Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-26
GEN, Grant and the Jews.

The Israelite, an ably conducted Jour
nal, published at Cincinnati, Ohio, gives
Gen. Grant the following well-merited
About that Grant nomination affair,
We can only repeat what we said before,
that in case of his nomination to the
Presidency, which we hope will not take
place, we will consider it our duty to
oppose him and the party nominating
him. We are told that no politics is
expected from The 'Israelite, and it has
no intention of meddling with any. 1t
has kept aloof, all the time, except
when men like Grant, Butler, Wilson,
Ellis, Brownlow and others of this kind
abused and outraged the Jew. Then it
did not care for the cry of treason raised
at everybody who had anything to say,
not Endorsed by the censor in Washing
ton, and struck with both fists. Worse
than Gen. Grant none in this century
in civilized countries has abused and
outraged the Jews, officially in broad
daylight and most barbarously. If there
are any among us who lick the feet that
kick them about, and like dogs run after
him who has whipped them, if there are
persons small enough to receive indie
cencies and Outrages without resent
ment, and creep about their tOrmentors
for selfish purposes, we hope their num-
Der is small, and we know it is too small
to be counted in comparison to those
who will not vote for n man and oppose
him who outraged the Jew in manner
as Gen. Grant did. Here is the story
in full:
Hdqrs. 18Th army Corps, Dept. Tenn.
Oxford, Miss, Dec. II, 1862. {
General Order No. IL.
The Jews, as a class, violating every
regulation of trade established by the
Treasury Department., also department
orders, are hereby expelled from the de-
partment within twenty-four hours from
the receipt of this order by post COM
manders.
They will see that all this class of
people are furnished with passes and
required to leave; and any one returning
after such notification will be arrested
and held in confinement until an oppor-
tunity occurs of sending them out as
prisoners, unless furnished with permits
from these headquarters.
No passes will be given this people to
visit headquarters for the purpose of
making personal application for trade
permits.
By order of Major Gen. Grant.
J. A. RAwLING, A. A. G.
This barbarian order caused general
outcry of horror all over this country, in
the public press, public meetings and
resolutions, in any and every form. In
Congress, Mr.. Pendletou, of Ohio, NOV
ed the following resolution:
Whereas, on the 18th day of Decem-
Der, 1862, Major Gen. Grant, command
ing the Department of the Tennessee,
did publish the following order, to-wit:
there followed the above order rerbG-
tim.) And in pursuance thereof did
cause many peaceable citizens of the
United States, residents in the said de-
partment, to be expelled therefrom with
in twenty-four hours without allegation
of special misconduct on their part, and
on no other proof than that they were
members of q certain religious denomi-
nation; and,
Whereas, The said order in its sweep
ing condemnation of a whole class of
citizens, without discriminating between
the. guilty and the innocent, as illegal
and unjust and in its execution is ty-
rannical and cruel; therefore
Resolved, That the said order de-
serves the earnest condemnation of this
House, and of the President as Com
mander-in-Chief.
This was lost in the House, but only
because nobody paid any attention to it,
and the order had been revoked pre-
viously. The vote, after all, was a very
close one-56 voted to table and So to
pass it; two more votes would have done
it. Among those voting for the resolu-
ton were, besides other Republicans,
also Mr.. CoIfax, the present Speaker of
the House; Mr.. Low, of st. Louis, and
other prominent members of that party.
The order No. IL fell most savagely
upon the old Jewish residents in that
department.; but there was no Senator
from those States in Washington, except
from Kentucky. Therefore, Senator
Powell, from Kentucky, in behalf of his
outraged constituents. introduced in
substance the same preamble and reso-
luton in the Senate, where it was de-
feated in q most shameful manner,
where but seven, viz: Messrs. Davis,
Harding, Latham, Nesmith, Powell,
Salisbury, and Wilson, of Missouri, had
the moral courage and moral rectitude
to stand by an outraged class Of their
fellow citizens.
President Lincoln could not persuade
himself for long time that Gen. Grant
issued that order; but when Mr.. Haskell,
of Paducah, KY, succeeded in convin-
cling him of the fact, he Immediately re-
yoked it, and expressed his indignation
at the outrage in the strongest terms in