Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-03

treated than any government would
allow any man to treat n dumb brutei
He was jew. Why the clannshness
of the ghet5o? Because the gentle by
snccrs and SCOTS refuses to associate
with the jew; therefore the Jew finds
most of his associations with the jew.
why the public ridicule against class
of men who are the greatest financiers
ana masters of barter and gain Of the
world; Because for centuries the Jew
had no way of making Il living except
through barrier and gain and rs p
money lender. lie cOulG not hold land
for tic princes and the people would
rob him Of his land. lie could not &c
into statccraft or into the army, be.
cause there he was not allowed TO go
Though SOcia! recognition in certain
regions is now accorded 10 the Hebrew
race, as the British house OF lords has
been opened to them. yet even today a
strong barrier to social prcicrment Is
thc fact Of q man belonging 10 thai
race, representative of which Shake.
spcare ilnmurtaii2od In ShylOci. the
cruel and rcmorseless creditor
Obliserntc social Prejudice.
contend that racial prejudice Is OPP
posed 60 the spirit of Christ and Chris
Tia nifty. and base my belief, first. OF
this journey that our Lord took through
SanlaI'a; secondly. on account Of the
lesson which Christ taught in the para
bic of the good Samaritan" which he
snake unto tic shrpwd lawyer who was
trying to entrap him by series o!
catch questions; thirdly. | plead foi
this obIitcration of social prejudice be
cause the jew is not only AZ honest a.
the gentle, but mentally, morally and
physicnly Is in every way his equal. ii
not hi, suporio" Equal IN honesty
Benjamin f. Butlcr Il few years bcfore
! his Gcath gave this testimony: "Foi
forty wears save one | have been con
vcrsant with the criminal courts OF
/ Massl chusc'ts. and have never yet
/ had Hebrew client. Thinking this
matter over as | was coming home,
met the learned judge Of one of the
! highest courts, and he bore witness
with me TO the same effect. He, nci
!
ever seen a Hebrew arraigncd fol
crime" Governor Vance of North Car
olina when in office pHrdoned n Jew
| because he was the first Hebrew who
! had ever been arraigned and convicted
for crime in all the history of tho
state. Where there was one North Car
olinn Hebrew thief there had been ten
thousand gentle criminals. Am not
! right in saying that the Hebrew is as
honest as the gentle:
jew and Gentle Equal
Equal is the Jew to the gentle in
mestc life. Not only are they faithful
as race as husbands and wives, but
they are also irrcproachahle in their
relations as parents and children. You
never hear Hebrew girl insulting
her mother. You never see a Hebrew
son sitting in the presence Of an old
father when that father has to stand
l'ilial duty is always practced in the
Hebrew home. The Hebrew fircside
Is as pure and noble ms any gentle
Preside.
Equal Is the jew to the gentle III
reference to brains and philanthropy
rs well as purity and honesty. Who
were Meyerbcer and Mendelssohn
among the greatest of composers? Jews
Who We're Benedict Spinoza and Raror
Rothschild? Jews. Who was the might
lest opponent Of William f.. Gladstone
md the faVorilc prime minister of al
the Victorian era? benjamin Disraeli
4 Jew. Who was Judah p. Benjamin
whom tie great senator Of Missouri
George Vest. declared was the best
mentally equipped man he ever knew
In public life and who after the civil
war became the leader of the Londor
bar? A Jew. He was, like Sir George
Jcsscl and Moses Montetiore and Baror
Hirscn, a Jew. Oh, my friends, OF
account Of the gospel teachings. on &C
count Of the honesty and purity of The
Jew, let us try to break down the clan
nishness of the ghetto. Let lis try t
do this not by social prejudice. but by
learning to welcome the Jew into oul
homes as we would be willing to wei
come an Italian, Il Freuchmun. ~
Engllshman, q ScotChman, a KuSsial
Or n Swedc Let us break down th'
rlannishnesS Of the ghetto by 1oinl
forth with brotherly love to greet H.,
Jew as Christ the Hebrew went L
visit the Samnri,ans
why Jesus ReNruird Him.elf.
a second reason, | think, why Chris
must needs 80 through Sanaria wa
that he wished To rcprOvc a soca
rpjudicc He held converse on tina
Journey with a notorious female out
last. She was not "a "rcSpectnblc" sin
Der. By that mean she was not on,
IF those able to travel forbidden path
and yet cover up her sinful tracks 81
that the worlds pgying eyes did no
see them. She was not n hypocrite
living two separate lives one lif
which made her outward reputation
good and another life which showed he
inner character to be bad She did no
sin in secret she Sinnel openly Sh
was like the far famed Catherine o
Russia. she was like eX-Qucen Isabel;
Of Spain, she was MS vicious us Cleo
patra of Alexandria, whose poisonou
blood ought to have choked to dealt
: he fatal asp which she once hugge,
) against her white skin She was on
who not only openly sinned, but boast
fully and defautly seemed 10 glory
her sin. To show her that he kne
how stained was her life Christ sa