Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-29
The Hebrews, and General Gram
and George III. PendletOn.

and George III. PendletOn.
The following article speaks for itself:
IFrom the New York (Hebrew) Leader. May 22.l
GEORGE H. PENDLEToN" FOR THE JEWS.
1t is now almost certain that George II
Pendleton, the distinguished Statesman
from Ohio, will be nominated for the Pres
idency by the next Democratic Nationa
Convention. We indorse cheerfully thi
nomination and hope that every Jewisf
citizen will cast his vote for man who wa
the champion of the outraged feelings o
our nation, at time when a despotic mil
itary man offended them more bruCally
than has ever been done in this century
and who had the courage to raise his voic,
in the House of Representatives against th'
well known infamous order of Gen. Grant
We will reproduce the record of that ses
sion in the House in full.
In the House of Representatives in De
cember, 1852, Mr.. Pendleton, of Ohio
moved the following resolution:
"WHEREAs. On the 18th day of Decem
ber, 1852, Major General Grant, command
ing the Department of the Tennessee, die
publish the following order, to-wit:
HEAD Q'Rs THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, ]
DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE :
OXFORD, Mss, December II, 1862. \
General Order No. IL.
The Je,cs, as class, violating every reg.
ry Department, also Department orders
are hereby expelled from the Department aoitt-
in ttoenty four hours from the receipt of this or
der by post commanders.
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 opportunity occurs
of sending them out as prisoners, unless fur
nished with permits from these head quar-
ters.
No passes will be given this people to
visit headquarters for the purpose of max
ing personal application for trade permits
By order of Major-General Grant.
JOHN A. RAWLING, A. A. G.
Official: j. LOWELL, Captain and A. A. G
"And in pursuance thereof did cause many
peaceable citizens of the United States, res
idents in the said Department. to be expelled
therefrom within twenty-four hours with
out allegation OF special misconduct on
their part, and on no other proof than that
they were members OF a certain religious
denomination; and ..-
"WHEREAs, That said order, with its
sweeping condemnation of a whole class
of citizens, without discriminating between
the guilty and the innocent, is illegal and
unjust, and in its execution is tyrannical
and cruel; therefore,
"Resotued, That the said order deserves
the sternest condemnation of this House,
and of the President as Commander-in-
Chief"
Which resolution was laid on the table by
a vote of 56 to So.
We do not profess to be politicians, par
excellence, and we do not often descend into
the arena for political fight, but in this
case we are bound to make an exception,
and to show up to our coreligionists who
their friends are, and who their friends
were at time when they were assailed by
man who now stands forward as the most
prominent candidate of the Republican
party, who courts the votes of citizens
whose families he, second Torquemada,
expelled from their homes; whose fathers
and husbands he declared to be out
for hundreds of miles round his
holy camp. We sincerely hope that
the Jewish citizens of the United
States will bear in mind that the contest
between Pendleton and Grant is a contest
between light and darkness, between lib
erty of conscience and between Puritanical
fanatics, who, like their forefathers two
everybody whose religious persuasion is
different from their own. 1t is our duty to
vote for Pendleton; we will show that graf
itu6e is still one of our. principal virtues,
and because George 81. Pendlt ton has been
fighting for the Jews, the Jews will exer-
power for George III. Pendleton during the
approaching Presidential campaign.
FOOTPRINTS OF THE WAR.-A committee
of the Protestant Episcopal Convention of
South Carolina, to whom was assigned the
duty of gathering information il regard to
the destruction of churches and loss of
church property during the war, have SUBJ
mitted the result of their investigation =
The report OF the committee begins with
the Southwestern part of the State, and fol-
lows the line of Sherman's march, in its
history of destruction. 1t appears that ten
churches have been burned, and that three
have disappeared; that twenty-five parishes
are suspended; that two parsonages have
been burned, that every church between
the Savannah river and Charleston has
been injured, and that almost every minis
ter in that region OF the State has lost his
home and library. sf.