Edited sentence: " Grant, Wilson felt, could not strike back directly at the "lot of relatives who were always trying to use him" and perhaps struck instead at what he maliciously saw as their counterpart — opportunistic traders who were Jewish."This was not the first discriminatory order [Grant] had signed [...] he was firmly convinced of the Jews' guilt and was eager to use any means of ridding himself of them.Bertram Korn has suggested that the order was part of a consistent pattern.Grant refused to issue a permit and sent the Jew flying, prohibiting Jews from entering the line.Grant's father Jesse Grant was involved; General James H.He came down into Tennessee with a Jew trader that he wanted his son to help, and with whom he was going to share the profits.He was close and greedy.Wilson later explained, "There was a mean nasty streak in old Jesse Grant