The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-15
General Grant and tho ,Jexvs.

| General Grant and the Jews.
QUINCY, ILL, Oct 9.-Adolph Mo
ses, Esq, an able jewish lawyer of
this city, and who was selected to
preside over the national organiza-
ton of B'nai Berth, at New York,
in July last, a Democrat, and recently
! an editorial writer for the Democrat
ic paper here, is out this morning
with the following lette in favor of
Grant
"EDIToR HERALD: Your article in
yesterdays issue commenting upon
my political status, in opposition to
the Unauthorized statements of the
Clayton Standard and the Spring
field Journal, claims from me re-
sponse. While, as private citizen,
not having, since this campaign, en-
gagged in purely political public dis
cussions, | demur to the right of any
one to catechise me upon my private
convictions, yet [ feel no hesitancy
to remove any and all cavil about
my position.
"To the Jews in this country q
side issue was presented in this cam
paign, which was judged of sufficient
Importance to control their political
sentiments. The Indignation against
order No II is natural with a sensi
tive people, who have been long
suffering, and to whom the free spirit
Of inquiry, the produce Of our era
is gradually doing justice,
"Cne of the first to give expression
to this natural feeling, regardless Of
the political weight this issue might
exercise, indited a nom de plume
communication to the Herald in the
early part Of the campaign, in which
unreservedly condemned order
! No. IL and its author. In the same
article ] pointed the Democratic
press to the fact that the issue thus
far had been Of but little comfort to
the Jews, and that the principle
would have to be debated and de-
Tended in due manly spirit, and not
with the sole purpose of carrying
votes from the Jewish citizens, who.
| like all others, can discern correct
| distinction between the ayowal of a
manly principle and the hollow lip
service tn the interest of party.
This Indignation famed of course
by the force of political discussion,
was leading several communities
ST. Louis and Memphis-into an i'm
proper manner of expression by
holding exclusively Jewish indigna-
ton meetings, which fact needed
immediate correction. The public
letter of Henry Greenabon, ESQ.,, of
Chicago, a Republican in principle,
and one ofmy personal friends, gave
me the welcome opportunity to re-
view the whole question from a
purely social stand point, as you
have done me the justice to ac-
knowledge, and as then declared to
the editor of the Tribune, who had
assailed me on political grounds il
consequence of it. This letter is
public property, and as such you can
use it,
81 have since correspondent with
General Grant on this subject, and
have enough evidence within my
personal knowledge to satisfy me
that the burning but just spirit of
Indignation must give way to the
equally sacred feeling of magnanim,
ity, which must needs force itself
on all intelligence whose convictions
are not debased by the allies OF pref
udice. For while it lies in the pow
er of any one to do q wrong act, it
requires a-higher type Of manhood
to make reparation. While | was
willing to abide my public declara-
ton on the question, owing to the
impropriety of having this acknowl-
edgment published just now, and its
effect explained away in the heat of
partisan debate, [ am unwilling now,
since I am forced to those public
statements, to adhere to my former
determination to oppose General
Grant on this sole issue.
''I,urge no further action upon 9th
ers whom I have addressed in a
different strain, because they are, as
a public fact, unaware of q repara-
ton; but, as a private citizen, have
satisfied myself that I may consist
emily follow my political inclination
without the oblique force of this
side-issue, whose merits have had
the fullest discussion.
"With many regrets at parting
with political friends whose compan.
ionship l have heretofore shared, in
a somewhat desultory manner, yet
l must declare, against the promp-
tings OF former geographical sy .npa-
thies, by the inexorable logic Of
events, that the best interests of
our cur country are snbserved by
the election of General Grant, and
I have no diffidence to declare it to
the community, and to you who
have been good enough to award me
position in society which demands
fro I me honesty of motive and con
viction.
every respectfully
ADoLPH Moses"