Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-04
Wrong Done to a Class of Citizens By
General Grant.

General GRANT has recently issued an extra
ordinary military order, banishing from biz
Department the "JeWs ss Glass;" for, as is al.
legged, "violating every regulation Of trade
established BY the Treasury Dspartm ent; also,
Department orders" The Cincinnati Enquirer,
referring to this strange, and, apparently ct
least, upjusti6able order. says:
We hesitated to give publicity through our
columns to the order, not being able to bring
ourselves to believe In its authenticity. The
offense must have been very grave one to have
justified General Grant in issuing mandate
whose effect 10 10 Get apart whole class
Of citizens for opprobrium and insult
Indeed, no ofense can be committed
By individuals, which will justify the slng.
ling ont Of o whole claes, thousands OF
whom are honorable and esteemed citizens, for
condemnation and disgrace. II individuals
violate orders, let them be dealt with as BELTS
the offeuse; but to involve whole class In on.
probrium because few belonging to Il have
done wrong, lie what humanity, candor and fair
ness revolt Oh.
We can not believe that General Grant has
been imposed upon by parties with whose ar
rapgements for specializing In cotton certain
Israelites, engaged 10 the same business, in.
terfered. Il 10 well known that In more than
one instance, military officers took to them
selvesa monopoly Of the cotton trade 10 Ger
| cain PORTIONS of ths 6outh whore they lad the
command, and made fortunes thereby for them.
selves and relatives. In other instances, MILL
tary officers would grant permits to certain per.
sons only to buy cotton; and these officers would
receive percentage on the cotton purchased az
price for the permit These are well known
common occurrences. u may be thet Israelitel
i at Memphis and other points, have been pur.
oh aslnR cotton without any regard for the nice
, lltCle percentage which u 10 expected cottor
\ traders shall Day for the protection of Fedora
bsyonets and the use OF Government trausfos
tation. Bat, II that IL the case the order 4
too sweeping and unjust, as IL embraces Oh,
Innocent 90 we'll as the guilty. The more VI
reflect on the order, the more we dislike IL, III
Injustice 10 gross and fsgraut. efl
Among the condemned class there are good
|, and bad, ss in ell olassee. There are blAcl
. sheep in every Hock. Bot as . class, our OBJ
{ servstion enables rs to say that Q more Law
abiding class Of citizens we do not know. We
can bear this testimony Of them. They interfere
. With nobody's religion. They are not mischief
makers, or intermeddlers In the affairs Of othsl
J, people. They do not 80 about the country leo
turing on either women's Or negro's rights, stir
ring up striie, contention, III will and hatred
Politically, We are sorry 70 say, they are mostlJ
Of the party that has Lincoln for its lender
having voted for him for President, WhlIi
! tbat may have shown their want Of judgmsn
aud the vicious character Of their politics, yel
We believe them, 40 claas, to be as honest Il
their opinions and conduct, az citizens, as. AM
other, Gen. Grant has done them, 90 q GLASS
, great wrong, and should immediately, with .h'
u frankness and fearlessness Of true soldier
! withdraw or modify his order, and speloeix
for the insult he has put on the lsraeliles asi
GLASS, "fcG