The New York herald., 1873-08-31

for himself and wife at well known and hitherto
respectable hotel at the Palisades-on- the -Hud-
son. In due time the lady and gentleman,
accompanied by their luggage, presented them
selves, when the impertinent question was put 10
them by the landlord, "Are you Jews ?" and re-
ceiving an affirmative answer the gentlemanly
proprietor replied, "then / must decline to admit
you in my house." or words Of similar import. AS
q matter Of course the young gentleman was thor
oughly surprised, and felt too indignant to re-
spond, as he was capable of doing, and probably
should have done. Inasmuch as TINS act of the
innkeeper is public property and affects the in
alienable rights OF q large number OF our fellow
citizens We propose to discuss it boldly and dis
passonately. Before touching upon the legal
rights OF this hotelkeeper to determine who shall
or who shall not become the inmates OF his public
house sproydlng they are not tna @anressy r"Isng
charges "for the entertainment OF man
ana Seas.S we demand wna rig right nan;s has
conscience and demand to know at what altar ne
kneels, or whether he kneels at all before Su-
preme BengS BY what right becomes he the censor
OF the relations existing between and his Gre
at0r9 Does he keep an Episcopal hotel, Catholic
hotel, Unitarian hotel, a Methodist hotel, hard
shell Baptist hotel or u hotel to be occupied exclu-
slvely by any one OF the multltudinOus religious
sects into which the world is dividedf his 1usl-
ness sign and advertisement impart no such valua.
bic information, and therefore, we have rlght
to presume he makes no such heretofore unknown
cause OF religion he has an undOubted right to ex-
clude because OF nationality or race, and he could
a Spaniard or any other foreigner, and SO work
mOrtlfcation to the individual and bring merited
disgrace upon our common country.
But he must not and shall not be permitted to
indulge his uneducated prejudices TO the injury OF
single human being, no matter how humble the
position or how small minority OF the Common
wealth the individual represents for the constitu-
ton and the laws OF our country guarantee him
equal rights with the most favored Of his political
cOmpatri0ts and this just protection thrown
around him is too dear and too sacred to be vio-
lated with mpunity by any one albeit ne is one OF
those arrogant presuming and cOndescending
individuals who gracously permit us TO pay them
enormous sums for being fed in their caravansa
and whom, by courtesy, we call 'mine host" But
he has not the shadow OF pretext to set up any
"innkeeper," the public's servant, and as such is
as much amenable to the law as common
carrier"
Think you that an express company, steamship
line q railway company would dare to determine
as to who they would receive freight from and to
natlonality OF persons and Of what religion they
would condescend TO transport If they did, their
vision" and the verdict of the entire community
would be most decidedly "served them right"
An assumed pretext OF a hotelkeeper to domineer
question Of liberty and the right Of conscience as
many ma " Of the cas4ses eeIeore that have hitnerto
%ss saints % ssDt, S5 the ,ssaR ss~s +. o R5ds
class of the community tomorrow it may apply to
another and the day following to still another No
who unblushingly proclaim such anti-democratic
sentiments and, what Is more, dare practice them,
spondent i OF one % Of your morning Contemporaries
that the cOntaglOn has reached Saratoga, where
guest" OF one of the hotels remarked to him,
'They shut down on them tmeantng the Jews)
over at our hOuse-won't have 'em" Won't have
the ineal descendants of the Bible that Bible
Yes witnesses to testify against viOlat0rs of the
law and to remove the mask from those narrow
the morality and all the other desirable qualities OF
good fellowship that should exist between man
and man.
Sentiment is all very well as far as it goes; but
what says the common law in reference to the
complaint we makes
Avn .e mus, scecs else the
tanning and harborlns q finding them vctuals
aa aSa the gSSds and S s5 n
refuse either to receive traveller guest into his
@ price SSs 81
s panty but MSo
6s and I% nsd a the suit the king acOns
Again.
prices may Indicted they greater
on tS Their i eommodtes s' Si dSd y ''e' 'A p''''
And still furtner:-
Also 1t Is said that nnkeeper may be compelled by
person % as his guest =" dbid @ 81 ''' ''N
Numerous other authorities could be quoted to
sustain our position, but we feel assured enough
have been given to satisfy the most sceptlcal.
Upon principle the parties aggrieved should make
a test question before the Courts, and we would
suggest-without any personal feeling entering
into this particular suit-that the case first named
would be fair one, as one OF the parties lives In
New York and the other resides in New Jersey,
which would permit an action to be brought before
United States Court, whence, II necessary 1t
United States-and we can name two liberal
minded gentlemen residing IN washington, OF the
dominant laitn whose legal lore % Is well known to
tiffs case free OF all cost
We earnestly call upon those whose liberties and
rights have been shamefully viOated-as
understand them-to come forth as men, proud,
manly men, and vindicate their blrthright as free
American citizens, "Knowlng their rights, and
knowing dare MAINTAIN them.n
without intending any lack OF veneration or
respect for the opinions o: Others permit us to say
keepers, suppose 1t were possible for their Saviour
to return to earth. are they aware that he would
hospitable roofs by the liberal rule they have de-
sEMI-oCCAsIONAL.
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 27, 1873.
Business Mans Views of the Sen Cliff
Suit.
This subject having been so much elaborated by
expression OF both sides, well as by the publica-
tion OF q document which seems to be the subject
OF the contention, have been quite interested,
and have been studying as particularly as possible
the facts thus presented. To PLAIN business man,
having interest nor sympathy in the matter,
beyond the sympathy which every right-minded
man entertains for the right, the instrument
called memorandum" or contract" as 1t actu-
ally proves to be, is the most important. care
less glance at this memorandum" by one unaccus-
toned to real estate transactions might not DIS
cover very much beyond simply bargain made by
one party to sell a certain property at a certain
price, and by the other TO pay for the same in a
certain manner. But to the business man, who
has often such things to consider, other things ap.