, Cologne and Metz. In
Mayence they fled to the Bishops
palace; but in vain; a havoc of 1900
took place. The synagogues were
the books of the law were
trampled in the dust. The furious
band passed on; every where the
track of the crusaders were deeply
marked with Jewish blood.
A fourth of century elapsed for
the Jews to multiply again their de-
voted race, and to heap up new
treasures to undergo their inalienable
doom of plunder and carnage. A
second storm was seen collecting in
the distance; and like a bird of evil
omen which predicts the tempest,
the Monk, Randolph, passed through
the cities of Germany to preach the
duty, of wreaking vengeance on this
race of people. The signal for the
of the Jews ran through
the cities of the Rhine and 1900
were cut down by the sword. Two
of the ringleaders of the mob in
Seville who were at the head of
raging crowd for the purpose of
killing the Jews, were arrested by
legal process. The mob turned upon
the civil authorities and rescued the
prisoners; but in short time the
tumult broke out in ten-fold fury
and the first thing was to attack the
Jews, general plumber and massa-
ere took place, of men, and women,
old and young. The fire and sword
was not spared in any part of the
city; the streets of the great city ran
with blood, and in suming up the
distress of this race of people here
we will find that four thousand per
ished in the storm. Hardly more
than a year had passed, when in one
day (Aug. Sth) the enemies of this
race of people rose in Cordova and
in Toledo. each of these cities"
says Spanish author, "was another
Troy" all the horrors of a town
taken by storm were suffered by the
Jews. Which were the least Chris
tan, those who enforced, or those
who embraced the faith? Can you
name another race that has met such
persecution2
We have now viewed this race of
people from the Atlantic - the
Caspean, from the Baltic to the