President Grant said that he had been asked to send in a message urging Congress to pass a law giving him larger powers for the suppression of violence at the South; but he had sent for us to explain the reason why he was unwilling to do it.
Hoar recounts a significant moment when President Grant expressed his reluctance to request more powers from Congress to address violence in the South.
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