Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-24

I H.
/ to US, the annexed patriotic address o
| the Jews of Newport to President Wash
/ ington, on his visit TO that city in 1890
with the beautiful reply of the Pate
Patrie:
! From the original, in the possession Of MI
Joshua Phillips, of New York;
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Sir Permit the children Of the stock
Of Abraham to approach you with the
most cordial affection and esteem fol
your person and merit, and to join with
our fellOw-citizens in welcoming you tC
Newport.
With pleasure we reflect on those
days-thOse days Of difficulty and dan
ger-when the God Of Israel, who deliv-
cred David from the peril Of the sword
shielded your head in the day Of battle
and we rejoice TO think that the same
Spirit who rested in the bosom of the
greatly beloved Daniel, enabling aim to
preside over the psbvinces of the Baby
lonish empire, rests and ever will rest
upon you, enabling you to discharge the
arduous duties Of chief magistrate OF
these states.
Deprived, as we heretofore have been,
of the invaluable rights Of free citizens,
we now with deep sense of gratitude
to the Almighty Disp0ser of all events)
behold a government erected by the
majesty Of the peOple-a government
which TO bigotry gives no sanction, TO
persecution no Assistance, bit generally
affOrding 10 all liberty of conscience and
immunities Of citizenship, deeming every
one, Of whatever nation, tongue or Ian
guage, equal parts of the great govern
mental machine. This so ample and ex-
teusive federal union, whose base is phi
lanthropy, mutual confidence and public
virtue, we cannot but acknowledge to be
the work Of the great God, who ruleth in
the armies Of heaven and among the in
hab:tauts Of the earth, doing whatever
seemeth to Him good.
For all the blessings Of civil and re-
ligiOus liberty, which we enjoy under an
equal and benign administration, We de-
sire to send up our thanks to the Ancient
Of Days, the great Preserver Of men, be-
seeehing Him thst the angel who con-
Quoted our forefEthers through the viii
derness into the promised land BEy gra-
ciously conduct you through all the dif3-
culties and dangers Of this mortal life
and when, like Joshua, full Of days and
full Of honOrs, you are gathered to your
fathers, may you be admitted into the
Heayenly Paradise, to part2ke OF the
waters Of lie and the tree of Immortality!
Done and Signed by order Of the He
brew congregation IN Newport, Rhode
Island.
MOSES sEIXAs, Warden.
NEwPORT, AUGUST Il, 1890.
wAsHINGToN's REPLY
To tue Hebrsw Congregation in Newport, (R. L.
GeatlsBleni While I raepiye with much
satisfaction your address, reptete With
expressions Of affection and esteem, !
rejoice in the opportunity Of assuring
you that shall always retain grateful
remembrance of the cordial welcome l
experienced in my visit to Newport from
all classes of citizens.
The reflection on the days of difficulty
and GangeE which are past is rendered
the more sweet from COnscio business that
that they are succeeded by days Of I'M
common prosperity and security. If we
have wisdom to make the best use of the
advantages with which we are now IA
vored, we cannot fail, under the just ad
ministratiOn of good government, to
become great and happy people.
Ths citigens Of the United States Of
America have right to applaud thsm-
selves for having given to mankind
examples Of an enlarged and liberal
pOliey--a policy worthy of imitation
All possess alike liberty of conscience
and immunities of citizenship. 1t is
now no more that liberation is spoken of
as if it was by the indulgence Of one
class of people that another enjoyed the
exercise of their inherent natural
rights. fsr, happily, the Governemnt Of
the United States, which gives to bigOtry
no sanction, to persecution no Sss.stsnce,
requires only that they who live under
its protection should demean themselves
as good citizens in giving it on all occa-
siOns their effectual support.
Il would be inconsistent with the
frankness of my character not to avOw
that am pleased with your favorable
opinion Of my administration and fer
vent wishes for my felicity. May the
children of the stock Of Abraham who
dwell in this land continue to merit and
enjoy the good viii of the other inhab-
itants, while every one shall sit in safety
under his own vine Rn3 Ag tree, and
there shall be none to make him sfraid.
May the Father Of all mercies scatter
light and not darkness in our paths, and
make Us all, in our several vOcations,
useful here, and, in his own due time
and way, eyerlastingly happy
GEORGE WAsH4NGFoE.