The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-26

mos Jews of Paducah had or'' that
, Geen engaged in trade within ~ th no time
lines OF Gen. Grant; that ATM th the active
hn e mn.ie peen engaged in leoi faa all
gus at their homes, and t6gs ttlmate
o was out one jew, a resident Of p mere
can who had gone out Of +p pl Fadu-
into the cotton region, ana '4 ne State
was not at home, and on nU that one
wa was not expelled from his ro 9iaenty
by this ruthless order . iesldence
MIR. President, if we c.r,
to allow the military power ~ submit
encroach on the rights of tbo e snus to
we shall be setting bad and e.tlzens,
nlclous example to those in co USI per
OF the army. We should admin TnilHand
to those in command of onr lllllster
the sternest rebuke for such e a[nles
outrages upon the rights Of t IA grant
zens; These people are renroso. clu,
Dy the most respectable citi1on on'ed
faducah to be loyal men Mis- OF
them are men who were not anny Of
IN commerce. They were mor9Sf aged
attending to their daily avocot lelAhts
their homes. In my judgment G IS at
incumbent on this Senate, as tho It Is
ter is before them, to pass tho I Ina mat
ton, and let Gen. Grant and i eS
other military commands knon 4i Tue
they are not to encroach upon '4 Ia
rights and privileges of the noaoo Iae
loyal citizens of this country G p
the resolution, and the examn,o ass
be OF the greatest importance no. %ui
ularly at this time, when tho co p",ue-
tlonal rights of the citizens Are i bo;
stricken down and trodden undor tft us
throug bout the entire country br 'V ~
executive and military power W vTe
nave submitted already too lone o We
tamely to the encroachments Of E anu +hu
military upon the civil rights Of t tl,e
citizens. Many of these Jews , Jle
were expelled from Paducad WIN "no
known to me for many wears as E %eie
ly honorable and loyal citizens M.
order expels them as class from 1 ths
entlre department, an prevents them
having pass to approach his nnrSon
to ask redress of grievance V C"n
Grant might just as well exnal aa
Baptist, or the Methodist, or the Fns
copalians, or the Catholics as q cIpso
as to eXpel the Jews. All are alb
protected in the enjoyment of their ro
liglon by the Constitution of orr conn
try: They are inoffensive citizens.
and 1t is set forth in papers that | have
before me, that two of the Jews who
were expelled had served three months
In the army of the United States in
defense of the Union cause,
There is no excuse for General
Grant for issuing the order. It NAV
De SAID that some Jews in his deparf
ment had been guilty ofillegal traffic
Ii so, eXpel them. | do not wish to
shield Jew or a Gentle from inst
punishment for the infraction of the
law. He should have directed his or.
der to the offenders, and should have
punished them; but, sir, so far from
doing that, he punished whole PEG
pie as a class; without specific charge,
hearing. or trial, he drives out inoffen-
slve, loyal people, men, women and
children, from city far distant from
his headquarters, without giving them
the least opportunity to meet and re-
pei charges that might be brought
against them. Such conduct is utter
ly indefensible. Iregret that General
Grant issued such an order.
General Grants conduct heretofore
as a soldier has been that of brave
and gallant officer; he has fought well
on many fields; for that L commend
him. But while / commend him for
his gallant conduct / must censure
him for this most atrocious and illegal
order. 1t is inhuman and m0nstrous.
1t would be unworthy of the most
| despotic government in the most des-
potic period of the worlds history.
Sir, we should rebuke such conduct
| regret that some other less meritori-
Gus officer of the army had issued this
order. l regret that General Grant
has issued it; but, sir, we owe it to
ourselves, we owe it to the civil and
religious liberty of the citizen to put
our condemnation upon it.
I think / have couched the resolu-
ton in the mildest terms possible. 1t
is my duty, in vindication of the rights
of my constituents-these Jews who
have been so grossly and cruelty
wronged-to urge this resolution to It's
passage. 1t will be a landmark In the
future to teach these military gentle
men that they are not to encroach
on the civil and religious rights OF the
citizen, whether he be Jew or Gentlle.
[ should be the last man here who
would wish to visit with censure any
commander of any department OF the
army for justly furnishing those VINO
had been violaters of the law IN MS
department; and l trust that it SHAH
be the last to palliate or execute any
commander, however meritorous MS
conduct in other matters may nave
been, who thus strikes cruelty and III
humanely at class of Leople, driving
them from their homes, men, women
and children, upon the shortest notlce
their houses are closed up, and many
Of their stores, they inform me- are
left without an occupant, containing
thousands of dollars worth OF GOODS
The Senate, in my judgment, owes
it to itself to vindicate the laws anu !
the rights of these prosecuted Jews, l
do for them what | would do for any