Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-24
A JEW.''
A Custom Mere HOnOred in the
Breach than the OBJ
serYance.

We endorse the following from the ST.
Louis JeOish Sentiael of the 10 b inst.
It is time that prejudice should cease
TO domineer; the day has come when ia
tolerance should bs shamed, and when q
miserable, sectional, ignorant spirit Of
intolerance-the off-shOOt Of barbsrism,
and oppressiQn-should be publicly re-
buked.
These lines have been evoked by the
reading, in recent humber Of the Afis-
s0Urt Republican, published in this city,
of the following paragraph, which was
telRgraphed the paper among the specials
to that sheet:
Solomon Rosenbsum, q Jew, who
was arrested for attempting to steal
clothing from o brother in Israel, this
am, hung himself in his cell, at the
Hammond street station"
Whyssy, ,in telegraphing the above, that
the sutjscs Of the item was Jew Had
Rosenb2um been sn Episcopalisn, q
Catholic, or a Methodist, would the no.
tice OF his eFime have read 5 ,Iomon
R0sen baum, an EpiscopalisD, q Catholic,
a Methodist, who was arrested" {" ETC.?
We protest,in the most emphatic man
ner, against this tyrsnnizlng, Esctarian
and ignorant prejudice sueh license
comes with q very poor grace aud con-
sistency indeed, from q journal published
1 / a country which boasts to be the fresst
of earth, from q paper which processes
to De The organ Of no creed, but p etends
to fair and liberal spirit. Il besTays the
meanest and n2rroNest of prejudice, It
shows q contemplate mslignity, and is
an insult finng into the face of a people
that hes given its Thousands of dollars to
the support OF this very paper.
W. fChf SdH that If tna Ia IA RIan.
nish-the spirit exhibited in that dis
patch, wherein the faith ofs poor unfur-
sunate is held up to public gszs-it is
that spirit which has made him so. II
the Jew is Watchful over his own inter-
ests, lis the natural instinct which is
implanted ia every human beiBg of
whatever particular nation or fsitn he
may be.
But it is not in this manner that we
shall repel the indignity rather let as
in bold and foFcible language, with all
the u Ijesty of injured pride, anathema-
tIzs and reprobste the spirit of intoler-
anee which inspires such publications :;
let there be no wall over insult, no tame
submission to wrong but let us assert
boldly that we have been offended, and
that We will arraign and condemn the
offender before the bar Of public opin-
ion.
It is our belief that sheer ignorance,
full as often as malice, dictates such pub
locations. A great many cannot dis
tinguish, when speaking of Jews, be-
tween creed and country they think the
word Jew has equally q national as q
religious Specification indeed many sp-
pear to believe that IL mas no religious
meaning whatever. Let us inform such
persons that the word Jew means q
member Of the Jewish faith, and there
il ne reason whatever why it should be
thrown in as an explanation, 10 more
than there is need 10 mention the re-
ligious profession Of any one else whose
nams may be made appear in public
print.
We hope that this is the last time our
eyes will be offended by the display of
so ignorant spirit; if solomon RoseI-
baum, or any one else, be a thief, or
murderer, OF suicide, let the people
know it, but do not insult large and in
telligent community, by adding he was
Jew, and by such addition, wound the
keenest sensibilities OF highly sensitive
race.