Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-04
.BOERS AND bR|TONS,
Rev. Dr. {, n. Ca|isch Interest
ingIy Discusses Their War;
UPHOLDS THE ENGLISH ARMS
Compares the Civilization Of the
Two Peoples.
THE AFRIIlANDER MUST sUccuMB'
where Advanced Civilization Meets
That of n Lower order, the Higher
Must Succeed-The DominiOns of
Palms and Pines. {.

Rev. DR.. e. N. Callsch. The eloquent
rabbi of Beth Ahaba synagogue, preach
ed last evening TO a large congregation
on the war between the Boer and the
Briton.
Taking his text from Zechariah xiv, g.
Rabbi Calisoh began by saying that ne
did not presume t. was necessary to
state that he DID not propose to discuss
the subject from a political or diplomatic
standpoint but rather from that OF the
dispassi0nate spectator, who, while he
might have his sympathies with one side
or the other. yet is merely an onlooker.
The pulpit was a participant in human
struggles. yet it was the province OF the
pulpit to be the invariable guide, to ma
out the lessons Of LIES incidents, to dis
cover the pattern Of Gods plans as they
were being woven In the wool Of the
veArs by the shuttle Of human endeavor.
II was a striking coincidence, he con-
tinued. that the close of this marvellous
century should md the two foremost ma
tions Of the world I'm conflict with most
distant and inferior peoples. The cynical
observer of affairs would say that the
real cause behind the present crisis in
tbe Transvaal was the lust and greed
that affected nations, as well as indi-
viduals. and the Beers were being saeri-
eced upon the altar of British territorial
greed
DOAHNIONS OVER PALM AND PINE.
Granting the cynic the correctness oil
his diagnosis. yet it could not but be OBJ
served that the course Of affairs pointed
, very important moral. Nations Of old
had vast possessions, but they did not
compare with the vast empires beng
built no by England and America, the
.dominfous over palm and pine that
were co-extensiye with the confines OF
the earth. 1t is the inevitable logic OF
human destiny, the evolution of the hish-
est and the best in human possibilities
rho survival Of the fttest, remembering
alV-avs that in the fnality Of things TINS
means Of the morally fittest.
From the standpoint Of humanity it
docs seem cruel. and mayhap even I'M
inst that the small nations are not per-
nittcd 10 work out their salVa'loh az
cordine 10 their own lights, that the par
barian should nit have as much Ilbh, !"
bie land as the civilized man has to ms
pnt the truth is that he has, 70 certain
ov,ent as long as he does not come IN
coraict with civilization. It Is true thal
+be barbarian should have rights winch
civilization ought 20 respect Dul IL - IT.
&c RIO that civilization has rights which
~ bsrbarian il bound 10 observe. a man
u,bo lives on the outskirts OF CITY, or III
tho Isolation of the fields. may MAINTAIN
a nuisance Of dirt and fifth, and no one
will say him aUght But when the 0l,S
grows 10 10 him, and clean-lNlhg heisn
bors are contiguous 10 him, then ne must
abate his nuisance and clean up MS prem
ises This is barbarism and ciViiizaIo" III
miniature. - .ho
In the present instance, granting 10 the
pre- an that has been said 70 their ere
AZ fbeir courage, humane treatment OF
british wounded and prisoners; granting
e,,on the Justice of their claims and con
tortions vet it must be admitted thal
comnared 10 the BritOn, the Boer Is as
he barbarian to the civilized man Hi9
is an arrested development, the culture
- .bo seventeenth century, where KNOW
10 arts. sciences, civil ana relslous
riobts are held in check by the Drulal
mower Of fanatic ignorance.
THE ROER MUST SUCCUMB.
7. has been said that II it were not Tor
the cold and diamonds In their iahu ~
ono would have ever molested them; th1'
it was simply the horde OF S9lu-seeNo'9'
adventures, spectators, ana u'a'i.oi'
hunters that have brought on the -
bles leading 10 the present criais' ~ -.
,,-bicb may be doubtless true, put IL uo'9
". aItar the tnoNorable fact that Wheh
tho cttilization represented by the Briton
,,oats tho civilization represented Dy 'ne
Ioor mo matter what The agencies th"t
,-,,,,ybr them together, the latter must
inevitably succumo. ., ,.o,ro-
me reason for this r., that one iePlo-
sents the agency that makes Aot uu Liz
hrotherhood and the other IOI lhc 49,
tbat retards its advent. Inc hlBneS' iue',i
Of humanity is its common prolhernoou,
bound together by the silKen coeu1 "a
Ii,,e and tokening the common tathet-
bood ~ God. our material progress IS
ono Of the most effective means Oh spiedu-
80 tbis eospel OF love. Art, invention,
discovery commerce, these are the OUT
elders of the chariot Of CIVILIZATION. $50
I,rfon is the characteristic OF DarDatlsh'
fraternizstion Is the fruit Of that clViilzd-
zion RS powers are the ones tnat ami
buate time. distance, and training;
that uprOot territorial limits ma
tional boundaries. and linguistic bar
riors. that are breaking down the
vous that custom. language, ira
dition and selfish interests have mace
nm 10 keep nations apart that nave mace
rstbs az the heaving oceans roadWays
~ the massive mountains, messengers
Of the lighting. 10 bring people unto
neonIe and tribe unto tribe, and race
unto race. that they may better kho" ;
each other. and knowing. clasp hahds'
and in that touch recognize that under
an the varieties of human development.
there IL vet the one, same humanity, ana
AM children OF the one same God.
who will deny the beauty OF this hope
mr. the happiness Of its realization? Ana
that which opposes II must yieiG' Il ho'
IN the forces OF inherent decay or out
lived usefulness. then 10 the pressure OF
external arms; every influence that stands
I'm the way Of the contamination or TINS
far-of divine event must perish. our
svmoathies may 30 out to the defeated
nationalties. but the logic OF history Will
demand the sacrince.
The nations can appeal TO the great
tribunal of Time. and IL Is then seen tEaL
only that which is founded on righteous
ness and maintained in justice will sur
yiye all else Is grass that withereth and
flower that fadeth.
The speaker closed by referring TO the
unexampled pe.petuity OF the Jews, say
ing that their survival testified 70 the
moral mission which they had 10 fufni'
and that their continued survival was
L he.