Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-25
General Grant and the Jews-A Represen-
tative Israelite Speaks

Iowa, advocating the claims OF General
Grant for the Presidency [ am an Israe-
lite have been connected with Jewish af-
fairs, literary, charitable, and religious, tor
many years have met all the prominent
Israelites of the country in public and
private life, and am personally tamlllar
with nearly all the Jewish communities IN
the United States, and yet this is the first
time have heard of Mr.. Noah Green.-
No such person is known as "a leading
! Braelite," and from the extracts of the
speech given l am satisfied that if he
claims to be an Israelite his claims are
bogus.
An Israelite is u man, and no man ''cre-
ated in the image of his God would sub
NIT to have his face "spit into " and nim-
self kicked, and after ward kiss the mouth
and foot that inflicted this gross indignity.
This Green says he would do, and vote be-
sides to put such Haman in office
Moreover, / am convinced this Green is
no Jew for what Jew, or Christian either,
would give utterance to sentiments like
these. L quote from his speech Eigh-
teen hundred years ago some leading aris-
tocratic Jews committed a blunder," &c.
What blunder? The crucitixion of Christ?
Now this fellow, if he knows history,
knows full we'll Christ was not crucifed by
the Jews, but by the Romans, crucifxion
being unknown to the Jewish law.
Again, this Green prates of the " cause
CT Justice and liberty" says for this cause
Jews must bury their indignation for Grant
and vote to make him President The
cause of justice and liberty are, indeed,
dear to the Jewish heart; for this they
have sacrificed everything in the past but
their honor. But the cause of justice and
liberty are not represented by Ulysses S.
| Grant nIthor in hiS or that of
the party he represents, who, whatever
claims it may have possessed heretofore,
forfeited all when they chose him for their
standard bearer. A man is to be judged
by his acts. Not in the hey-day of his
power, when the eyes of the world are fixed
upon him, but when in comparative oD-
security, he asserts the natural promptings
of his nature. 'Tis then his true character
for greatness is exhibited. IT'S then the
commanding qualities of his mind and
heart appear in their naked and unaffected
truth. In private life, in the domestic
circle, at the head of local society, or in
command of a department., the true char
acter of man is likely to be manifested,
and evidences revealed that go to prove
his claims to exaltation and higher trust.
Judged by this standard, how does Gen
eral Grant appear In 1862, at O time
when Il thought of the Presidency never
fitted across his narrow intellect, he gave
to the world evidence of his true charac-
ter. OF the breadth of his learning, his
craftsmanship his Catholic views, his toll
Grafton, his rlagnanimity, his "justice, .
and his " liberty
On the 18th OF December, 1862, he issued
the great order that placed his name along
side of those of the illustrious Henry III,
of the 18th century, and Torquemada, the
Spanish Inquisitor General of the 15th.-
Bow brilliantly through the light of ages
they shine Let US read over this famous
order, here it is
Headquarters 18th ARMY CORPS, }
| DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE.
CONCORD, Miss, Dec. II, 1862.
q" GENERAL ORDERS No. II.
'' The JEWS, AS CLASS, violating every
regulation of trade established by the
Treasury Department Orders, are hereby
erpeUed from the Department sCithin ttcenty-
f0ur hours from tie receipt Of this order 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, shall be
arrested and held in confinement until an
opportunity occurs of sending them out as
prisoners unless furnished with permission
from these headquarters. No passes will
be given these people to visit these head
quarters for the purpose of making appli-
cation for trade permits.
by order of Major-General
GU. S. GRANT"
Gracious and merciful General More
merciful than even the brilliantly enlight
ened Torquemada he gave the Jews four
months to quit the realms of Spain, but
you, more magnanimous, more consider
ate, more just, gave them twenty-four
hours Not four months to prepare in
misery, but four and twenty hours, that
f the agony of exile might not be thought
of ! Twenty four hours to tear up their
homes, remove their goods, their wives,
their little ones! Twenty four hours for
the twenty-four years they had been build
ing up in Mississippi, Tennessee and Ken
tucky, and other States, embraced in your
Department, the wealth and prosperity OF
these great commonwealths, AS great
. historian said of the Jews of Ferdinand
and Isabella, so could be said of these,
"they were the most Industrious, the most
thriving, the most peaceable, and the most
! learned of citizens. And yet were these
to be banished-! Banished in a single
day When this infamous order became
known, shock was given the cause o1
" liberty and Justice" that reverberated
> throughout the civilized world.
Said the dusky Moor 'This from the
hands of an American General ?"
"What !' said the Moslem as he opened
his Koran, &C Is that what they call reli
gious liberation ?' "Why are the Jews
as a class held to such fearful account 2
asked the surprised Cossack in St. Peters
burg.
Victoria and Napoleon felt secure in the
I affections of these people when they read
|, this inhuman and atrocious mandate.
Every officer in the army who possessed
spark of the fire that animated the heroes
of '76 blushed with shame as they heard O
=, this Infamous decree.
= The army was made UP from all the large
r cities and towns, of hundreds of Jewisl
: volunteers, how joyfully they receive thi
8 mark of distinction . That the order wa
an outrage no circumstances, however per
ilOus would for one moment Justify, wa
n made manifest the instant it became know
: at Washington, and its Immediate revoca
). ton was ordered by the President Gene
. raj Grant has never recovered from the oh