Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-11
10 THE EsRAELITEs.
..To vour Tents. ON nsraerp'

We recommend to the careful perusal
Of every IsraeIite IN our midst the fol-
lowing call, signed by one Of the irst Of
the faith in our citv-an Israelite in
deed, in whom there is no guile.n Let
them rally, and form, as their brethren
throughout the North and West have
done, and show themselves earnest in
the fight which we have entered into
against tyranny and oppression, political,
religious and social, embodied in Grant,
the Radical candidate for the Presidency:
Now that the National Democratic
Convention have nominated the dRunt-
less champions of justice and liberty,
Seymour and Blair, for President and
Vice President Of the United States, 1t
behooves each and every good citizen to
go zealousIy to work and help to further
the noble cause for which we are all
contending- Of speech, equality
OF rights, and that great paramount
ruling principle for which our forefathers
fought and bled-llberty. While we
must admit that the good people Of
Shelby county have not been idle, but
have been and are still earnestly labor
ing to promote the welfare of our canse,
we are nevertheless prone to say that
our eo-religiorists 1.-THE jews have not
evineed that interest that they should
in the great conflict, while In
other cities Jewish Clubs have been
organized pIedging their support to the
nominees Of the Democratic Convention,
and further, to use all their influence to
defeat the Profigate Proscriber Grant,
the Radical nominee for President
while they, we say, have been going on
with the noble work, our Memphis breth-
rem have done nought. Israelites Of
Memphis, shall we fold our arms in per-
feet Indifference, and look quietly on ?
we who have been slandered and abused
as no people ever were, and that, too, by
the very man who heads the Radical
ticket for President? Never, gentlemen
we must be wide awake; we must form |
clubs, and that right away. Delays |
are dangerous. Our honor demands that !
we take such steps as will show to the
world that we, as people, ever stand |
by the right, and uphold the |
great principles of liberty and JUS
tice. Let Us, therefore, form a club
and endeavor, by our exertions,
to assist those who are working so as
in the same cause to wrest from
the ruthless grasp of infdel hands the
tree of independence, planted amid en-
turing tolls, the roots OF which were
Watered by the blood that flowed in the
veins of our renowned ancestry which
the plains Of thousand bat
.le-fields, and under whose shelterlng
olisge oppression should never find
'esting place, The highest encomiums
II praise, now az well as in the future.
will panegyrise the lofty patriotism of
persons who zsslously rush to the
tandard of their betrayed and down
rodden country at Der trumpet call.
To your tents, then, o Israel! Buckle
n your armor and forward to battle
The tocsin has sounded Rally, form
'our clubs, sound the trumpets and let
be hills awaken with your loud huzzas
or liberty, justice and equality. It is a
light on our side against oppression and
wrong, We must triumph victory
must alight upon our banner, for
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers:
But error, wounded, dies IN pain,
And dies amid her woTshippers.
MEMPHIS Iulv O. 1858