General Grant was not indisposed to see the territories of the Republic extended, but his love of justice and fair dealing was such that he would have used only honorable means in his intercourse with other nations.
Boutwell discusses Grant's commitment to justice in foreign affairs, particularly regarding territorial expansion.
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On the other hand, I claimed that all thought of the further use of silver should be postponed until the attempt to secure the co-operation of other countries had been tried faithfully.
That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
In truth, gold plays a small part only in actual business.
In the dark days of 1862 he had never despaired of the Republic, when others faltered, he was undismayed.
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