Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1878 — The Governor of Ohio and the Jews. [ARTICLE]

The Governor of Ohio and the Jews.

The following correspondence explains itself : Cincinnati, Sept. 9. The Hon. K. M. Bishop: De ah Sib : In your proclamation of the 7th, recommending a day of prayer on behalf of the yellow-fever sufferers, you call on all Christian people to assemble on the 13th, in their respective churches, to offer up prayers to Almighty God to alleviate the sufferings of the South. Did you mean, by the use of the term “ Christian people,” to invite to prayer for the alleviation of a national calamity only those citizens of Ohio who profess and recognize the principles of the Christian religion? Respectfully, Daniel Wolf, B. Simon. Cincinnati, Sept. 9. Messrs Daniel Wolf and B. Simon : Deab Bibs : Your communication this date was received by me with considerable surprise. My object in recommending a day of prayer for alleviation of the scourge which is now afflicting the South was simply to secure the united invocation to Almighty God by all who believed in and recognized His goodness and mercy ; that He would interpose His Omnipotent Power, which alone can save, to stay the progress of the terrible scourge which was devastating a large portion of our common country. The word “Christian” was used by me only as a general term, intending to recognize all who recognized and relied upon Divine protection in the hour of need, and by no means intended to exclude any of any sect, belief, or school, who would give a prayer for the alleviation of a plague, and, least of all to exclude the people of whom you are members, who are recognized and illustrious for deeds of mercy and charity. Respectfully, . Richabd M. Bishop, Governor of the State of Ohio. Chauzy is the-name of the French General who is anxious to step into President MacMahon’s shoes in 1880,