Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-03-05

and the gigantic SlaV are all brothers
The lew has no right to hate the Sa-
maritan. neither has the Samaritan a
right Ia hate the Jew"
liut. though the Samaritan should
love the lew and the Jew love the Sa-
mariian. Just study how the old racial
prciudiccs against the Hebrew race.
rs Il VcnnmouS serpent with its Shiny
coils. has come wrig.ling down through
the ages. Why is that finely dressed
and courteous gentleman refused ad-
mittano, into some of the leading hotels
of Saratoga and New York: He is a
jew Why Wa. Alfred brcyfuS sent
TO Devils island 10 he more inhumanly
treated than any government would
allow any man 10 treat II dumb brute?
He was a Jew. Why the clannishness
OF the ghetto: Because the gentle by
snpcrS and SCOTS refuses 10 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 iinanciers
and masters of barter and gain of the
world: Because for centuries the Jew
had no WAY of making II living except
through barter and gain and as n
money lender. He could not hold land.
for the princes ana the people would
rob him of his land He could not go
into Statecraft or into the army. be-
cause there he was not allowed to 90.
Though social recognition in certain
regions is now accorded Ia the Hebrew
race. az the British house of lords has
been opened Ia them. yet even today n
strong barrier to social prcfcrment is
the fact of man belonging 10 that
race. II representative of which Shake
spcarc immortaliZed in Shylock, the
cruel and rcmorsclcSS creditor.
OhIitcratc social Prejudice.
| contend that racial prejudice is OPP
posed Ia the spirit of Christ and Chris
tianity. and base my belief. first, on
this journey that our Lord took through
SamaIia secondly. on account of the
lesson which Christ taught in the para
bile of the ''..nnd Samaritan" which he
spakc unto the Shrewd lawyer who was
trying Ia cntrap him by a series of
catch questions: thirdly. ! plead for
this obliteration of social prejudice be-
cause the jew is not only as honest as
the gentle. hut mentally. morally and
physically is in every way his equal. il
not his superior Equal in honesty:
Ben iamin +. Butler few years before
his death gave this testimony: For
forty years. save one. | have been con-
verSant with the criminal courts OF
Massachusetts. 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. nei-
ther ut the bar nor on the bench. had
ever seen Hebrew arraisned for
crime" Governor Vance of North Car
olina when in office par,loncd Jew
because he was the first Hebrew who
had ever been arrai.ncd and convicted
for crime in all the history Of the
state. Where there was one North Car
Olina 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
the sweetness and purity of his do
nestle life Not only are they faithful
! rs u race as husbands and wives, but
they are also irrerroacliahle in their
relations aS parents and children. lou
never hear Il Hebrew girl insulting
her mother. You never see 4 Hebrew
son sitting in the presence of an old
father when that father has to stand.
Filial duty is always practiccd in the
Hebrew home. The Hebrew iireside
is as pure and noble as any gentle
iresidc
Equal is the jew 10 the gentle in
reference Ia brains and philanthropy.
as well as purity and honesty. Who
were Mcvcrhccr aud Mendclssohn.
among The greatest Of composers: Jews
Who were Benedict SpnoZa and Baron
RothSchild: Jews Who was the might
lest opponent of William T. Gladstone
and the favoritc prime minister of all
the Victorian era: benjamin Disraeli
Il Jew. WHO WAS Judah T. Benjamin
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 London
bar: \ Jew. He was. like Sir George
Jcsscl and Moses Montcfiore and Baron
HrSch. Il lew. oh. my friends. on
account of the gospel teachings. on nc
count of the honesty and purity of the
jew. let Us try 10 break down the clan
nishncsS of the ghetto Let lis try to
do this not 10y social prejudice. but by
learnin. To welcome the Jew into our
homes IS "" would he willing Ia vel
come an Italian. Frenchman. an
EngliShman. a Sco;chman. II Russian
or Il Sw",lc Let us break down the
clanni>hncSS of the ghetto by going
forth with hrothcrly love 10 greet the
jew rs Christ the Hebrew went to
visit the Samaritans.
Why Jesus Revealed Himself.
4 second reason. ! think. why Christ
must needs 20 through Samaria was
that he wished To reprove Il social
| prejudice. lie held converse on that