Year: 1872

His (Benjamin's) learning, the
tone of his voice, his words, oil gave
evidence that the spark of patriot
ism, if it ever existed, was extinct in
his bosom !; that his heart was in
this foul and wicked plot to dismem-
ber the Union, to overthrow .he
Government of his adopted country,
,chich gives equality Of rights even to
that race that stoned prophets and cru
CITED the Reeleen'er Of the acorld."


His TRADE of abuse was tittingly
answered in the following /:


TO SENATOR WILSON OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
Fully aware Of the arrogance that
a foreigner, q Dutchman and jew,
as the Senator of Massachusetts
would style us, should dare to ad-
dress reprimand to SO lofty d per-
sonnge US the Senator of Massachu-
setts naturally must imagine himself
to be, and if he is not a great man
who else dare be one-we still can
not resist giving the honorable Sen
ator a gratuitous advertisement, by
calling him once more before the
forum of public opinion, and request
him to state in plain English what
idea he meant to convey or what
good he intended to do. by the pas
sage in his late speech referring es-
pecially to the sons of Israel.


You must consider us an oificious
person, when we take up the insult
you have cast into the face of all
Israelites in this country, nay, even
in all civilized countries where the
records of the U. S. Senate are read
but without premeditation the wri-
ter of these lines was born of a
mother who is of that very tribe that
/" stoned the prophets and crucified
the Redeemer Of the world" as you
say and after mature reelection he
adopted the religion Of Israel as his
own hence your insult is thrown
also on the humble writer of these
lines. But if this was not the case,
we would still raise our voice against
you, because we consider it outrage
ously wrong for any man TO abuse
the authority the people conferred
on him and the high place where
: justice, equity and wisdom should
abide, for the base purpose of SLAM
dering before the eyes of the world
race of men and class of peace
able citizens who have no defender,
no advocate there to retaliate for
them or plead their cause.


Now, sir, you did insult every Is.
raelite in this country and elsewhere,
we do not care what his political
opinions might be. Speaking Of this
Government you said it gives liberty
i" EVEN to that race that stoned the
prophets" &c. We did not hear
how much emphasis you gave to the
word even." but we can easily i'm
agine the surprise you intended by
this rhetorical transition. Very elo-
quent, SEVEN !" You mean to those
} who deserved it least and could be
expected last to be remembered to
equal rights and liberties, " Even
that race who " stoned the prophets,
&C., are given liberty. The unex-
pected transition is mastery, is it
not, Senator Wilson? But the in
suit is base, and the malice worse.
Having no other crime to charge
upon our race you were obliged to
search the old arsenal of superan-
nuated prejudices, and go back more
than 1900 years in history to find
some pins to stick them into our
hearts to the dead, sir, to the dead
bones you were obliged to resort
} to ascertain something bad against
our race you felt obliged to ex'
hume the bones of our ancestors
and spit your gall upon them to give
vent to your wrath, for the modern
Hebrews never could have done sucl
a thing. just think how abomina'
bic a piece Of work it is for a mar
to insult those who for more thar
1900 years have slept in the bosom
of peace!