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Ulysses S. Grant: “I commend this subject to your careful consideration, believing that a favorable solution is attainable, and if reached…”

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I commend this subject to your careful consideration, believing that a favorable solution is attainable, and if reached by this Congress that the present and future generations will ever gratefully remember it as their deliverer from a thraldom of evil and disgrace.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Grant believes that a successful resolution to economic issues will be remembered positively by future generations.

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