The New York herald., 1877-07-03
"TRUTH" ASSAILED.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In your edition OF Sunday defender Of the Jews,
signing himself ssTruth,n demonstrates against what
he Is pleased to characterize ga most uncaed Tor out
rage in excluding u religious body OF citizens-the
Jews-trom OF our largest hotels" 1t is TO be
gretted that this particular defender oil the Jows
should not have kept closer to the truth which he
assumes TO champion In his reckless statements In
assaliug, by nnuendo Judge Hilton for relusng Jews
admission his hotel 'rruth' should have kept 10
the real issue, which is neither political religious.
Judge Hilton has published his reasons Tor excluding
Jews, and they not because of their Hebrew
cestry, but that because persons they objec
ionabe IN conduct and manners TO the large majority
Of his guests.
''rrutun not only evadcs the issue misrep-
resents the truth in dong. He says thousands OF
Jews Hooked to light IN our eaeral armies" while
generally as a class they stayed at home TO mako
shoddy clothing Tor the army and buy bonds And
again. that the Jews ..came over with The Perm
Fathers and fought hand III hand with thtm for civil
and religious liDcrty.h The truth is, there
Jews 10 the Mayaowcr, ana they were as hostile tDen
TO the Puritans they are to-day 10 their Protestant
descendants The civil liberty which the Pilgrim
Fathers did help 10 establish just that which ihis
traducer Of the truth stigmatizes as bigoty and op
prcssion"nameiy, the right OF landlord TO exclude
from his Christian guests the personal presence u
religion .'rruin'' wants tho Jews 10 'stand Il
unit and demand legislation oh this question:
that Is, the right VI jew 10 reside IN any horl he
may desire, III defiance oil tne wish OF It's proprietor
aud owner. Verify, second Daniel come TO IIJg-
the Law OF domice He says to refuse them
is vocation OF tho splr OF our lnsltuto and tho
raiusiog should be- nisdcmeanor." such ignorance
Of our insttutons-civ, relig Gus and sOcai-is de-
porable. Does this jew regard freedom 10 mean IN
this land the liberty, equality, fraternity" Of the
Paris Commune? SOCIAL individual aud personal
rights largely personal matters. Neither ciyil
nor iesiastic compels any cltzen q s,ciltc
with another VINO may he objectionable account OF
race, religion or personal manne1s C..lite,cr. He
agan quotes mistakes common rishts vcges "
jews denied these IhaD otner citizs us
even Indians ana Cinnamon Al natuiaiized-out
American born citizens have CERTAIN rights aud
which uiniiy, culture ana religion have crystal
lized INTO what We call American society 1t
posed OF sholay. Money will Lol purchase ad-
msslon into II, ana The jew q. all clements which
enter INTO ts structure is the least iNoiy to- In
IKE the Enslsh, German and Latin peoples, TINS
Hebrew element, by race ana religion, IL at radical
variance with social Insult AID the society
wplcn rests upon them. Wherever Jesus Chr 81 s
believed be the Of God this peculiar people
have been refused social equality. Shakespeare mas
thrown the calcium hight OF poUc opinion upon their
characteristics, viewed IN I'm eland, ana taisc
appeals accusations OF Uigotry WIN t1Is country
reverse the decree which has followed thea as
prescribed people From present appearance II looks
Ms II JUDGE Hilton, ana not The Jews, would decide
who should be admitted as guests Of his Saratoga
ho,eL FIAT JU5IlrIA.