Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-20
pRoscRIprIsN OF raE JEWS.


Judge Hilton, the successor to A.
T. Stewards property and power
but not to his business capacity
much less ordinary tolerance and
fairness. lately issued an order ex-
Guiding the Jews from the Grand
Union Hotel at Saratoga. This is
without a precedent in this country
and seems unaccountable under a
free and enlightened government.
Were such an order issued against
the negroes, as a class, whether IN
the South or the North, a thousand
pspers would denounce it as an act
partaking of the barbarOus spirit
of slavery, and the land would ring
with outbursts of Indignation.
While no such expression will be
evoked by this uncalled-fo and
gratuitous insult to a large and re-
spectacle class Of people, we do
feel sure that it will be condemned
everywhere as unworthy Of our age.
and civilization. Among others
affected by the order is NJ. Joseph
Seligman, a highly respected and
influential banker, Of New York.
On the 18th instant he addressed
the following pointed letter to
Judge Hilton, which has just been
published t1 came over the wires
last night:
CLAREyDoN HOTEL,
SARATOGA, June 10, lsU.J
Judge Hy. Hilton. care Messrs. A. I. Stewart
6Uo., New York:
DEAR SHINY family have for many
Years -patroniz.d the Union Hotel, al
Saratoga. but we're informed yesterday
bv vour managers that orders from head
dqsrters r to exclude ali Jewish fsmi
lies from the list Of guests this season,
alleging IS q reason that there existed a
prejudice among Americans against the
people Of that persuasion which had IN
iured the Union to that extent last sea
son that the headquarters proposed to
roast ~them-Gsmely, to tell them all,
without exception. that all the rooms PIX
cent the gsrret chambers are engaged
Nov. permit me. dear Judge, in your Own
interest. and 10 the interest OF Mr.. Stew
sart's valuable estate, the lions share Of
which yon seem 10 have acquired, 70 say
are adding 10 the many serious mis-
takes which you have made since you
inherited that estate. By refusing admit
lance 10 the Union Hotel Of alarge class
OF people. irrespective Of their respecta
baity, wealth aud proper bearing, merely
TO pandar % Vulgar prejudice, nndel
the nisiakon notion that by so doing yol
will 6ll the house with other natioualI
ties. You will fad yourself mistaken
You are nov the judge Of the American
character. The civilized world is be
ginning to be more tolerant in the mat
ter of faith, or creed, or birth, than yoI
would believe or would have them. The.
desuise intolerance, low cunning an
yalrarity, and will not %patroniZe thos
who seek to make money by panderlD
TO the prejudices Of the vulgar. regre
o are running the Union at a loss
regret that you ore making no hesdwa
in your Wholesale departments in Ne
York and in Chicago, and that ever To
Ninth street retail store, so popular an
prosperous under the management
the late Mr., Stewart, has lost its bel
patrons. A little reflection must sho
10 you that the serious falling of ]
your business 10 not due to the pAtrODsg
of any one nationality, but to the wal
of patronage Of all, and that you, de'
Judge, are not big enough to keep
hotel, nor broad enough in your bu.
ness views TO run a dry goods stor
You have tried competition vii
experienced aud popular hous.
in the manufacture Of carpets al
woolens, of silks, and Of scores OF ar
cles of minor Importance, aud you ha
succeeded in none, and you never wi
and | would respectfully volunteer
advice, for which | charge you nothlr
although you once charged me ten che
sand dollars for an advice which "
worth nothing, that if you want TO sa
the rest of the once valuable estate
Mr. Stewart that you advertise a lar
auction and sell your merchandise a
hotels to the highest bidder, and no m
ter at what sacrifice you get rid of the
You will come of better than by holdi
on to things which you cannot inteI
gently manage Trusting you will sy
Yourself of this friendly and disinteresi
advice, / remain, dear jadEe, yours We
truly, JOSEPH oELlGNAN
Mr.. Seligman speaks for hims
so forcibly that he needs no he
He is able to take care Of himst
as his co-religionists have been
almost every age and cline, in
face of the most pitiless and Il
reasoning prosecutions. That
man welding a large power a
occupying a responsible positi
should entertain such bigoted a
contemplate ideas as this m
IT'LL. .oon,a ;norn1ihla He ig