The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-05-13
A REPLY.
Aspsvthks, &. C., May 9th, fsi

: AhDsvthts, 3. C., Mny 9th, 1870.
. Mh. Epff0h--Dsar SIR nm lead
10 make The following remarks w The
perusal Of correspondence appear.
Ing In your valuable pnper Of the
20lh April, over tho signature OF
y. W. "A, In, which tho. writer amer
paying ayjast tribute 70 tho fallen
heroes whose names aro inmort allied
by their indomitnble' bravery and
+chtvalry, and who fell saeriffco' to
tho rausc Of liborty. on the memorn.
bic, blood.stained fields Of MississipDi,
lays it thick and heavy on the
nogrocs aud Jews. whilo ho styles the
South Caroliniaus, noble men. lie
proscribes tho Jcws as a parcel Of
vagabonds, whose. earnings uro accu.
mulatcd byi ill.gotten gains. l will
quote verbatim ct HteratisH and cxpose
TO tho world tho noble expression of
n Southern noble man: "Of the 1ner-
chants WHO get these earnings, can
only say, their shibbolcth Letravcth
them they all seem to be preparing
for u return TO Palestine from tho
manner they arc boarding UP their ILL
gotten gains. A Jew in Alabama or
in Mississippi can sell freedman n yard
of calico for two bits easier than a
native Christian can two yards for
one bit. So wngs this Western world
now-a-days." Sir, this is a Wholesale
slander dgainst' the Jewish nntion,
and as wnnton rs it is repulsive to
the sensitive feelings of the Jew.
who left the genial skies of his father.
land, its blue rivers and vince hills,
to find an asylum in this land of the
free and home of the brave, as we'll rs
the refined American Christians. -
Tradition relates of Rabbi Akiba,
who being approached by q Roman,
who wished to become proselytc TO
Judaism, provided he could be taught
al Of the jewish law while standing
on one leg SWELL" snid the Rubbi
II can accept thee on thy own propo.
sition; love thy neighbor as thyseIf
this is the Fundamental principle OF
J udaism."
Would it not be we'll for your cor.
respondent, to lenrn and be benefited
by those he contcmns and ISLANDERS
We claim, sir, that as n nation we pos.
sess rs much honesty and integrity or
our neighbors, and that there arc
fewer drunkards, thieves, robbers
and murdcrers among us than any
other people, Your jails and pcni.
tcntiarics are not darkened by the dcs.
cendants of Abraham. Tho Almighty
has freely chosen them a kingdom OF
priests and holy nation. Sir, it has
caused my chock to blush and my soul
modification, to pcruse sach obnoxious
articles in an enlightened paper, and
III this cn!igh nineteenth century
"Oh tell it not in Gath, publish it not
IN tho streets Of AskHlon." I don't
know whether his crusade is a com.
mercial, political or religious one
but one thing let me tell him, the Jews
have cause to be proud of their race
and ancestry, even II there are some
SO d!sgraced; and to virtue lost; as. to
receive two bits for q yard of calico
to the great envy ard chagrin of his
Christian friends. The bames OIL
Moses, Joshua, Gideon and Saul are
pronder and older names than Alex.
andAr and Hannibal, Napoleon and
Washington, ''Stoncwall Jackson dead
or Jim Martin alivo." Our race needs
no shl6gy; . face that has preserved
amid war and captivity, tho prim mev al
history Of the Eorld, and the first rev.
elation Of, our cfeatosj ~hbsa long and
authentic gahca|ogics> pus,to. shame
tho boasted ancestry Of the noble OF
the earth q nation whose prophets
tlearned Of the future from, HSd, whose
seers spoke with Jchoyah and his an.
gols, whose poets taught Milton and
Honor to sing, whosc Kings begin
|'withsuch names as David and Solo.
fmon, whose CITY, sRas Jerusalem,
whose sanctuary the temple, whosl
law 'is tho basis Of all civilized codes
and who even now, though dispersed
Ipersacuted and maligned, furnish his
toriaus and warriors in all lands. Sir
l write more in pity than in anger
lpity 9ot'ohe who SO far, forgets the
fduty and respect, he ,exes to society
land to himself, as to ntalign his fellow.
men. I trust you will insert this ar
ticle in your valuable paper, and in
justice to your Jewish readers, aud an
Intelligent community, we request
you to wipo out the sulfying breath
of slaDdcr scattered broadcast
through your paper by D. ". A.,
and as, the poison was distributed, the
ahtidoto may follow ID the same
channel. ,. ]!
80 Very respectfully, >.
b., A JEW.