The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-14
JEWS DEFENDED.
A Scholarly Defense ofthe Race BY
a Gentle.
TO OLDEST NATION
Ofwhlsh We Have rIsRseOra-Dis-
rplr, FanouS Response Ia the IiOas' Of
Commons-sOms Remarkable Facts that
are sonotlmss FOrEOtt'n-whai the
Rass Has Done for Civilization.

The following remarkable article, en-
titled '.The Jew" and signed "A Gem
tile" Is from the Ennis, Texas, Even
lnF Meteor:
man l openly sneered ut the Jews, ana
/ find IN my maturer years that tho
habit hangs to the youthful GENTLE OF
| tho rising generation with no Abnte-
| ment OF bitterness and scorn. Is II NOT
| limo that there was some serious pro-
| test made against this detesthble anti
Jewish feellug7 II Is un-Christlln,
| inhuman and un-American; ana ! Tor
one, wish TO make amends for my Tor
mer brutality for this vindicahon Tor q
| splendid race. There Is not drop OF
Jewish blood In my veins, nor am al
| lied to them In marriage or IN any way
| owe no Jew a dollar, nor does any
| Jew owe me- I speak, therefore, as an
| absolutely independent man. uninIu-
| enced By any consideration except the
desire 70 help right q great wrpng.
The preludiccs against the jewish
people arises in almost in every In
| stance, from the objectionable person
| atty OF an Individual. and not from the
characteristics OF the entire race. Ihe
mass OF Jews are almost invariubiy
I luuktl " TIC hAhAT - -
| Unfair. How would we GcndleS fare,
| I'm the estimation OF the unpreludleed
| Man IN the Moon, let VI say, u We were
| Judged by our criminals. sneaks, croohs
| 4 race, ask TO be gluEed by our Eooiest
/ characters, but in turn cannot turn our
[ eyes above the level OF the Dickens type
| of jew when We come 20 consider that
people In the abstract, / say Il shows
| an amazing narrowness OF mind;
Talk Of aristocracy OF blood ana olrth
the Jews are the purcst FLOODED OF
any aristocracy, and their descent Is
| the best established OF any people on
| the ,.sSt.. lsght well dti Dlsrash
| ply 10 the house OF commons that he
| was a Jew: Eyes, am Jew! When
/ the arrtators OF the honorable gentle
men wera naked savAges inan unknown
| island on the banks OF the ThAines'
mine were princes ia the temple OF SOL
onion" IL 70 this consciousness OF ms
proud descent, Joined to u patience
| which Is sublime IN its quality, that mas
| enabled the Jew TO endure every FORM
of persecution which the malignity Of
man could devise throughout the des-
| potlsm OF n hundred kings; that en-.
/ ablei him to suffer torture and hre ana
| hldeous punishm ent during the middle
| ages: expulsion from Great Britain IN
/ the thirteenth century; from trance
| in the fourteenth. from Spain IN the
very year that Columbus called Tor
/ America: from Russia in this year OF
grace 1887. The marvel OF II al Is tnhs
In direct opposition to the motives OF
/ self interest he has held 10 his father 5
faith. inflcxible adhercnts to his Mosaic
ideals. Without country, without a
common, living language, without
nag, without u political bond OF union
the Jews exist to-day a perfectly as
tlnct and indestructible race, having
survived all the empires which en-
deavor to destroy them. II Is the mar
vel OF history! II surely may be haz-
aried that a race which could survive
two thousand years OF flercest persecu-
ton must bear, in some near or remote
degree, u mysterious relation 10 the
plans Of the Eternal.
what a past Is theirs! They have
given to mankind the Bible; the sub
! FINEST OF religious prophecies, the most
eloquent OF sacred songs were written
| by the Jews" Three great religions
wer, por in Judea--JGdClsm. Chris.
tianity, Islam. When Europe lay in
the darkness OF ignorance the Jews held
aloft the torch OF learning. From their
rank came the best philosophy, the
greatest physicians, the ablest imam.
cIcr.. From this a1lstOcrnIi OF t..'ent
came the great church historian, Mean
der, the most eloquent living states
man, Emilio CASTELAR,. Of Spain; the
| great politician. Gambetta. OF France;
Count Arnim. Of Germany; Lnsker, OF
Prussia; Judah T. Benjamin. OF the
| Southern confederacy; Disraeli, OF
Great Britain: the two greatest PHI
| loSopherS. except Kant, since Platos
day-Spinoza and Malmonides, those
inspired musicians, Rosln' Menuels-
III T. HanFN n ~ -
| erbeer; the painter. Munkacsy; two
actresses OF surprising genius. Rachel
and BernharLt: the great philanthro-
plsta. Sir Moses Montefiore and Baron
| HirFch: nnd-but the world Is so
crowded with eminent Jews In every
department OF literature, science, art,
| finance and politics that l could not
enumerate them in many hours. a
! majority OF the professional chairs in
Germany y, occupied to-day by Jews;
| two-thlryls OF European journalism
Is controlled by them; their financial
power in Europe can prevent the float
| ing OF any national loan. or LOO
wholesale firms In various lines, be-
Nv. ,n Canal street and Union Square,
New York, over 1000 are Hebrews; ave
elghthS OF the New York real estate
transfers are on their account. In that
city their banking capital Is over $780,
| 900. 900; their holdings OF re1l esuhleONer
500, 900. OOO. Most significant OF all.
while they comprise ten per cent OF the
population they contribute less than
one per cent to the criminal clnsses
Whoever saw Jew drunkard or a jew
tramp? What race OF people has pro-
duced such types OF beauty. fidelity,
superb dignity and high breeding as
are found In the Jewish women OF the
educated and refined class.
The belief that the Jews are all dis
honest Is half nonsense and falsehOod.
Reform away this wicked preJudlcei
Rise above Individual dlsllkes! Stand
out agninst this anti-Jcwish sentiment,
for It Is born OF the devil and Is dctcst-
ablel NO man can share II who be-
| lIeyes in the universal fathcrhood OF
God and the universal brotherhood Of
man."
A Vail nF Mat