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a Palestine Mortgaged to the Kotliscliillt;N.It is sail!, rdimad, that Palestine has been cnort-geged to the Rothcchi.ds.as security tor a loan ad-I vanced lo the Sultan. The mmor fartherasserts * thtf. union* the possibilities of the future, is the ' j tftcctian ol Palest toe, on the conclusion of peace, ’into a Jew tali kingdom, under the dvnastv of the Rothschild*. That serious territorial alteration^ I Will grow out of tin* pending war is tncontestible ; :“ | and this suggestion regarding Palestine, hovever *1 visionary it may seem, is, therefore, not quite ab-I fwriL *’? That Palestine should fall into the possession of1 - * * * * —some other people than the Turk* is desirable on l' accounts. Situated as it is at a distancefrom the central government, and liable continual* H ly to the exaction* from Pachas, or the indiffr-■■ ence ot Governors. it offers no sufficient induce*h menfs for capital to settle there or industry to rc-r main. It is, consequently, in a condition of progressive decay. Agriculture is neglected, trade nuds little tosuppuri it, and ignorance, supeMi* 1 tion and vice domineer over the land. From the furthest shores of N irereth to the Southern wa-• ters of the Dead Sea, a cur*e seems to hang over 1 the country, blighting if like a pestilence or u ' flight of Egyptian locusu.There was a time,however, when Palestine was 'the most flourishing region, perhaps, on the fice ‘ of the s Its vallivir were filled mth t* c low 1 of cattle—us terraced hili-sides glowed with golden crops, the vine dotted the landscape wtUTpttr* pie grapes, and an almost continuous line of vil-fages crowned the acclivities in sight of each other, from the desert of Idumea on the south t«» 1 j Mount Libauus on the north* There is reason to believe that at the beginning of the Christian ere, the whole land was like a vast suburb. The f i;r Gospels are full of allusions which warrant this | conclusion. Rut now desolation broods over the enure prospect. The foul-pnnts of successive invaders have deeply dented the surface of the emu* try. The round battlement towers of the Crusaders rise nmid the ruin of old R'unan woiks, while modern Turkish fortresses Lft themselves abovethe blackened walls of Roman castles. The axand tin* have gone ever this o?ice fair region in re-• of blood and cotribff jries ut war auJ oppression have exinusled the spirit ot the people—have destroyed the old improvements, hate turned what was »mce a continuous garden and vineyard into a comparative desert. Xo man eau remember w■hat Palestine once was. and roc a! I what it is at present, without wishing ; that equal laws and liberal institutions might restore it to its former splendor.The creation of a Jewish kingdom prom am thej speediest method of arriving at this. There arc j rail lions of Hebrews scattered over Europe, who j would avail themselves of such a restoration, to re-; turn to the land nf their fathers. Poland and Ros-I sia especialir. 9n*arm with theui. The
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The Polynesian
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Sat, Aug 12, 1854
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