On the record
The nature of the issue explains the character and violence of his speeches, especially that of the twenty-second day of February, 1866, when he spoke of Congress as a "body hanging on the verge of the Government.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Boutwell describes the intensity and nature of a political figure's speeches during a significant period, highlighting a specific speech's content.
Share
More from George Boutwell
He possessed wit, sarcasm and irony in every form.
And when it is remembered, that, for months and almost for years after the opening of the rebellion, we refused to accept the services of colored persons in the armies of the country, it is with ill grace that we now decline to allow the…
But General Grant was destitute of the war spirit, and he chose to exhaust all the powers of negotiation before he would advise a resort to force.
He had no policy to impose upon the country against the popular will.
Other voices in this conversation
