The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-07-08
Grant and the Jews.

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D order issued by Gen. Grant when he was
commander of the Department of the Ten
Y nesse., banishing the Jews, as class, from
{ the lines of command. The Department,
] then ih charge Of Gen. Grant, embraced the
States Of Kentucky. Tennessee, Georgia,
Q Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and pro-
( baby other States. The Radical press
cane to the reli, of Grant, and stated that
, the order was issued in his absence, and
} without his knowledge or consent, by a
subordinate officer. This dodge not work
ing satisfactorily, General Rawlins, whose
name was signed to the order as Assistant
} Adjutant General, writes letter to Ken
lucky gentleman, in which he admits that
Grant himself caused the order to be issued,
, and attempts to justify him for so doing
In order that our readers may see for them
, selves whether he has succeeded or not, wo
: publish the following extrsct from it:
5 The most stringent orders had previ-
cusly been published, foIbidding persons
: from gong or coming through our lines.
: limiting traders to certain boundaries, and
! prohibiting the passage of coin South, or
the payment, of it for Southern products.
; Persistent violations of these orders by per-
sons principally Of the Jewish race, were
the subjects OF constant reports by many of
had even issued orders expelling them from
the lines, but which General Grant had
promptly revoked. Reports of the Same
character were also received from otherthan
military sources. At length, on the. even
ing OF December Z, 1862, date of the or
der,) the mail brought from Washington
| large number of complaints, officially re-
ftrred to hinl by the General-in-C Chief OF
the army, against this class of persons. for
violations of the above mentioned orders.
The General felt, on reading them, that
some immediate action was demanded of
him. He realized to its full extent tho
critical condition of military affairs, and
judged-whether wisely or unwirsely, that
to meet the exigency action must be imme-
date, thorough, and in form not to be
evaded. The order you refer to was the re-
suit. II was written, and telegraphnd to
hissuboi dinate with outretison, leaving all
persons not justly smenable to its terms to
be relieved on their individual application "
We rather think that Gen. Rawlins had
better have lett this matter alone, for he
certainly gives it a much worse aspect than
1t otherwise would have presented. The
order referred exclusively to tie Jews as a
class, although Gen. Rawlins says persis-
tent violation OF these orders by persons
| pTlEClpdliy Vi tIc 0GWlSu iuCG NuS TIC SuU-
ject CT constant report. Here is an admis-
sion that others besides Jews we're epgaged
in the business, yet none but Jews were in
cluded in the order of Punishment 1t is
well,known that. there were thousands of
Radical camp followers who were engaged
| in this unlawful business, and who went
! there with their pockets filled with ''Treas-
| ury permits" to purchase cotton from the
rebels, and who not tonly paid coin, but ex-
changed provisions, clothing and everything
else, necessary to prolong the war, for it,
Senators and Representatives in Congress,
cabinet officers, military officers, bankers,
brokers', and leading loyal politicians
were all concerned in this swindling opera
tion, and many of them made large for
tunes at it. Grant was aware of all this,
yet he confined his tyrannical order to the
Jews as n class.
Jesse r. Grant, the father of Ulysses,
was engaged in speculating in cotton per-
mits at the time.
In the same month in which the order
referred to was issued he entered into part
nership with Cincinnati firm, for the pur-
chase Of cotton in his sons military depart
ment. The conditions of the partnership
were that the Cincinnati parties were to
furnish the capital, and the men to pur-
/ ClIdoc tlS COllUll3 HllO LttHttT JT6IlL Was 10
procure, at tho headquarters of his son.
then at Oxford, Miss, the very place from
when the order was issued, to purchase it,
and secure transportation, and such other
facilities as might he necessary. Father
Grant furnished the permits, and after
wards sued, in the Superior Court at Gin
ciuna,i, his co.partners for forty thousand
dollars, the balance which he claimed to be
due him. The case, was heard on demurrer,
but never came to trial on its merits, for it
was likely to open up some ugly facts
Judge Storer, in declining the demurrer,
said:
II feel constrained to say, that the whole
of the trade, as disclosed in this proceed
ing, was not only disgraceful. but tends d.
rectly to disgrace the country. IL is the
price Of blood. "
Yet, Jqssee Il. Grant, not hciug a Jew,
was not banished. Again; Gen. Rawlins
says i'll reference to the order:
1T was written and telegraphed to his
(Grant's) subordinates, without revision,
! leaving all persons not justly amenable to-
! its terms, to be relieved on their iad,ridual
} applications"
How could they be relieved. when the
J order says: No passes will be furnisln
these people to visit headquarters for thn
J purpose OF making personal application,
! Did Gen. Grant expect that the Jewish
women and children, residing ut Paducab,
and other plnces in Kentucky, three and
four hundred miles from tho headquarters
of the army, could, even if passes could be
procured, travel that distance 10 lay their
grievances before him? Hundreds of men,
women and children, we're compelled To
. leave their homes and their property, on n
"a hours notice, and werc driven into 9TH
or States. That there were Jaws among
those who were violating the rules and reg
ulations of the service is very probably, but
we will venture the assertion, without lear
of successful contradiction, that there was
not one jew to a hundred of any other
class Of our citizens. But If the proper
ton was much larger, it affords no excuse
whatever for General Grant or any other
, officer, civil or military. TO punish whole
class, without respect TO age, sex, or con-
d;tion, for the offences Of few persons.
Had the order been directed against oil viz
olators of law, there would have been somc
J justification for it, but snch was not the
fact. He mentions the Jews as class and
directs his subordinates ITO see that dN
: this class OF people are expelled from his
department within twenty>four hours, and
any of them returning to be held as pris-
t oners. II tdmdealer.
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a ufs General Grant, 1t viii be seen from
his letter Of acceptance, refuses to pledge
himself 10 the Chicago nlatform This