THE ANTI-SEMITIC AGITATION.
The Press and clergy of New York continue to denounce in severe terms the antiJewish agitation in Germany. Prominent clergymen of the Baptist, Congregationalist, and Unitarian denominations have joined in the protest. Among the eminent preachers who discussed the subject one Sunday lately was the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher, whose remarks are printed hy the leading journals, and from which the following passages are taken :—America has special reasons to join the remonstrances now being made, for we are more heavily indebted to the Jews than all the other nations in the world together. We had hoped that such persecution was ended, and of European nations we had believed progressive Germany would he the la9t to abet such injustice. For the Germans to confess loudly that they fear the Jews as theiv superiors shows weakness and excites surprise. If that were true in America my pride would never let me say it. In this country, if the Jew, with a fair field and no favor, can surpass the Christian, let him do it; but the confession, coming from proud people like the Germans, is humiliating. If the Jews, who obey German laws, and have no better advantages than their German compatriots, are doing better than they, it is God's message to the Germans to rouse themselves and do better. The petition against the Jews circulated in Germany, in whatever light we view it, is pitiable. It is a disgrace to a nation that we esteem great. The world has travelled too far for such persecution to last for any length of time, and no nation can with impunity commit the crime which will be charged to the Germans if they continue in it. I suggest that a respectful remonstrance to Prince Bismarck be drawn up and signed by the members of the Church and society, and I will say to every man in Germany— " Stand fast for liberty ; treat the Jews as you would treat the countrymen of Him in whom Wftjiope and from whom you expect salvation.'N
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3039, 23 March 1881, Page 3
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