New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-26
"A German Jew

To tie Editors Of the ~ Y. Tribune;
The Tribune, in noticing some remarks
made BY The Asnsnsan. in regard to calling stten-
ton to the religion of Jewish offenders only, thus
making q personal and marked distinction between
them and all other creeds, says ION the Same
principle, if one of our reporters should happen to
speak Of some felon a. redhaired, We should expect
TO have our office burnt By mob Of rsdhaircd sym.
pathizers" That respectable old gentle woman,
Mrs. Mslaprop, sagely remarks: Companions are
odoriferous " and what bearing all this has on the
grievance complained Of. confess myself at less
to see. The Asmonean justly considers that making
it a common p acsce-as some portions Of the press
are In the habit of doingto select out particular
sect from the collective body Of the community for
the purpose OF Identifying it alone with individual
acts OF wrong, and going out OF the usual course
adopted toward all other religions to do this, looks
something like making q dead SET III may 10 al
wed the term against thai particular one, calcu
lated to impat certain tone or character 20 ii IN
called for and unchsy,table. Probably It has besA
so customary do TINS regard To israeltes that
the Justice OF II never suggested Itself Tne view
tnks ofthe affair Is this Presumins 1t 20 be matter
satsrssfink 10 the public to be informed that detia
qusMf Is yeH IL certainly must be equally TO knor
9he IS Catholic, Protestant, or Untaraa. and max
ing q continual exception IL this respect, has the
tive any thing but complimentary, or uty do Hf Had
the fact OF persons having red haiF any other pc
ousrity, been the cause OF creating prejudice a.
iliberAl and cruel that which has existed against
Jews anything calculated to have the appearance of
panderns to mat feeling by keeping alive its eI-
pinng embers-which ihs certainly doss- be
equally Objectionable, to those who had suffered
from it, It's Rot 10 be wondered At II Jews are
lutte tender on this point See what they have suf.
ered and Go suffer TO this day. In Christian Europe,
from the same cause.
To those who wish 70 call things By their nigh.
names, the term Jew can no more DO applied 70 q
felon than chastity To q lioertine. The simple
chance Of Jewish psIentage docs not constituts .
Jew i 10 only by adhersns, 20 far az Humanity 70
capable, to the beautiful laws OF the great Jew
prophet, Moses. that the night Is established 1t
therefore becomes libel on JHdshm to cal one
Who has abrogatss iis principles 9 member OF is
faith Though vulgar prejudice may endeavor 70
scum OF Israel, a. 1t evidently proceeds iron ig.
rorance, II 10 not worth noticing bat when saca
things creep INTO the columns Of the press, u
very different affair All Jews ask to De pat on an
souai footing with o,hex creeds and when u BE-
comes the usage to tack the rssicn Of ofsndefs -
their names they are willing 20 come IN with me
rest this respect 5u. they do not consider II faif
10 bs made the exception, unless some sasisfscsoV
reason can be assigned for HeNRsrvs
Remarks-Our orrespondenttakes great pans
to misapprehsnd very plain matter. To call .
man German Jew does not imply that he IS
Of Hebrew faith at all; for we haze known
German Jews who were nhdels, and there
are some who are Christians. ArePorter knows
nothing Of culpris's religion but ne pereeiVe'
b. his features or accent that he Is irish, uer-
man, Jewish. African, Indian. or OF some o'ne'
stock, and he says so, meaning no offsnss 70 any
one. However, since offense is taken' though
We think most unluslly and enormously We
will thank our reporters never again TO cnarae-
teyizs psrsoa accused Of crime ssa Jew. ~