The herald., 1895-12-10
THE INVASION OF A BIGOT

Herr Most, the anarchist, is q respect
able philosopher and q public bene-
factor beside that personificstion of
early century bigotry and despicable
prejudice, Herr Ahlwsrdt, the German
anti-semitic sgitator, who assumes the
liberty Of affecting his odious person
ality on the free and intelligent people
of this try.
The visitations Of Most are at least
mitigated by the fact that he processes
to desire to better the condition of the
masses, and his impassioned, often
absurd harangues, have been after all
more for the purpose of calling stten-
ton to certain admitted social wrongs,
than to arouse class antsgonisms. But
this bull-headed demsgogue, Ahlwsrdt,
invades republic dedicated to the
equality of the races, and the freedom
of religious belief, as the emissary of
barbario race-hstred and the minister
of religious intolerance. He comes
for the avowed purpose of creating
social discord and developing creed
antagonism by vilifying and rid
iculing considerable, import
ant and law-sbiding portion of
the people of the United States. He
is a Jew-bsiter, and the lectures with
which he hopes to extract gold from
the pockets Of the American public
will be platform excavations of the
Hebrew and the Hebrews religion
The Hebrew may not have a monop-
oily of the desirable attributes of char
acter, but neither has he corner on
the opposite type. And the religion
he holds is his own and his clesving to
it does not interfere with the religious
freedom OF others. As class it can
be said of the Jews OF this republic
that they mind their own business,
keep the peace, and are willing to
allow others to worship or not to
worship in the name of religion, &C.
cording to the dictates Of conscience.
No Jewish platform spouter or rabbi
of this or any other country is per-
smbulating around defsming the char
acter of the people Of other nation
slities and assailing with malice and
without charity the religious senti-
ments of those who believe differ
emily.
This country has no room for the
Ahlwardt stripe of bigot. He repre-
sents theory and practice that are
repugnant to every American instinct,
and he stands for forces that are patent
only for inharmony, bitterness and So
cial disturbance. He stands for the
spirit of persecution that seems to have
survived centuries of enlightening in
huences, and to inspire multitude of
men to deny to others the liberty of
thought in matters of religion that
they claim for themselves. Such PEG.
pie, if vested with sufficient power,
would cheerfully re-ensct the horrors
of the Inquisition and duplicate the
atrocities of the most fanatical Puri-
tans.
This ambassador of strife should be
rendered reception by the American
people, which in the abundance of its
inhospitslity would teach him and his
fellow bigots that in this country the
entertainment and observance of creeds
rests solely on the conscience of the
individual, that before the bar of Amer
lean public opinion all men are honest
who honestly believe and act, that
neither race nor creed can bar one from
public preferment or public esteem
That the spirit of republicanism is the
spirit of equality, fraternity and peace,
md not that of discrimination, antag-
lism and war. He should be obliged
return home poorer and if possible
a-oader man than when he came.
N violation of the grave in tina
ne" established Catholic cemetery is
one the most disgrsceful affairs that
ever :curred in this city. The man
OF Ihe-the assertion that the work
was ool by children is rank absurd
ity-whthus expressed their spite or
ihoeceht'gotry should, if discovered,
oe gwen ne utmost limit Of ths law.
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