Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) and his
second-cousin-once-removed; Lionel de
Rothschild (1808 - 1879)
(Marx's great-grandfather, and
Rothchild's grandfather; were brothers.)
I've previously posted here,
on how Karl Marx and Lionel's uncle;
James de
Rothschild, had a mutual close friend,
in German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine.
But it transpires that in February 1853,
a 34 year old Karl Marx, after he had
emigrated to England, wrote a
lengthy article for the New
York Daily Tribune, in which he
discusses his relation Lionel de
Rothschild, and
quotes at length a speech by Sir Robert Peel, who heaped insult after insult onto Marx's extended family:
quotes at length a speech by Sir Robert Peel, who heaped insult after insult onto Marx's extended family:
New York TribuneMarch 15, 1853
Parliamentary Debates — The Clergy and the Struggle for the Ten-Hour Day — Starvation London,
February 25, 1853
In the session of last night Lord John Russell brought before the House of Commons his motion for the “removal of some disabilities of Her Majesty’s Jewish subjects.” The motion was carried by a majority of 29. Thus the question is again settled in the House of Commons, but there is no doubt that it will be once more unsettled in the House of Lords.
The exclusion of Jews from the House of Commons,: after the spirit of usury has so long presided. in the British Parliament, is unquestionably an absurd anomaly, the more so as they have already become eligible to all the civil offices of the community. But it remains no less characteristic for the man and for his times, that instead of a Reform Bill which was promised to remove the disabilities of the mass of the English people, a bill. is brought in by Finality John (John Russell) for the exclusive removal of the disabilities of Baron Lionel de Rothschild. How utterly insignificant an interest is taken in this affair by the public at large, may be inferred from the fact that from not a single place in Great Britain a petition in favor of the admission of Jews has been forwarded to Parliament. The whole secret of this miserable reform farce was betrayed by the speech. of the present Sir Robert Peel.
“After all, the House were only considering the noble Lord’s private affairs. [Loud cheers.] The noble Lord represented, London with a Jew, [cheers] and had made the pledge to bring forward annually a motion in favor of the Jews. [Hear!] No doubt Baron Rothschild was a very wealthy man, but this did not entitle him to any consideration, especially considering how his wealth had been amassed. [Loud cries of “hear, hear,” and “Oh! Oh!” from the Ministerial benches.] Only yesterday he had read in the papers that the House of Rothschild had consented to grant a loan to Greece, on considerable guarantees, at 9-00. [Hear!] No wonder, at this rate, that the house of Rothschild were wealthy. [Hear.] The President of the Board of Trade had been talking of gagging the Press. Why, no one had done so much to depress freedom in Europe as the house of Rothschild [Hear, hear!] by the loans with which they assisted the despotic powers. But even supposing the Baron to be as worthy a man as he was certainly rich, it was to have been expected that the noble Lord who represented in that House a government consisting of the leaders of all the political factions who had opposed the late Administration, would have proposed some measure of more importance than the present.”
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