Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-07-18
GEN. GRANT AND THE JEWS.

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sued his famous. or, rather, Infamous order,
casting deep stigma upon and wautony and
outrageously insulting the whole Jewish race.
Frequently duriag the war. and since, down
| to within the period of his nomination for the
Presidency, he has been called upon to explain
or retract the offensive language of that noted
order, but he never deigned any response what
ever Lately, however, not feeling so sure Of
an election as he would like to feel, Gen. Grant
has applied himself to the difficult task of try
ing to explain away all Intention to offend the
Jews in that order. His Chief Of staff, Gen.
Rawlins, has come out in a card, also to ex-
plain the matter, aud smooth the thing down
with the Jews. He AYERS that Gen. Grant had
no intention to reflect upon that race. Let US
contrast this assertion with the exact language
of the order by Gen. Grant, rs follows:
The Jews as a class violating every regulation of
trade established by the Treasury Department, also
Department orders, hereby expelled from the
ceipt Of this order by the Post Commander
No passes will be given as people to visit headquar-
tiers for tho purpose Of making personal applications
for trade permits.
The order also commanded the imprison-
ment Of q all this class" (the jews who were
found in the district Yet in the face of this
plain and unequivocal language, insulting and
proscriptive to the utmost degree, Gen. Grant
cow gets his Chief Of Staff TO assert that he
Grant had no intention to reflect upon the
Jewish race in that notorious order.
Gen. Grant then, and all through the war,
admitted Christians (so-caled) who were the
veriest shoddy rascals and army punderers in
the country, TO trade in his Department, aud
10 run contraband cotton and tobacco, 10 sell
on their own (or his) account, 10 the detrment
OF the Government; and never did he cxpel
them or refuse TO let them apply for trade
permits to his headquarters. But he allowed
no Jew, whomsoeyer, 10 even come 10 head
quarters The developments before the Con-
gressional Investigation Committee during the
war, reveal the most astounding $! stem of pub
lie plunder, BY army contractors. aud camp
spectators, all of whom were Christians.
Yet Grant ordered the expulsion Of all the
Jews and of not one oil thcSr Christians. from
his Department. Granting that Que or several
OF the Jews had acted badly. /, was no reason
he should order the expulsion nf al! Of them,
aud add insult to injury b. dcuoaucing the
whole Jewish race d" as class" Tor the proba-
bic misdceds OF few of their people. while. at
the same time. although aware, ne be must
have been. OF the rascally trade practices Of
Others bcsidcs J-ws.-puritans aud their ilA.-
he not even so much as mentioned or referred
Ia ihcm-ccriainiy did mo; order their rIpal
sion or arrest, within twenty four hours.
If Il has taken Geo. Graut aud bis Chief of
STAFF sla years 10 frame a denial Of his own IN
tcntion no, To- insult the Jews by bis notorious
military order Of ls6!, he aud hts lricads ought
not Ia End fault with the Jews 10 case they
should fail TO b, convinced. Tor stx years la
to come .ay 10 l-7i. OF the genuiucncss ot hi.
tardy explanation. and by that time there may
be no GcHeral Grant. but only Que Hiram L
Grant, formerly General. The rcticcni hero
Of the weed and pipe. aud the famou, butcher
Of the Army Of the Potomac. may hud on
counting up, after the next Presidential cleo.
too. that be lost the day by just about the una
jority that the Jews have votes in the several
States Of the Union. and the verdict will DC
" served him right"