The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-04


an early hour yesterday that some
thing of unusual interest was agitat-
ing, the minds of our Jewish fellow
citizens, as there seemed to be an
unusual passing to and fro upon the
! streets. These were the notes of pre-
parationl for the dedication of their
beautiful Temple, which has just been
completed, on the corner of Sixth
and Division Streets. a 81
By two o'clock crowd of people
began to assemble in the vicinity Of
the Court House, and before the time
appointed for forming the procession,
both Third and Main Streets were,
nearly blocked up With peoples and
the Court House was also falEa T.
After some delay, the procession
was formed as laid down inithe pro-
gramme. published in the JOURNAL
for the past three days, and, led by
The Crescent City Silver 'Band3 it
proceeded out Main Street to Sixth,
and, down. Sixth to the Synagogue,
-nnder7 the charge of Mr. Samuel
Meyer, Chief Marshal, assisted by
several subordinates.
In additi0nito the splendid music by
the Crescents, the most attractive feat
ures Of the procession were the
twelve girls and twelve boys, selected
for special ceremony, and the Heav-
en-" or Canopy, borne by four men on
slaves, with the Holy Thoras and the
Bible. A dense crowd of people,
men, women and children, followed
the procession t5a 35EF
Accompanied by a young and intel
ligent Hebrew friend, we preceded the
procession to the Temple, and found
there crowd already collected, almost
as large as. that we left at the Court
/ House corner,
After considerable trouble, through
the lkindlyiinteryention of our friend,
Mr.. Shenfeld, we obtained admit
lance, and secured agood seat. Aft
ter brief delay, the process sion
reached the Temple, and at the door
was met by Miss Ellen Kohn, who
presented the keys of the Temple to
Major Blythe Hynes, who represented
the Mayor, accompanying the preseE-
tation with the following highly APP
propriate remarks: ti
In handing to your Honor, as the
worthy representative of this NUM-
eipality, the key of this beautiful
| structure, erected in honor of Him
whom we all love and reverence, /
perform most pleasant duty-a duty
of significance. #f E zig
Considering the endless career of
time, the period has scarcely passed,
the age has hardly vanished and 6is-
appeared, when my beloved co-reli-
gionists have been driven from one
country to another; from land to sea
| from the pleasant .fresides of home
| into the horrors of the wilderness,
hunted and prosecuted most bitterly
and Indignantly by religious fanatics.
These were the times when Israel had
no home, the Hebrew no place to rest
his tortured body Thank God thai
time has passed.
Thanks to the Genius of Liberty,
this period has vanished Thanks tC
Columbiais children, this era Of
darkness and persecution, of super
stition and bigotry, had to make room
for the era of progress and humanity,
! of tolerance and liberty both ciyi
and religious. 6
To your Honor, as one of the mos
favored of Columbia's children, a
the representative of one of the mos
| fourishing cities of her beautiful ant
happy realm, give this Key. | CIV,
it to you to prove to our countrymel
of Christian persuasion that all hatre(
that might have existed in the heart
of my brethren, when tyrannized ant
oppressed, has made room 70
love, admiration and confidence
We believe in the integrit,
+ of the American people; W
confde in their sincerity. w
know that this Temple of the Lord
when opened by you to be dedicate,
to its holy purpose, will stand beau
. tiful monument of stone and silence
) but uttering in the voice Of thunde
and in the language of electricity, tn
7 praise of the Lord, the renown OF thi
, community, the virtues of her frs
and honored son, and the blessednes
of our age of Liberty, Equality an
Fraternity. sa.
Z To which Mr.. Hynes replied as fol
lows: = "a t.,- fHb
, AS the representative of the Mayor
: and on behalf of the Common Counci
/ ofthe City of Evansville, / receive tn
] Keys of your beautiful new edifct
, tt is much to be regretted that tn
illness of the Mayor prevents hi
/ taking part, personally, in these inter
Z astinio carnYnoOieS and I know tha