The Jewish outlook., 1908-06-19

terror. may have heart of gold, an
intellect as pure as the sun and lofty
idealiSm. which not even his sOrdId
surroundings could altogether tar
nish. Judge the Jew by his history.
AS soldiers they fought against the
legion Of Rome. AS generals they
gave to the world Joshua, Gideon.
Bar Kochba, and in later years Soult.
Messena. They fought for independ-
ence in Hungary, in Austria, IN 70
land: they battled for liberty in
France. Daniel Manin, the first pres
ident of the Venitian republic, in
1S43, was Jew. Maxim, the organ
zer of the revolt for freedom OF the
Baltic provinces, is jew. The French
army has many Jewish generals. Cap
tain Dreyfus is the great living
martyr of the age. Joseph OttOlen
CHI. an Italian Jew. was until his
death in 1905, Minister of War in
Italy. Gambetta, the organizer of the
heroic fight after Sedan, was Jew.
In science, culture, art, painting.
music. literature. philosophy. medi-
cine. in the chambers of statesman
ship. in the schools and in the univer
sites. in the editorial rooms of the
press. as well as among the tOilers.
we find the Jew. learning teaching
and working Meyerbeer. Mendels-
sohn. Brull. Goldmark. Halevy, Joa-
chin. Josephy and the other great
artists in music. both as composers
and performers. Rachel. Sarah Bern
L., and ~ nynnnnntS nf
the highest dramatic art. Heine. the
sweet poet. Grace Aguilar. were Jews.
That beautiful. gracious. refined and
pious woman. Rebecca GratZ. the
friend of Washington Irving and the
living model of Rebecca in Scots
''Ivanhoc. was u Jewess. Pen inah
Morse. cherished in Charleston and
throughout the south for her social
graccs and womanly loyalty to duty
was II Jewess. Which man can find
fault in Moses Montefiore? Who can
compare in philanthrophy with Baron
De Hirsch and with Jacob Schitf?
And was not Baroness Rothschild the
loving and loyal wife of Lord Rose
berry. Prime Minister of England.
In short the Jews are co-workers III
the Hall of Machinery of the world.
They are producers and not only con-
s,mcrs They are working bees and
not simply drones. and certainly
many are enthusiastic fighters for the
principles of liberty. fraternity and
equality.
Here in this blessed land of ours.
the Jews are law-abiding. law-uphold-
ing citizens. The first soldier who
shed his blood for Uncle Sam in Cuba.
was Davis. Jew. They fill public
offices with credit to themselves. They
love the country. they are ready to
live for it. and to die in its defense.
Religions may still teach their
special creeds: the Jew. that marvel
of the ages. may look for the coming
of the Messiah. the Buddhist may
still teach the eternal rest of \ivana.
the Turk may still proclaim from
minaret and tower that God is God
and Mahommed is his prophet. the
Pope may still rejoice in the dignity
and grandeur of the Holy Catholic
Church: the Protestant. in church
and convention may still teach from
the pages of the Testament; but the
intelligence and humanness of the age
hold that despite of individual creed
and beliefs we are one. made each in
his Makers image. and that ''peace
on earth and good will to men, is not
an idle thought. firmly believing that
He who never sleeps will at last sift