The New York herald., 1872-10-20


with lecture rooms where the people may
learn to know themselves,r and higher up in the
library, so that 1t may be no longer said that the
British Museum is the largest American library In
the world sink "Church: !" In the narrow sense. OF
anu take not upon your souls. as you contemplate,
the responsibility Of setting man against his
re Of old hatreds Your millions ss sentIsmen are
but trust funds" See to 1t that you 30 invest
them that they bring the greatest return TO the
greatest number. I. OF w.
NEW YORK, Oct 1S, 1872.
Tho Troubles in Roumania-Mr Peixotto
as United States Consul.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Those who have watched with pleasure the
liberal course of the HERALD In dealing with ques-
tions OF race of religious character aston
ished to ind in this mornings issue letter from
Vienna, headed IAN Improper Representative
Mr.. Peixotto aJew. as United States Consul at the
Roumanian Capital" The writer, who betrays .
| malice and vndctveness den0ting his sympathy
with the spirit or persecution, seems anxious to
attack the administration because OF its alleged in
terlerence in the internal affairs of ROumania His
informant, whom he desgnates as "Roumanian
gentleman temporarily residing In the French oap-
tal" charges against Mr. PeixOtt0 that .he impress
ses the ROumahian people standing in the light Of
an oppress0r." Yet the writer speaks of Mr..
Peixott0 "as man Of Intelligence, OF gentiemanly
demeanor and an exceedingly kind disposition.
He would, doubtless, under ordinary circumstances
and at any other point, make very good repre-
sentative. But at Bucharest he cannot be consid-
cred the right man In the right place."
II the administration invites attack because OF
the designation of a gentleman whom Mr..
Peixott0s assaant characterizes as "a very
good representation as Consul at Bu-
cnarest, that Is henous sin, for which
let the administration justify ITSELF In
fact, and l speak from knowledge, Mr..
Peixotto's residence at Bucharest United States
Consul has re ected great credit upon our country
His moral influence has been exercised In behalf OF
suffering and oppressed people His presence ut
Bucharest and his social relations with the Prince
and the leading men OF the city have been the
means OF checking popular outbreaks against the
Jews; and Mr. PeixOtto has usually taken the ini-
sui at Bucharest. He has rendered services to
humanity for which he deserves the respect of
every honest man, and has in no instance commit
ted his government to an act which the policy OF
the State Department condemns.
ask your attention TO the details Of the outrages
against the Jews of lsmail and Cahul in January
and February 1872; to the letter of the Consuls,
dated April IS, 1872; to the letters Of the Secre-
tary OF State, dated April 10 and May 10, 1872; to
the action OF the British French and Italian gov
ernments uniting in q remonstrance against the
wrongs and bitter prosecutions OF the Jews. Ger
tainly the action OF Mr.. PexOtto Is justified by the
extraordinary crisis and deserves to be warmly
commended rather than to be criticised The con-
OF the Otner COllSulS anu the approval or
their governments do certainly detract from the
enormity or his offence against ROumanian nde-
pendence and our Consul at Bucharest Oppresses
the ROumanian people.
That there is hatred entertained by the Rou-
manians against the Jews your correspondent
avows; but he declares that not to be the question.
The Roumanians may hate the Jews as freely as
they like, but they have no right to murder and
pillage and outrage the Jews. And wheref0r do
they hate the Jews Because in ROumania the
thrifty, Industrious peaceful Jews are q standing
rebuke to the lazy. ignorant, brutal pOpulace OF
native Roumanlans. Because in ROumania 1t hap
pens that there are Jews to whom more money is
DUE and these debtors propose to cancel their obl
cations by numbering the wives and children OF
mania does actually strive to repress the unruly
eccentriclties OF the mob and does not, when mill
tary and police are in suilicent force permit the
houses and property and synagogues OF the Jews to
be burned the grayeyards to be deseCrated and the
women and infants to be beaten and murdered.
And what are the Jews whom these wretches
hate Some OF them are accused of being pedlers,
others inkeepers, others sell liquor, others pur
chase the raven tresses OF the peasant girls. And
this is in the opinion OF your correspondent, JUS
tlfcation of Roumanian persecution against all the
Turkish slave dealers That this is an utter un-
truth will be apparent to all who know the Jewish
character.
on the Goth and goth OF October there is to be a
conference at Brussels OF Israeites from Germany,
Austria, England, France, Holland and the United
States, to devise means for the elevation OF the
moral and material condition OF the Roumanian
Jews. The facts, which your correspondent claims
ought to be in possession Of our government and
people, WIN once more be published. In ..the
facts lies Mr.. peixottos Justification, and gov
eminent and the world have been in possession OF
these facts and appreciate their significance
At the Brussels Conference there will be repre-
sentatives OF the Universal Israete Alliance"
which is not as your correspondent states secret
organization headed by the Rothschds, but Is a
large and intelligent society, having branches in
Europe and in America-to which anybody is
public and open, and whose engines OF oppression
are Schools papers and books wherein the leading
phianthropists of Europe take pride. There will
also be representatives of the ROumanian commit
tees formed at Berlin, Vienna, London, Paris, Am
sterdam, New York and other cities, and of our
Board OF Delegates of American Israelites. AT
this Conference 1t Is proposed to ask the world to
consider the state or the Jews In Roumania and to
suggest remedies for their swrongs. Yours re-
spectluly, M. 3. ISAACS.
Persecutcd Jews i'm ROumania.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
1t was with feelings the most painful that not
only l. but all my Christian friends whom hap
pened to meet yesterday, read the correspondence
in your paper relating to the Roumanian Jews.
But what mortified me most were the titles with
which you were pleased to head this most infamous
and not disinterested correspondence. Our worthy
representative ut the Roumanan capital, Mr..
Peixotto, is man of sterling character, well fitted
for the position he at present occupies and re.
spected by all that have the honor to cherish his
acquaintance
As this question OF Roumanian barbarities has
attracted the attention OF the civilized world for
several years. is It not strange that now, for the
nrst time, a solitary person. no doubt an interested
one, should write a letter cOndemnatOry OF these
poor Jews, whose condition can only be depl0red
and can only arouse the sympathy and supplicate
the assistance OF all wellminded and philanthropic
persons be they Jews or Gentiles
The cry of the Roumanian Jews has been nobly
responded to by their brethren throughout
the whole world, and 1t is truly sur
prising that a paper OF such liberal and
humanitarian principles as the NEW YORK HERALD
be led to publish such outrageous and inflam
matory epistle the referred to Is intended to
be. The Jewish people, wherever freedom OF con-
science and OF speech is tolerated, has proved It
self TO be liberal, upright and an ornament to the
country in which IL exists. Hoping you will allow
q short space for this feeble cry In behalf OF
humanity and civilization in your most valuable
paper, am respectfully, ri. l.. @.
Plain Talk for Persons who Do Not Read
the Bible.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD