New-York tribune., 1896-05-30

National prejudice even went so far that II gave
| names to the divisions among students in the
first university of Europe. In spite of the asser-
tion-altogether too sweeping 10 be true-that IN
the ghetto "a human species was created IN the
same wav as breeders create an animal species
NJ Leroy Beaulieu goes on to discuss the real
reason for the difference between the Jew and
his neighbors. 1t is his law, his religion ooeyed
for so many centuries trat keeps him as he IS
/ or was for NJ Leroy -Boaueu never let's go OF
the thought that the characteristic peculiarities
OF the Jew seem to be fading away. NOW, the
moral Of all this religious tradition which the
Jew once prided himself upon is Cleanliness
and the Jew became possessed with the idea OF
bodily II not spiritual purity as Of old people be-
came sessed Of the devil. The Talmudlc
Jew" says NJ Leroy -Bcaulieu. seems as II hyp-
Noticed by H." Strict Jews have six hundred ana
thirteen commandments to obey and in the eye
Of tradition cne of these must be as carefully at
tended to as ally Of the rest Most physicians
would probably agree that many OF the rules re-
lating to diet and other bodily affairs are wise
/ regulations But the descent to mere Journalism
is easy The Jew Of the ghetto was often ply
sically dirty in the exact ratio of his ceremonai
cleanliness He kept hygienic law as II II were
a religious precept. On the other hand Tor 'he
sake Of safety in the old times he appeared 10 De
less cleanly that he really was: dirt, like pow
erty was means OF self defence to him. HIS
power Of resisting disease "in the noisom1 nlth
In which he was often compelled to wallow is
largely owing to his fastdious observances. NJ
Leroy -Beaulieu does not observe here that hS
theory as 70 the influence of the ghetto and his
theory as TO the effect Of religious observance
clash irreconcilably and that he has unwittinGly
awarded the victory to force which was Work-
ing cffectually upon the Jew physically, mentally
/ lly thousand
the restrictions Of the ghetto were thought or
! Still he may be right about the changes which
pre making the Jew like other human beings.
singular testimony this possibility Is to he FOUND
in The volume OF Judge Wolf. Nobody mas saur-
lied more bitterly than Jews themselves the lack
of military spirit in the Jewish race If memory
serves Hene had something dsagreeaole To say
on this topic. and Professor Gractz quotes with
aoparent approval a remark of Simone Iuzzatto
| lke Shylock. a Jew of Venice. Professor GraeN
saws that Lizzatto honorably presented both the
bright and dark traits Of the Jews as he knew
! them: and So when I,uzzatto said that the Jewish
nation was "of tmid ard unmany dispo@ition 1t
| Is TO be supposed that he uttered truth Of com
mon acceptance This prejudice has gone further
! in recent times When a writer in THE North
American Review claimed General Rosecrans
| and General Lyon as of Jewish descent, another
contributor rushed into print to assert that in the
| whole course of the Civil War he never
Jewish soldier II would have startled this writer.
| perhaps to know that even Farragut. the great
| est naval commander since the death Of Nelson.
was a descendant of distinguished Hebrew Of
the Middle Ages Judge Wolf wisely aside all
| differences from names as in the case of Lyon.
Rosecrans and Farragut, and yet the result OF his
| Investigations Is a thick volume which shows
that there were 7,O3S Jews in the Union and Con-
|
| 100000 in population Of 10000 00O-and that
| the Jewish race represented also in the Revo-
| luton, in the War o.. 1912. and In the with
| Mexico as we'll as in the Regular Army and Navy.
| In the Revolutionary War the highest rank "a:
| tanned by a Jew that of colonel. and both tn"
| men who reached this rank Isaac Franks and
| David S. Franks became men OF distinction. d.
| s. Franks aide-de-camp 10 Arnold at the
| time of the latters desertlon but proved not only
| his own innocence but that Of Mrs. Arnold In
the War Of 1912 Joseph Bloomfield. Revolution
airy veteran. to the rank of a brga der gen
eral. In the Navy the representative Jew
| Commodore Urah Phillips Levy the father Of
the law for the abolition Of the ba rbaroCs prac-
tce Of corporal punishment in the United States
NAVY In the Confederate servic, there were
Judah p Benjamin. Secretary Of War and David
de Leon, a veteran Of the Mexican War. Surgeon
General. In the Union Army Edward s Solomon
| Of Illinois: Leopold Blumenberg of MARYLAND and
Philip ]. Joachmsen. Of New-York. were made
rgsdier-general5 by brevet. and Frederick
Knefer major-general by brevet. study Of sta
tstics would have to be made to find what pro-
portion Of men rose to high rank out Of a given
number Of soldiers. But 1t may be put down once
far all. taking the world 1t is. that Jew did
not get to be a general In an American army
! without deserving his promotion. Judge WOlrs
! book also alludes TO the share which Jews had in
other wars In the New World, and in particular
reproduces a narrative from the papers Of Jared
Sparks OF the financial services Of Haym Solomon
to the United Sta "s In the time of the Revolution
which have never been repaid and the interesting
account by l.. F. Chittenden of the way an Eng
llsh Jew saved the United States enormous losses
from ships meant for Rebel prvateers by a vol.
untary loan OF II 900 900 In gold as deposIt 70
prevent the vessels from leaving England There
Is naturally much routine reading in such q boob,
but it is on the whole. one Of the most important
contributions to Jewish history that has bee,
made since the Wars OF the Maccabees were writ
ten up by an unknown reporter. 1t puts the Jew
In new ligh; even before his own eyes
Turning back with Professor Kent to the be-
ehhihgs OF the Hebrew race, one cannot but
lie struck by the fact that the Jewish coemo-
politansm Of the present lay had its counterpart
In the remotest past. Clinging as they did to
certain main ideas Of their own. the Hebrews
were still susceptible to every impression from
without. The country into which they were
thrown TO complete their evolution as race was
well calculated, az the author describes t. to
perfect the qualities Of adaptability to all con-
ditions. Nearly all the climates Of the world
Were represented in Canaan. Commerce between
the great civilizations of old times had to pass
through the country. and the Of Egypt
and Mesopotamia were fought there. Nature
and humanity conspirsd to make the Hebrew
what ne has been from that day to this capable
Of the most diverse achievement but rarely