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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
W
hen a reverent
America pauses to
pay tribute to Ab-
raham Lincoln on his birthday,
we Jews can well recall our
own special memories of Lin-
coln.
There was the Chaplaincy
Case. With about 150,000 Jews
in the U.S. at the time, many
were serving in the Union
cause but they had no Jewish
Chaplain. Michael Allen, a
Philadelphia Jew, tried serv-
ing as Jewish chaplain of
Cameroon's Dragoons, but a
furor was created and he had to
resign. Arnold Fischel, rabi of
Shearith Israel Congregation
in New York, applied for a
chaplaincy commission but
was rejected. However, his re-
quest was well publicized.
Isaac M. Wise in Cincinnati
circulated petitions. The Board
of Delegates of American Is-
raelies sent a delegate to
Washington: Rabbi Fischel
himself.
Fischel saw President Lin-
coln on Dec. 11, 1861 and ex-
plained the injustice of the law.
Lincoln promised something
would be done. He sent to Con-
gress suggestions that woulld
remove the disqualifications.
By the following September,
Lincoln was successful. A
number of chaplains served
with distinction, and ever
since, have served the U.S.
The General Grant matter
was another issue. On Dec. 17,
1862, the nation was shocked
by Order No. 11 issued by Gen-
eral Ulysses S. Grant, com-
manding general of the De-
partment of Tennessee, expel-
ling all Jews from the area
within 24 hours, denying all
passes to Jewish civilians and
ordering their arrest.
Jews were shocked. It was an
unbelievable order coming
from a U.S. general. The Kas-
kel brothers of Paducah, Ken-
tucky, sent telegrams of pro-
test that "this inhuman order,
the carrying out of which
would be the grossest violation
of the Constitution and our
rights as citizens under itxwill
place us as outlaws before the
whole world." The Kaskel
brothers hurried to Washing-
ton and went straight to the
White House, explaining to
Lincoln (who knew nothing
about the infamous order) of
the clean reputation of Jews in
this country.
"And so the children of Israel
were driven from this happy
land of Canaan?" Lincoln
asked.
"Yes," said Kaskel, "and
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that is why we have come unto
Father Abraham's bosom ask-
ing protection."
"And that protection they
shall have at once," Lincoln re-
plied. With that, the President
penned a note to General in
Chief Henry W. Halleck, di-
recting him to telegraph in-
structions to General Grant to
cancel the order. Three days la-
ter, General Order 11 was re-
called.
Zurich, Switzerland, caused
an uproar in Washington. Ab-
raham Guttmann, an Ameri-
can citizen of Jewish faith,
wanted to do business in
Zurich, but when he made the
long journey there, the
authorities flatly refused to
allow him to live in Zurich. He
was a Jew, and no Jews were
allowed to reside in Zurich.
Guttman appealed to the
State Department and news of
the Guttmann case spread.
Leeser's Occident, Isaac M.
Wise's Israelite magazines car-
ried the story. Editorials of -
protest appeared: the U.S. set
no barriers of religion among
its citizens. Should Zurich get
away with this indignity?
A committee went to see Sec-
retary of State Seward. Isaac
Leeser reminded him he lived a
block away from Independence
Hall where the historic docu-
ment so precious to America
said, "All men are created
equal." David Einhorn recalled
to the Secretary of State that
he had to flee from Baltimore
because he dared to preach
that all people had human
rights, even Negroes and Jews,
and were entitled to liberty.
Suddenly there was a knock
on the door. In walked the tall,
lanky, rustic, homely looking
man with a beard. Everyone
rose. An awkward silence left
everyone speechless.
"I trust these gentlemen are
not here on that Grant matter.
I thought we had disposed of
that satisfactorily."
"No, Mr. President," Secre-
tary Seward explained, "they
are here on another matter. It
seems that an American Jew
has been refused residence in
the canton of Zurich in Swit-
zerland, and these gentlemen
are here in his behalf."
"What's that? Racial dis-
crimination? We won't tolerate
that anywhere."
Lincoln thought a moment.
Then he smiled wisely.
"Have we a consul in
Zurich? No? Will the law allow
the appointment of a consul for
Zurich? Yes? Excellent! Gent-
lemen, our problem is solved.
Surely Zurich cannot refuse to
recognize a representative of
the U.S. government. I have an
announcement to make. The
new American Consul in
Zurich is Abraham
Guttmann."
"Are the elders of the chil-
dren of Israel satisfied with
Father Abraham? And now if
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