The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-16
A Defence of the Hebrews.


A radical religious paper, of Gin
cinnati, aluding to the splendid new
Hebrew Temple, in that city, in
dulges IL sneering remarks upon the
Hebrews, and the manner in which
they made their money, charging
them with turning the war to profit.
The Isroe1Uc, published in the same
city, replies us follows:
Instead, however, ofreviling others,
let them admonish their Deighbors to
give honor to tile Lord, and outdo
Jewish churches i'll splendor and mag
nifcence. But this is too religious
and too charitable for an orthodox
sheet; it prefers reviling its neighbors,
who erected Il temple which, for
splendor and magniticence, outdoes
Christian churches here Why should
they not be reviled, when it is pub
licly known that they erected tenn
pie to the Most High! Do they not
deserve slur, a kick, or, at least, an
insinuation?
That this people, like any other in
this country, have become richer
during the war, cannot pe we'll de-
MED, since, on account of the pub
lie debt, 5000, ,O0O,c 600 Of fictitious
capital have been c:eated for 80, 000,-
600 of people, 50 that each man,
woman or child in this country is
worth 500 more fictitious capital
than he, she or it was before the war.
There you have the exact calculation.
If the Pene Yeshuran people of Gin
cinnati count $500 souls, and each
gave up the 500 surplus fictitious
capital, they realized exactly quar-
ter of Il million, about the amount
expended on the new Temple. From
this, we hope the Witness will see
that the money was all honestly made
in Washington, or somewhere else
where greenbacks were manufactured
Wonder how many churches But
Ter, Banks, Buell. and Brovnlow
built, to speak only of the B.'s who
amassed fortunes in. the late war?
Wonder what the whole crowd of
shoddies did with their money for the
glory of God? In Cincinnati, we
have seen nothing except prayer
meetings, which cost nothing. The
Jew is made of different metal; he
has sense enough to make money and
heart enough to'spend it. ''Thc wal
was q rich harvest to chem" Not
quite as rich as to those pious men
who robbed the public treasury OF
millions-the defaulting paymasters,
the trading generals, the permit
brokers in uniform, the cotton sDe-
culating patriots and all the cousins,
nephews, uncles, fathers, brothers
and grand fathers Of big men, who
sucked the marrow Of the land; the
Jew was obliged to work for himself,
hence he could not expect so rich Il
harvest-still he made money-at
least 500 each head. But there is
no collection list on record, for re-
cruiting purposes, for feeding pass
ing soldiers, supporting soldiers
families, or any other Z aritable pur-
pose to which the Jews, IN proportion
to number and wealth, did not con-
tribute more, much more, than any
other religious denomination. Now,
the war over, they do not convert
their capital into United States bonds,
and retire with the wealth to places
beyond the reach Of society and its
wants, as four-ffths of all the shod-
dies do; they spend fortunes in i'm
proving the public thorQughfares Of
the city, beautifying the private
streets and erecting houses of wor-
ship to the Most High. The shoddies
would not 90 anything-that's what
ails the Witness.