The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-13
wHArTHE WORLD OWES THE JEW
A Tribute to the Race by a Famous
Orator.
George r. Vending.

a Tribute to the Race by a Famous
Orator.
George r. Vending.
There is not drop of Jewish blood in
my veins; / am not connected with the
Jews by the marriage Of any near or dis
tant kinsman; ! owe no Jew dollar and
no Jew owes me. / speak fron the want
age ground OF absolute independence. 1t
is a splendid race, splendid IN Their pa
tience. in their love for one another. in
their endurance. in their sagac!ty and tenn
perate habits, ana splendid n their iEnex-
Idle adherence To their Mosaic ideals. Do
you want an aristocracy Of blood and
birth? The Jews are the purest blooded
people and have the best established de-
scent In the world. Not Mirabeau IN the
French convention, nor Patrick Henry in
the house OF burgesses, nor Sam"
Adams In the old Colonial days ever said a
more thrilling thing than DisraAH said in
the English commons in reply 10 the
charge that he was a jew Yes, am a
jew When the ancestors Of the honora-
bic gentleman were brutal savages in an
unknown island, mine We're priests n the
Temple!'
Do you seek an aristocracy OF talent?
The great church historian Neander Was a
Jew; Napoleon's marshais. Soult and Mas
sena. were Jews: the brilliant and cyr.cal
Heine was a jew and-Dut the worlds
roll or great soldiers, authors, musicians
painters. poets, philosophers and financ.ers
contain more Hebrew names than I could
recite in many hours. Are you looking for
an aristocracy OF wealth? The combined
financial power OF the Jews in Europe can
prevent the floating Of almost any national
loan which may be put UPON the markets
OF the world! II is a spurious. false Chris
tian.ty that hates Jews. The mystery Of
the incarnation found expression in the
flesh and blood OF Jew We get our ten
,gvzay
clvilization-through the Jews. We sing
Jewish psalms, are uplifted by the passion
and poetry OF Jewish prophets and rely
on Jewish biographies for the only history
we have OF Christ. We get our Pauline
theology from i Jew, and we catch cur
clearest glimpses Of the next world through
the apocalyptic vision OF a Jew Then,
forsooth. we Christians turn about and
sheer at Jews! / have conversed with
teachers Of philosophy who spoke slight
ingly OF the Jews. and yet were teaching
With enthusiasm ideas which they had alb
sorbed from Maimonides and Spinoza. the
two greatest philosophers, emitting Kant,
since Plato's day-both of them Jews. /
have heard musicians denounce Jews and
then spend days and nights trying to in
terpret the beauties Of Ross.ni, Meyerbeer
and Mende.ssohn-all Jews
/ talked the other day with a gifted ac-
tress, and heard both her and her husband
sweepingly condemn. c0nfidentially. Of
course. the whole race Of Jews. and vet
that woman would give half her remain
ing lie II she could only reach the heights
which the great queen Of tragedy. Rachel
trod with such majesty and power-aud
Rachel was a Jewess. Here in Washing
ton City, have heard aspiring politicians.
when beyond the reach OF the reporters
pencll, sheer at Jews and yet II was a
Jew who made Englands queen empress
Ta4x
years vas the adroit and SPACIOUS chair
man OF the national committee Of one OF
our great political parties. The brainiest
man in the Southern Confederacv was
judah p BENJAMIN, a Jew. and Chase.
When managing our national finances in A
perilous time. owed much OF his success
10 the constant advice Of a New York Jew
ihat YOU never see a Jew tramp or A Jew
cFunkard Is a proVerb, that you never meet
Jew oeggar IS a commonplace. and II is
statistical fact that there are relatively
fewer Inmates OF the hospitals. ians and
warehouses furnished ny the Jews than
any other race contributes. Suppress the
Jews 4 score Of Russian Cars cannot
do IL Every people on earth have tried
X ana jailed. They have Outlivad the TIL
d'rs and the Plantagenets the Roman5ffs.
the tyranny OF spain. the dvnaStfes 81
France, CharlesnsEne. Constantine. the
caesars. the RabT.onian kings and the
Egyrtian Fharaohs 1t was Gods own
race Tor 900 years, ana the awful perse~1t-
ton IL has survived for :. go more star1Ds
y IS a race SIN bearing some mysterious
FeAfion 70 the plans Of the Eternal The
beauty and nGHli'y Of the Jewish women
command my homage. and amoaa, wealthy
ana educated Jews the exquisite refinement
~ JeweSses. their culture and hfrh breed
ing. blended with q sort 81 Oriental grace
ana dignity. put them among the most
charming women I'm the world