New Orleans Republican., 1868-12-12

of-theis wealth, have not neglected thei
religious interests. for they have built syn
& aEagogugs and places ofworship ia neari.
every prominent city of the Union. Ii
NewsYork, out Of some forty Of these, o
greater or less magnitude, one has jus
been completed, situated on the Fifth ave
nue., near Forty-fourth street, whicl
in beauty of finish is unsurpassed
ti1 the annals Of church architecture
costing over sl,000,O0o. To show tn,
liberality of this class of our citizens ii
the support Of their rabbis OF, teachers, w
will state that when the sittings of thi
beautiful temple were disposed of to sucl
as proposed to- be its congregation, a sur
plus of 100000 over and above the fixed
price Of those sittings was realized, the
interest of which, together with the or,
nusl rental of pews, is more than sufficien
to meet all the expenses of the synagogue
In the building of their houses of worship
like the old-fashioned Quakers, there is nc
mortgage or encumbrance upon the build.
ing or the land where they are located. Il
would be we'll for other, denominations ol
religious sects to emulate this example.
The Jews are becoming more liberal in
their religious views than they have been
in the past, as is seen in the proceedings o.
the Convention recently held in New York
called the B'nai Birth, where liberal and
catholic views were expressed toward
Christian denominations and willingness
to assist in all the eleemosyhary or chari-
table enterprises of the day and age.
They are people who do not
care to interest themselves in the
political contests, for in this they see no
profit or peeuniary advantage. 1t is well
known that during the late war they were
generally shrewd enough to avoid any
outspoken expression of their opinions or
sentiments on either side Of the contest,
but, taking advantage Of their neutral po-
sition, made all the money they could from
both sides. They are people devoted to
commercial purposes, and for the past few
years have been remarkably successful in
amassing wealth; they may now be con-
sidered the richest class of our citizens.
In this city they are well represented in the
professions as well as in commerce, as may
be judged from the signs which are to be
seen in the principal business streets; and
il here they adopt the same course as their
brethren do in the Northern States, their
and success will be cemmensu-
rate with their liberality and catbolicity.
Many of our citizens of the Jewish faith
have labored under the impression that
General Grant, the noble leader of the
Republican party in the last campaign; en-
'ertained prejudice against their race.
This was q mistake. General Grant, like
Ill true Republicans, has no prejudices
ounded on race. Pending the election he
vas not willing that any letter from him,
of any of his acts, should be
published; but since the election the fol-
lowing frank brave and noble letter has
been made public in the columns Of the
Lsrdelite: a a.r,g..- ...,5 ,..a.
''e. GALENA, ILL.,, September IA, 1868.
Hon. l. N. Morris:
DEAR SIR-I am in receipt of letter of
dr. A. Moses, of the third Instant, inclosing
me from you, bearing the same date. NV
lrst inclination was to answer Mr. Moses,
because you desired 1t; then | thought IL
you'd be better to adhere to the rule of 81.
ence as to all letters. We're I once to com.
nence answering all political questions
sked of me there would be no time between
trough. Mr.. Moses, / think, will readily ,
Understand this. In regard to Order No. ,
|, hundreds of letters have been written to |
le about 1t by persons ofthe faith affected by |
!. l do or did not answer any of the writers,
ut permitted statement Of the facts con.
erning the origin Of the order to be made
ut and given to some one of them for publ. T
alton. do not pretend TO sustain he order.
At the time of its publication was in I
ensed by reprimand received from Wash I
lgton for permitting acts which Jews ;
lthin my lines were engaged in. There
ere many other persons within my lines
lnally bad with the worst of them, but the {
Inference was that the Jews could pass with
npunity from one army to the other, and r
nuggled through the lines; at least SO i !,
as reported. The order was issued and ?
mt without any reflection, and without 4
linking OF the Jews as sect or race to 81
lemselYes, but simply as persons who had
lccessfully Il say successfully instead of &
;rsistently, because there were plenty of 1,
hers within my lines who envied their
ceess) violated an order, which greatly
nred 70 the help Of the rebels.
Give Mr.. Moses assurance that have no
eludice against sect nor race, but want e.
On Individual to be judged by his own
erlts. Order No. IL does not sustain this d
atement, l admit, but then / do not sus- a
IN that order. 1t never would have been b
'ued if it had not been telegraphed the o
oment it was penned, and without refiec- q
u Yours truly, ID q. s. GRANT. C.
Gtt. Il
The Times man, who is doubtless accus- g 9
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