, 1879-07-29
COL. INGERSOLL.


Ills v1cws on tho Jewish Question.
No. 14t7 G STREET, WAsnHaros, July %,
1S79.-7he Hon. j. r. Noah-Mr DEAR FRIEND:
As matter Of course, 1 am utterly opposed to
tho oppression of nny class, aud regard tito &C.
ton Of the proprictoss Of the Manhattan Beach
Hotel In reference 10 the jews as h1Eotcd,
moan, md disgraccful. butn action belongs to
the Dark Ages. The persecution OF the Jews
should bring blush to oyery Christian check.
Nothing is more Infamous than the oppression
Of class. Each man has the right to ha Judged
upon bis orn merits. To opprcss him or to
hold him in contempt on account Of religion,
rncs, or color is csime
Every man should be treated Justly md Kind
", not because he Is Or Is not jew or Gcu-
tic, but because ho is human being, and as
such capablo OF JOY and pain. II at any hotel
mon fnt!s to act in decent hnu becoming
tllc tntlon to which 10 belongs, but on account
Of Ills behavior. Any other course is unjust
aud cruel. ...
It vii not do for the keepers Of public hcuses
to brand M entire raco as unit to associate MIN
them.
Some Of tho leading men Of the world arc
Jews T1leso wonderful people, although dts.
perscd, lespEsed, and for many ages pcrsee1ted
In all Countries 1here people loved Hlclr cue
| niles and returned good for evil. hare contrib
Tic who has beard the music Of Mehdelasohn
| aud Myorbcer, who has studied the grand phil
losophy OF Spfnoza, and has seen upon tie stage
Rachel, mistress OF passion, will hardly unite In
| tho condemnation OF t1e race 10 WHICH, taeso
prodigtes belonged.
Neither should Ii bc forgotten that Tho Jews
| furnished their prosecutors With religion, anu
that they ars tho only people. according to thc
dogmAa Of tite day, with whom the Almighty
eyer detened to hare any Intercourse Whatever
When We remember that God aelceted dew:
cts for hls mother, passing bY tho women & 81
| India, Egypt, Athens, and Rome, as well - tho
grandmothe's Ut Mr., Corbin, { u hardly Il,
| GOOD taste fos tho worsh1pofs ot thaf aame dou
| to hold the Jews In scofn. ...-
We should also remember that the jews were
| the only people inspired. All the "sacrcd "
| writer's, ali tile prophets" were Of this race,
and while Christians almost Wosshtp Abraham,
notwithstanding tho affair ot HaGar, and h!a
Willingness to murder hts oNn sou; and while
| they hold III nltnust lu1uite respect David, the
murderer, Hnd Solomon, the Mormoo, 1t Ger
| ta!nly 10 not perfectly consistent TO denuunct
| ultted no crime.
Tht Christians have always been guilty Of
| this Inconsistency with regard to the Jows,-.
| they hhya worshfpcd tho dead ald psfstcuted
tue living. think 1t would be much better te
let the dead take care Of shemselysA while NC
respect atlt maintain the rightA Of the living.
/ cannot forget that during the Revolution
tho Jews prayed IN their synagogues for
the success ot the colonss' L', ~ ! canno1 anne
sards OF them fought for the preservation
of the unton, many Ut them sdbing from ult
ranks to The mosttlnportant comnsa1lds. hetthel
| can forget that ntanT OF lho Jews are to-day
among tic foremost advocates Of !ntcllectua
liberty; that thcv hayo outgrown tho prejuatcca
! of tuce Md creed aud bslcve fn the universe
brotherhood OF man. And In this connection II
may not be out Of place tu speak OF Yonr father
Hnwns man who adorned cvor5 position he hald
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