Letter from E. Marcuson to Isaac Mayer Wise;October 20, 1863
- Title
- Letter from E. Marcuson to Isaac Mayer Wise;October 20, 1863
- Author
- E. Marcuson
- Contributor
- Isaac Mayer Wise
- Date Created
- 20 October 1863
- 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/p3sn01q4f/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sn01q4f
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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Saint Paul October 20 5623.
Doctor vice
Sir!
I am one of them, who never read your paper, for this reason, should there be any thing worth of reading, surely, I have read it before, and to spend time in reading the ideas of your own! Which is indeed very poor, that would be, to waste away time, of which I am able thank God to employ it in some thing better than the fabulous paper, as you know me. But having been represented with one of your scandalous paper, and having observed your anxiety to know my where abouts is, and seeing that none comply with your wish, I thought it proper to inform you myself, and to let you know, that I was engaged in this worthy congregation, after your unworthy paper was read, to convince you of the truth of the German proverb, “? ?” Sir! You say that I am travling about as a cheat, As a convert. are you able sir to point out any place where I said that I am so or so? I will consider you one of the two; either as the king Solomon says Hebrew, or should it be of your own fabrication, to injure a person merely because he is not of your opinion, you deny the coming of a Messiah and I believe in his coming, you deny the resurection, and I believe it, you say that this is not the same Bible which the Almighty gave it to us through Moses, and I believe it
And above all, in the name of conscience, you know me, and all what it was spoken about me, and why have you chosen me to be one of your Hebrew to make the Hebrew, why have you given me Hebrew? Why have you deffended me against the man who spoke ill, of the Rev Mr. Rosenfield, of yourself and of me? indeed sir, I see that my opinion of you from the very first time I knew you was true, I kept you for an Hebrew, a Hebrew. It is indeed true the saying of the Hebrew—which in the name of Hebrew says he always considered a man by his name, and so I consider you, it is not for nothing that your name is vice, but because you are the foundation of all viciousness since you came to this country the true faith found its end, you trod true religion under foot, you made Israel light istaed of Israelite, in short sir you are the man who can do good to none, and even to yourself without injuring another. Now sir, I will tell you what you are if none told you yet, you are no Talmudist at all and your Philosophy indeed while a child I knew it. You can only fool ignorant man, but among learned what do you know? nothing—know therefore that it is this only time I write to answer you, and from now you can write whatever you please, no answer will be given to you and this time I answer you only that you should not say that you silenced me, and to show you that your slandering can do me no harm Please God, you have great Hebrew because you are sure of being engaged for life, and I am sure in the help of the true living God of Israel. E. Marcuson. - Identifier
- LSDCBx2FF10_42
- Date
- 1863-10-20
Part of Letter from E. Marcuson to Isaac Mayer Wise;October 20, 1863
E. Marcuson, “Letter from E. Marcuson to Isaac Mayer Wise;October 20, 1863”, 1863-10-20, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/69548