3/23/2023 0 Comments 11 general ordersIn the name of the thousands of our Brethren and our children who have died and are now willingly sacrificing their lives and fortunes for the Union and the suppression of this rebellion. In the name of hundreds, who have been driven from their houses, deprived of their liberty and injured in their property without having violated any law or regulation. In the name of the class of loyal citizens of these U.S. Grant and has been enforced at Holly Springs, Trenton, Corinth, Paducah, Jackson and other places. Louis, January 5, 1863:Īn Order, Expelling and Ostracising all Jews as a class has been issued by Maj. United Order Bne B'rith Missouri Loge St. Both are in the Lincoln Papers and, hitherto not having been published, deserve quotation in toto. Jewish periodicals inveighed against the order, and two national Jewish organizations sent formal memoranda of protest. Editorials appeared in newspapers of the major cities, most of them attacking but some also defending Order No. In the meantime the hue and cry had been raised, and delegations descended upon Washington. Manuscript Division, Papers of Abraham Lincoln. United Order "Bne B'rith" to Abraham Lincoln, January 5, 1863. On the envelope in which the protest came, Lincoln writes "I have today, Jan. of religious liberty, of justice and humanity. In the name of hundreds who have been driven from their houses. Grant" was the United Order "Bne B'rith" Missouri Lodge. 11 "expelling and ostracizing all Jews, as a class. The first Jewish organization to formally protest against Order No. If such an order has been issued, it will be immediately revoked. By its terms, it expells all Jews from your department. 11, issued by you December 17, has been presented here. Halleck, who sent a telegram to General Grant forthwith:Ī paper purporting to be General Orders, No. Lincoln wrote a note to General-in-Chief H. Gurley escorted him to the White House, where Kaskel apprised the president of what Grant had done. Kaskel of Paducah, Kentucky, immediately set out for Washington to put the matter before President Lincoln. No passes will be given these people to visit headquarters for the purpose of making personal application of trade permits.Ĭesar J. Post commanders will see to it that all of this class of people be furnished 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 furnished with permit from headquarters. The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled from the department within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order. Grant on Decem"one of the deepest sensations of the war." Grant's order read: The New York Times called General Orders No. Father Abraham & the Children of Israel: "Father Abraham ": Table of Contents
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