The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-01-29

VI luSl puIuiudJ h'IiNSd ah Shi
torial, headed periodical Perse
cution." =" The truism, "God say,
me from my friends" is more ap
plicable in this instance than il
many that came to MY notice TO
some days. The article is vel
lNeant, but the mixture of facts
an,l fancy is such, as apt to pro
duce an impression contrary tC
what WIS intended to convey. Tc
90 into d,Ntails and controvert the
many unh.istorical statements,
crowded into tire space of that one
column editorial, would require
more indulgence than | could pos
sibly ask for, and / only beg to
point out a few errata in order to
mitigate the peculiar impression
said article has left, nolens volens,
on the unprejudiced mind.
In the very beginning it is sta
ted: "Some writer says the
world witnesses an outbreak OF
anti-Semitic feeling at the close OF
every century, etc." Withyou per-
nit, Sir: This is not strictly his
torical. Anti-Jewish outbreaks pre-
ceded the advent of Christianity.
They were the elimination of race
preiudices between Arians and
Semites, but no religious motives
ever caused such hostilities. This
changed when Christianity, in a
most inexplicable manner, ascend
ed the throne of the Caesars. Then
religious and race prejudices com
bined to make the life of the Jew
miserable. No matter whether
it was tho beginning, the middle
or the end of a century, it was
always the same cry: The Jew
must 90 to the stake! In only
two notable instances the asser-
ton of the writer, above men
toned, is correct, viz: The ban
ishment of the Jews from England
by Edward | in 1890, and the same
cruel treatment accorded to them
by their most Catholic majesties,
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain in
1892. The close of the 18th and
18th centuries was rather favor
able to the pariahs of society, and
the days of Voltaire, Rousseau,
Mendelssohn, Lessing, Nicolai,
Dohm and others gave rise to the
hope, that anti-Semitic outbreaks
would forever remain memory
only of Mediaevalism. Alas, how
sadly we have been deceived
Indeed, the present bodies no good
In the above stated editorial the
cause for these sad anti-Semitic
outbreaks is traced to the fact that
the Jews are gradually acquiring
the lions share of wealth and
power". Money is power-not
knowledge" To this l most en-
phatically object. Exempla sunt |
illustrate! There is not a Jew on
this globe who can measure his
wealth with any one of the Van
derbuilts, Rockafellers, Astors, |
Stanfords and others. The
Rothchilds are collectively
money power, but no single indi
vidual among them can successful
ly compare with our American
plutocrats.
if there is q Shylock or a Fagin
among the Semites land there is
none), 1t Is Arian love that has
made him SO. Reverse the axiomsi
knowledge is power-not money
md l agree with you, From the
oldest to the most modern times
he Jew has been power in the
world of science, He brought with
'plces and luxuries Oriental wis
!om TO the Occident, and during
he dark era of Mediaevalism, pre-
erEed Bible and science, that both
nay not be lost to civilization. 1t
S impossible to go into details,
,ut permit me to state briefly, /
hat it was Jewish geographer
Who made the discovery of
america a possibility. He drew
he original charts which guided
christopher Colon on his great
Quincy,
''The Jew is greedy" is stated
q the editorial. she is, In many
ases, merciless. " "Many Jews |
re bad And so are many Chris ,
ians, said George Eliot in her
)aniel Deronda. The jew is no {
etter, nor is he worse than his