The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-06-28
The Jewish Equality Question
Knoxville Tribune.i


Knoxville Tribune.j
As was to have been expected
Judge Hilton is being very severely
handled on account of his arrogant
and proscriptive order excluding
Jews from the Grand Union Hotel
at Saratoga. The leading papers
of the country, we believe, are
unanimous in their condemnation
of such bigotry. Hilton may have
had good personal reasons for not
wanting the banished Seligman to
become a guest of his aristocratIc
establishment, and as between Sc
ligman and himself, the world
at large would have taken no in
terest whatever. But, in the broad
day light of this christianized and
catholic era, the ATTEMPT of lord
~ deputy of deceased merchant
prince to put under a degrading
social ban the entire Jewish people
of the present day, very justly calls
forth the rebukes of enlightened
people of all creeds and denOmina-
tions. SO far as we have observed,
it is only among hotel keepers at
Long Branch that Judge Hilton
finds any sympathy-leaving out of
view, of course, the creme de la creme
of latter-day aristocracy, who peri
odically illustrate their pinchbeck
manners and shoddy airs at fash
ionable watering places. These, of
course, will overwhelm the dear
Judge Hilton for having inaugura
ted q social revolution-rendered
necessary by the increased refine
ment of this golden age-to protect
society" from the communicating
presence of the descendants of
Abraham. The New York hotels
are unanimous in their condemna
ton of Judge Hilton. One of the
New York papers cites few of the
illustrious company that would have
fallen under the operation of Hill
tons order The great law giver,
Moses" it says, 'could not have a
room, even if returning from the
study of the wisdom of the Egyp-
tians he sought shelter. The i'm
mortal poet, Isaiah, would not be
deemed suitable company, and
would be obliged to seek a less arts
tocratic tavern. King Solomon,
whose words of wisdom will instruct
the world for thousands of years,
would have to take up his lodgings
in a second class house. King Da-
vid, over whose songs the whole
Christian world fingers, would not
be allowed by the gentlemanlike
clerk to enter his sacred name on
the hotel register. st. Paul, who |
laid th'. foundations OF modern the
ology, was a man of an appearance
so poor and mean, barring his be-
ing a Jew, that no model hotel |
would think of admitting him. st.
John was so rapt in his visions of
heavenly scenes that the hotel
clerk would Individually have sent
Tor a police officer to carry him off
f he had appeared at the desk seek
ng a suitable room, while the ex-
elusive patrons of the hotel would
1t once have packed up their bag
gage if the idea of his admittance
lad for moment been entertained
SPinoza, Neander, Mendelssohn,D a-
i'd, Rubenstein, and a host of 9th
rs conspicuous in letters and arts
would have to depart amid the
'neers of the exclusive guests"
The Grand Union, we believe, was
zen. Grants Saratoga stopping
,lace. 1t was the property of his
cry special and very substantial
riend. A. T. Stewart, whom he
undertook to make his
irst Secretary of the Treasury in
collation. of law. II, while enjoying
be Inequalities of the Earl of
israeh, himself jew
the latter's eye should light upon
he paragraph, or column rather, in
re London Times announcing and
ommenting on the Punishment of
there might be a sud-
en- disturbance of that glorious
of brotherly love so
referred to by 0rant in
is letter to his friend Childs. The
uestion would be then: Under
-hieh king, Bezonian?" The house
{ Stewart, or that of Abraham?