Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-26
GRANT AND rHE JEWS.

Some one, assuming the character OF
Jewish merchant, Of Philadelphia,
writes to the. Post Of that city, about
Grant being upon good, tioeial terms
with the Jews of Galena This is not Of
the. slightest Importance The real
| question iRvolYed in Gen. Grants cele-
brated order against the Jews as
class " concerns equally every religioas
denomination with the Jews. 1t is an
evidence ofGrant's character and eapac-
ity, says the Philadelphia Age that the
matter now interests all and deserves
the consideration Of the whole American
people We find o man invested with
high powers, hastily acting upon mere
prejudice, against a whole race, many Of
whom we're, of course, entirely guiltless
Of what he charged on them. The
American people see in this bad trait
Of character in one aspiring to be the
chief cinil magistrate of our country.
This it is that tells against Grant, even in
the best aspect Of the case But it takes
q darker shade, and one that attracts
graver notice, when a connection is
traced between this order and the cotton
speculatiOns in which the elder Grant
was engaged Jesse Grant swears
IN q court of justice, that in
-
December, 1862, he made Al agree
ment with certain Jews to get
permits for them from his son, for a
trade in cotton, for which he--the elder
Grant-was to have onesfoulth Of the
profits. L further appears from the
record Of old Grant suit that he did get
the permits from the General, hut quar-
rel arose in the division Of the profits.
Grants order of December II, 1862,
against the Jews, declares: No passes
will be given to this people to visit head~
quarters for the purpose of making per-
sonalr application for trade permits
This clause seems drawn for the very
purpose Of driving all parties subject to
it to seek the meditation of old Jesse
Grant General Rawlings, chief Of fGrant's
staff, testifies that Grant himself drew up
and issued the order without the re-
vision of his staff, an unusual circum-
stance Nor did he recall or relax it, till
forced to do SC by superior authority.
The matter was noticed in Congress, Mr..
Pendleton moving for vote of censure
upon it. This was defeated by the exer-
lions Of Grants friend, Washburne. But
the public scandal of the matter, and
general complaint against it, prompted
the President to interfere TIE follow
ing telegraphic dispatch, which appeared
in oil the leading papers in the principal
cities Of the North and West on the 7th
of January, 1863, gives Mr. Lin coins
action upon it.
i WASHINGTON, jan. 6.-Deputations of
Jews began arriving here yesterday, to
solicit the President tc counterrnand or
modify the order of General Grant, exclud-
ing Israelites from his lines. The opera
tion of it upon families and merchants long
established lii regular business, proved ex-
ceedingly oppressive, and produced great
excitement in every city in the West. On
the application, last night, of Mr.. Kaskel,
one of the expelled Jewish citizens Of Pa
ducah, sustained by Representative Gurley,
of Ohio, the President instructed Gen.
Halleck to Countermand the order impera-
lively. Such countermand was sent West
this morning by telegraph.
All this too gravely affects the characs
ter of the Radical candidate for the
Presidency for us to treat it as a matter
which he has to settle only with the sect
that was named in his order The
ulterior purpose of it relieves it from the
imputatiOn Of bigotry, only to stampit
with worse character. Political in
genuity has not yet framed oven a
plausible defense Of it, in face of the dam
ming statements in old Grants aflidavits.
All defenses Of the son must begin with
charging the old man with perjury, and
thaa is bad for the whole "Grant family"
1t is also remarkable, that since the exs
pOsure of this cotton transaction, Butler
has fraternized with Grant; there is now
no difference between them-sO all the
Radical papers announce.