New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-29
Communicated
WILL THE JEWS VOTE FOR
GRANT

Ever since the nomination of General
Grant to the Presidency of the United
States, the Democratic press seized upon
an order promulgated during the war re-
gardiDg some camp followers and stray
glers who called themselves Jews. They
deducted from said order every possible
consequence that may follow to the g Jew
ish fellow citizen " in case the General
should be elected to Chief Magistrate.
; The question naturally arose among
many people, viii the Jews vote for Grant {.
Let me give you a candid statement of
what we know to be the sentiment of
large class of the Jewish people on the
subject
First of all it is known among the Israel
ties that the interest taken in their behalf
by certain parties just at this juncture is
only on account of political interest; they
know it is only CANNON.
The order in question is admitted to be
proscriptive.
No one, however, who has any love for
his country denies that the General was
perfectly justified in the object of his order;
unfortunately, however, the order was iii
Worded.
The American Jewish citizen under
stand that the General wished to get rid of
unprincipled men.
Men who would sell their souls saliva
ton in order TO gain a fortune. men who
are despised by their own race because
they are the very individuals who bring
shame and disgrace to their fellow
brethren, and would not hesitate a moment
to become traitors to their own nation if
perehance they would enrich themselves
by such an act. Such creatures can be
found among every nation, religion and
chime.
Nobody regrets it more than the better
class of the Jews that unhappily such men
are found in their ranks they exclude
them from their society. They know there |
exists popular error in regard to Jews. |
Some years ago the most influential papers |
In this country committed time and again |
the error in publishing this and that
jew committed such and such crime.
An individual is a Jew SO far as his re-
lation depends with his God. He is not |
dew as a citizen, but an American, English |
man, FFenehman, German, Russian or
Tnrk, as the case may be.
To return, however, to the question |
whether the Jews will vote for Grant or
Seymour, LEI me inform you that Is class
they surely will not vote for either.
There is no nation or religious communi |
ty in which the individual liberty to act
according to conscience is more regarded
holy than among the Jews.
The esprit de corps, or that certain de-
gree Of love and generation which every |
individual teels toward its whole, tends. |
however, to concentrate their actions.
Turn over the pages Of history since the
Emancipation Of the Jews in Europe, and |
you will find they act in unison.
You will find that they are the boldest |
and most powerful advocates Of freedom
and independence, impartial suffrage, right |
and humanity. They are the champions of |
religious liberty and progress.
They VIII act ID unison with the party in |
their adopted country who declared, in 4
convention assembled, its sympathy with |
all the oppressed people who are struggling
Tor their rights. EveE rgmembering the OBJ /
preston n their fathers ana former gene
rations, they will never commit themselves
to countenancs by their votes to restrain
thsir fellow-beings Of their just rights.
have never heard Of any Of ny breth-
rem il the faith expressing any fear % &C
count of encroachment upon their reli-
gious liberty 10 case General Grant should /
be elected 10 be President They know
their liberlfea are safe 10 the hands Of such /
people, who psriIed their fortunes, and /
struggled and sized their blood in order to |
l5fe The liberties Of their country, and |
A#s will Set aad vote accordingly.
"A JEW