Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-14
The Whole Abolition Party I'm
COngressaVOte Against Cemsu-
ring General Grant for the
Expulsion Of the, jews. u "a
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EXPULSION OF THE JEWS

EXPULSION OF THE JEWS.
Mr.. Pendleton introduced the following
resolution, on which he demanded the pre-
vious question
WHEREAS, On the 18th day of December,
1862, Major General Grant, commanding the
Department of Tennessee, did publish the fol-
lowing order, to-wit;
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH Amy CoRps,
DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
OxFoRD, MISSISSIPPI, December II, 1862
General order, No. Ill
The Jews, as q class, violating Hevefy. reah-
lation of trade established by the Treasury
Department, also Department orders are
hereby expelled from the Department within
twenty-four hours from the receipt of this
order by post commanders.
They will see that all this class of people
are furnished with passes ando required to
leave and any one returning after such no.
LITIGATION will be arrested and held in ~coniine-
ment until an opportunity occurs of sending
them out as prisoners, unless furnished with
permits from these headquarters.
NO passes will be given these people to
visit headquarters for the purpose Of making
personal application for trade permits.
BY order of Major General Grant,
JOHN A. RAWLINS, A. A. G.
Official. LOWELL, Captain andA A. G"
And in pursuance thereof did cause many
peaceable citizens of the United States, resi-
dents in said Department, to- be expelled
therefrom within twenty four hours without
allegation Of special misconduct on their
part, and on no other proof than that they
were members of a certain religious denom-
nation And whereas, the said order, in its.
sweeping condemnation of a whole class Of
citizens without discriminating between the
guilty and the innocent, is illegal and unjust,
and in its execution is tyrannical and cruel.
Therefore, pfnaF gt8aitu Ea8
ResolCsa, That the said order deserves the
sternest condemnation of this House, aud of
the President, as Commander-in-chieE
The previous question was seconded. ooit
On ordering the main question there
were-ayes, rs nays, 80, Ono quorum vot-
ing)
Mr.. Pendleton demanded tellers. ''
Tellers were ordered, and Messrs. Pendle-
ton and Bufinton were appointed, , .oa,sEs
The main question was not ordered, the
tellers having reported-ayes, Al; nays, go.
Mr.. Washburne-This resolution censures
one of our best Generals without Il hearing,
and move that it be laid upon the table.
Mr.. Holman demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered .&2tG
The question was taken, and it was deci-
ded in the acknowledgements, 56 q nays 53-
as follows: WsAta E&AJ&A41t OO
Yeas,-Messrs. Aldrich, Baker, Baxter,
Beaman, Bingham, j. B. Blair, s. s Blair,
William G. Brown, Burlington, Burnham,
Chamberlain, Clark, f. A. Conkling, Davis,
Duell, Dunn, Edwards, Eliot, Ely Fenton,
Samuel c. Fessenden, Fisher, Gooch, Hiek-
man., Horton, Hntchihs, Julian, Francis W.
Kellogg, William Kellogg, Killinger, Lovejoy,
Lehman, Mitchell, Moorhead, Maynard,
Mcknight, Mexican, Mcpherson, Nixon, Noel,
DIN, Patton, Alexander H. Rice, John H..
Rice, Edward II, Rollins, Shanks, Sheffield,
Stratton, Stevens, Francis Thomas, Trimble,
Trowbridge, Verree, Washburne, Wheeler and
Wilson-56.
Nays-Messrs, William Allen, Alley, Anco5.
ma, Biddle, Blake, Calvert, Colfax, Roscoe
Conkling, Conway, Cox, Dunlap, Edgerton,
Thomas A, d. Fessenden, Goodwin, Granger,
Haight, Hall, Harding, Holman, johnson,
kerrigan Knapp, Law, Low, Lazear, NAL
Tory, Menzies,, Morris, Norton, Odell, Pendle-
ton, Perry, Price, Riddle, Sargent, Shiel,
Stiles, William G.. Steele, Benjamin f.
Thomas, Vallandigham, Van Valkenburgh,
Voorhees,, Yibberd, Walker Wall, Webster,
Wicklife, Woodruff, Windotm,f Worcester,
Wood and Yeaman-53. tUoal
SO the resolution was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Washburne moved to reconsider the
vote by which the resolution was laid upon
the table and also moved that the motion to
reconsider be laid upon the table. 10 ..ssK
The latter motion was agreed to.
Is there a philanthrOpist. a patrioL or a tr,a,