Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-28
A LETTER FROM AssEMBLYMAN

ASSAh.
EDITOR EyEsIss NEws-Sir: The cleo
ton excitsments are past, politics calm
ed down for the present into quietude,
peace and harmony reign again in the
land Of Wsshoe, il afford a little time
to take Q retrospective view of our own
affairs. In your issue of November 9Th,
in which notices of the Legislative Union
candidates are found, l observe favor
able notice of myself as a business man,
ETC., and that I am Of Jewish descent
and religion. Do religious creeds ne
cessarily have any connection with
legislative concerns? viii forms Of faith
materially change a mans judgment on
questions Of 6nance2 Will q belief or a
disbelief in unity, or trinity, justification
by faith, or infant baptism, have much
to do with q legislators vote on matters
Of toll-roads, legal reforms, or the pass
age Of the Constitutional Amendments?
The points Of difference between Chris
tianity and Judaism have very much to
do with . mans fitness to be a Bishop
or Rabbi, but they have no more to do
with his fitness to be q Magistrate or
legislator, or Minister Of Finance, than
with his fitness to be q cobbler. Nobody
has ever thought Of compelling cobblers
to make any declaration on the faith Of
Christianity. Any man would rather have
his shoes mended by a heretical coboler
than by o person who has subscribed to
all the Thirty-Nine Articles, but had
never handled an anvil. Men act, then,
not because they are Indifferent to reli-
gion, but they do not see what religion
has to do with the mending of shoes.
Aendleshon, Myer Behr, D'Israeli, Sir
Noses Montifore Cremiore, Foula, Min
lister Of Finance Of France, were all of
Jewish descent-all Of world-renowned
fame. When men admire their talent
and eloquence; when the lover Of music
listens to the sublime and heavenly
strains Of Mendleshon's Jesus" while
his mind and soul become devoted to
the highest degree in profound admira-
ton, will he stop to inquire the religion
Of the composer?
From the time Of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella, when the "Most Holy Inquisition'
was instituted, TO nearly the end Of the
last century, or, more expressive, from
the Dark Ages of the "Auto de Fe" to
the days of terror-the guillotine-be-
levers in Judaism have been prosecuted
BY the so-called Christian charity, with
few exceptions, in every land for the
sake Of a mere idea. II consider all
differences in cree ds mere differences in
ideas.) Among the ignorant great pre-
judices exist, even to these enlightened
days. A great many Of the ~uneducated
think even now, in the classic language
Of the sage Chinaman, "Killed Mclean
mans God" Hence the lsraelite is
always Jealous, or rather suspicious,
whenever his religion is mentioned in
connection with any secular matter.
With much Difference, pray, Mr.. Edi-
tor, why the sllusion to the religion of
my ancestors, and to one Of the other
nominees2 Why this Distinction Is
the creed Of my forefathers so much
superior, or so much inferior to all the
rest2 Respectable public journals are
considered as public monitors. Please
enlighten me on this subject.
I, your humble servant, have been
engaged in and managed almost all sorts
of business, but never have | dealt or
traded in any ecclesiastical functions,
dogmas or creeds; neither do desire to
take holy orders, nor to be elected
Bishop or Rabbi.
In this connection I may add that the
only indueement that led me to accept
the nomination was simply to give my
voice and vote for the passage of the
Constitutional Amendment, the great
question Of the day.
With great consideration,
A. H. LIssAK.