The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-25
Grant ana the Israelites.
CHICAGO. July 13. 18(

CHICAGO, Cuiye 1Os ICOS. -
To the Editor OF The Illinois Stats zeisrng:
DR.. Wise, the editor Of the Isrdelite,
published at CincIn0ati, has, In his
own estimation, the merit, but in mine,
the heavy responsibility. of adding an
Israelitic question to the many other
party issues which are now cOnvuls-
ing our republic He declares that
in view of the well-known General
Order No. IL, no Israelite OF honor or.
self-respect can or should vote, for
Grant. The Democratic papers of the
country were naturally prompt to
make capital out of this. and we shall
see this subject well worked out by all
the Democratic stump orators up to
the time of the election. To the best
of my knowledge but few replies from
Israelites have appeared in Republi-
can panersT and those treated the sub
ject very tenderly. The public at
large would, therefore, naturally be
liele that there was such question as
Grant and the Israelites.""
[ was much pleased to see ID your
paper of yesterday. that my friend
Doctor Chronik had, on your invi ia
stion, expressed his views upon the
matter. 1 thought At FIRST that he
would make true statement without
| ifs or butts. But / found that | was
deceived, and laid the. paper on one
side. Ifound Fan eansWer smnch ii ke
| milk and water seasoned with worm
wood. Now, if you have athe space,
sir, [ am prepared to give you the
more clear and more 4deinite opinion
of an Israelite.
There is no such question as Grant
and the Israelites. There is but
one question, and that isr' Grant aHd
| the Democrats" 1t is a mere decep-
tioa when .Israelitic Democrats bear
before them the Israelitfc Aag.s lam
a Jew, when Saturday. The seventh
day, comes; am one on my hofi<
days, in the selection and treatment
| OF my food; it Is always wfittea on.
my door-posts, it is always spoken
in my prayers, and it is always to be
lseen in my reverence Tor my
! Bible, that am Jew. / fast on the
day Of the destruction of Jerusalem.
and mourn that eatastrophe which
befell my ancestors. But it IS differ
ent when. ! take a ballot In order to
exercise my rights as q citizen Then
Ia am not Jew, butt L feel and act IS
a citizen of the republic. L do ndf ask
what pleases the Israelites, / consult
the welfare of the !eountry, Ef that
party in whose hands / believed the
welfare of The country. SO far as the
advancement of bnman,. rights was
concerned, was the safest, we're to
i place Haman at the helm Of State,
and If the opposite partys whose nen-
existence L believed wotlds he better
for humaHity and my country, were
to place Messiah at their head, MAX e
Moses the Chief Justice, and call the
patriarchs into the Cabinet, l should
saw: Prosper under Haman, my
/ fatheriand, aud here you have my
tvote,'' even if all the Jew in me
mourned.
| Such a view of the. case is nov sc
anti-J udaiticaf. Tho sBabylonians
oYerthrew the Jewish Kingdom. de-
stroyed the eityand burned the Tenn
pie, and the ruins were yet smoks1 1g
with the blood that had been shed
when Jeremiah called out to the
refugees, Pray for Babylon and
seek her welfare, since from now on
Babylon's welfare is your welfare.
II The welfare of the United States is
our welfare. If Grant is the best
man for the Americans he is the best
man for us Israelites, despite General
Order No. IL. e3s-s, ..s,.,
4 But L am far from holding Grant
for an enemy of the Jews. To-day
no educated n1anis an enemy of this
/, Jews If Grant had in quiet q q
peaceful times, officially or privately
J expressed himself. concerning the
Jews after the fashion of Genera
! Order No. IL, this susceptibility would
} do. well. If any one insults or NAL
treats me i do not take it quietly like
: sheep. But when my own house burni
/ and the fire marshal In whose way
am Standing, in his eagefness CO. iex,
d tinguish it, strikes me over the her
: or in the ribs so as to knock me acros
e the street, ] do not take. it i'll; an'
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