Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-20


arisen from any. consideration for him as
an individual or the " President Of the
sorry OOntederacy,'' but simply from a
fear Of the issues which it would neces-
sarily bring before the tribunal trying
him, and upon which the Supreme Court
would have to pass. That is the reason
why Mr.. Davis viii not be tried, and
Radical journals had just as wen con
fess to the truth. p q = ~, " -
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gro YOUR TEN As, OH IsRA b."
We commend to general circulation by |
the Democratic press Of the country. and
to the earnest attention Of our Israeltish
fellow-citizens, the following manly and
pointed letter Of one Of the most estima-
bic mepbers OF that faith in this COM
munity, and most reputable gentleman.
It is instinct with the just indignation Of
one who witnessed the execution of the
infamous "Order No. H. and bears tes-
timuny to The fact that Gen. Grant was
present and coolly looked upon the out
rageous scenes he had inaugurated. 1t
is a sufficient refutation Of the plea. of
Mr.. Moses, Of Illinois, who, in advising
his Acknowledgements to csress the hand
that SO wantonly bufeted them, affects
meekness that their great leader out Of
Egyptian bondage never attained to, and
lays himself liable to the suspicion
that his boosted magnanimitY is but
mingled pusillanimity and corruption.
Mr. Levy appeals to the Jewish people
who have become incorporated into the
American nation, by their votes in No.
vernber, to rebuke the odious stigma and
injury sought to be inflicted upon them
in this proscriptivc military edict, and to
vindicate the fame Of their adopted country
by refusing to participate in the elevation
to its highest trust of one so narrow OF
soul and so meanly intolerant as its
author. He adduces other facts, too,
going to prove that the price of cotton in
Grants department huctuated mysteri-
| ously under the influence Of this order,
and leaving the irresistible impression
that one who could be induced to issue
this vindictive edict of Punishment, might
not be wholly insensibie to pecuniary
considerations.
The profound Indignation which this
act Of ruthless and unnecessary military
tyranny has excited amongst the Israeli
fish population, is natural and just. 1t was
a disgrace to the American arms and
name. 1t was a revival of the perse-
cutting bigotry Of the middle ages. The
man who could conceive it is not fit to be
the chief Executive Of a people whose in
stitutions guarantee civil and religious
| liberty, and if the Hebrews in America
will make themselves the instrumentality
Of preventing that consummatiOn, they
will have struck great blow for their
race throughout the world, and done the
cause Of free government service, which
in due time will rebound TO their enamel
patton from the thraldom of prejudice
under which they have 50 long labored.
1t is their duty to themselves and to their
country to organize at once, and throw
their strength in the breach against the
advance Of this audaciouS spirit Of intoler-
ance, whose representative seeks the
high post of Chief Magistrate of the Re-
public. The ISraelite who would vote
for Grant under this deliberate official
insult to his race, would coin his SOU
for drachmas. We believe there are
but few such. ...
To the Editors of the Union and American.
Nashville, October 10, lS6S.-Allow
me through your columns to answer the
letter of Adolph Moses, Esq, Of Quincy,
| Illinois, published recently in the Cincin-
natl Commercial, taking it for granted
that the publication Of it was intended
for the conversion Of the Jet0S, in other
[ WOTQS. ItCOHGliC IllCul W lAlC AlAlAtlAoh1
order No. ii of General Grant.
/ If such were the intentions Of the
| writer and publishers, they will find
/ themselves as badly mistaken as those
who were sent out for their spiritual con-
| version. not because the Jewish heart is
! closed to conviction, but because he is toe
independent in thought and action, and
can not be made tool in the interests
! of any faction. 1t is this independence
of the Jewish character that has brought
persecution upon him IN ages past; and
IL was this independence Of the few
Jewish traders in Grants department
who did not Wish to join the Ring fol
atuiWal benefit that brought down upon
| them Order No. IL.
In order to show to the American pCO-
pie at large, in whose pretended interest
the order for the expulsion Of the Jews
/ was issued, will state that few days
previous to the PRONUNCIATION Of the order
| Gen. Grants father, with many other
notable characters in the cotton trade
made their appearance in Jackson, Tenn
| The cotton market in New York was al
| that time very firm and advancing, 81
f that it left good margin TO the buyer by
paying forty cents pound for the article
at any point on the railroad in Grants
p | department But mark the change of {
few days. The neyt day after the order
, | was issued, cotton could not find buye1
for over twenty-five cents a pound, as i
! was then in the Rings" hands, and the
farmer was compelled to take that or run
, a 7rOrSe risk. A subordinate officer a
; | that time in command of Corinth, Miss.
: ! went far, even, as to issue an order for
, | bidding buyers to pay more than twenty
| five cents. Whether all this was dOnt
, | from patriotic motives, ] leave the public
10 determine and as this will undOubted
" meet the eyes of many who were wit
p ncsscs to these transactions, | hope they
p will bear me out in what | state to be II,
cXaggcration, but facts which can bp
o. proven by hundreds of respectable citi
q Zens. who were in Grants department a
; the time.
But it Is contendcd by Gen. Grant
friends that he was not the author Of tn
r order, and that it was never executed.
p In answer to these / will state, tina
, previous to Order No. II, a similar ordc
~ was issued by the General in command
4 Of Jackson, Tennessee, ordering the Jew
5 of Jackson to leave within twenty-iou
n hours. Gen. Grant had his headqu3rter
"a there at the time. ] can well remembc
, how honorable men were driven out o