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Palestine.—Wli.it is said by our London correspondent with reference to the Jews should attract more than ordinary attention. That the Sultan of Turkey should encourage the emigration of this people to Palestine; that he should offer to sell them as much land as they choose to buy; and that he should e\en hint at such a thing as a willingness to dispose of the Mosque of Omar for Jewish gold, is certainly a marvel. The history of the last few years has abundantly shown that Mohammedanism has not only lost much as to the extent of its away, but also as to its moral power over its professed votaries. The fuller opening of commerce with the West has liberalized bi«io-try. It has 6rst compelled a freer intercourse with Christians, and forced upon the followers of the Prophet a respect for other religions beside their own. With this hascome, perhaps,a less exclusive reliance upontheir own faith as the essence of all wisdom and truth, and so the title, “infidel dogs,” has come to be more historical than expressive of present sentiment, at least among the more enlightened class. In this class we may undoubtedly place the present Sultan, who is -evidently greatly humbled by the waning of the Crescent and who has the laudable ambition to be on good terms with bis superiors. He may, too, have imbibed from his late allies a little of the spirit of speculation, and become more than \VHling to repair his fallen fortunes by selling out a part of his domain even to the Jews. We arc not yet, however, ready to believe that he is ready to part with the Mosque of Orhar, which stands second only to Mecca as a sacred shrine. But the very fact that ho is willing to sell anything, and especially to a Jew, is a wonder that our grandfathers would not have believed. Our age, however, is an Tige of wonders, and particularly of wonders emanating from. Constantinople. The fact exists that some, of the hills around Jeruselcm have already become Jewish property, and as tbo Sultan is willing to 6ell more, perhaps we may live to see the whole city in the hands of its ancient owners, not through any new crusade, but by the peaceful conquest of a legitimate 1 bargain. But this whole subject of the : Jews in Palestine is too important thus to • be laid aside. We shall recur to it at some i future time.—-Galignania Messenger. p*K»The official dispatches of Consul Finn, 1 written from Jerusalem, during this*and the ^
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Cincinnati Israelite
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Oct 12, 1860
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