Letter from M. Mayer to Isaac Leeser;April 15, 1859

Title: Letter from M. Mayer to Isaac Leeser;April 15, 1859
Author: M. Mayer
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Date Created: 15 April 1859
Location(s): Charleston; Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).; Letter
Type: Letter
Language(s): English
Has Format: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3hx16996/manifest.json
Link to Colenda: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hx16996
Physical Characteristics: Unlined Paper; Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: Charleston, S. C. April 15. 5619.
Rev. Is. Leeser, Philadelphia.
Dear Sir—
Altho' I have but very little time before Hebrew, yet, anxious to have the status quo ante bellum restored before that holy day, I will reply at once, even in but few lines.
Not accustomed to boast of what I do in the fulfilment of what I deem my duty, I never told you, that I did write to Dr Philippson concerning your defence against the slanderous attacks of the author of the “Tkizzin?”, and made my commentary upon his (Dr Ph's.) silence. But the Doctor neither published my letter, nor made even the slightest mention of it in several of his epistles to me. This man one of the reasons why I broke off all official connection with the Zeitung des Judenthums. You may be assured, I spoke very plainly & bluntly to him. Nor did I stop there. In a letter to Stein's “?” (published in No 4, 1858, p. 135-136), I alluded to the injustice done us by the Z.d.J., and stated that the author of the “Tkizzin,” was nothing less than “? ?”; but what was the consequence? Dr Ph. & Mr. Eppstein, now sojourning in Breslaw, kept silent, and that was the last of that affair. Could I do more? It was my intention, & Stein knew it, to get

either Dr P. or Mr. Eppstein into a controversy with me upon that topic; but they preferred to “show no light.” From all this you must now perceive that I have “seconded you in your endeavor to have justice done to you,” & trust you will now in justice to me ? reconsider your remark: but in “in this too I feel disappointed,” as your conclusion was certainly an incor-rect one. I do not blame you for it; the fault lies in my silence. But I beg you, once for all, to be assured, that I am incapable of doing injustice to any one; nothing can mortify me more than to have injustice done to me, &, therefore, I always act according to Hillel's maxim: Hebrew
As I had ordered but one Bible, I kept one, and handed the other to Mr. Hart & took his receipt for the same.
This must suffice for to-day—Hebrew is coming fast upon me, so good Hebrew, yours
Dr M Mayer
The little letter to Mr. Hart has been delivered.
Identifier: LSDCBx2FF6_8
Date: 1859-04-15

Part of Letter from M. Mayer to Isaac Leeser;April 15, 1859

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