On the record
I would recommend for your favorable consideration the passage of an enabling act for the admission of Colorado as a State in the Union.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Grant recommends Congress consider admitting Colorado as a state.
Share
More from Ulysses S. Grant
But whatever causes may have produced the situation which so grievously affects our interests, it exists, with all its attendant evils operating directly upon this country and its people.
At the time of the framing of our constitution the only physical forces that had been subdued and made to serve man and do his labor, were the currents in the streams and in the air we breathe.
Education of the people entitled to exercise the right of franchise I regard essential to general prosperity everywhere, and especially so in republics, where birth, education, or previous condition does not enter into account in giving…
They are also known for their opposition to all strife, violence, and war, and are generally noted for their strict integrity and fair dealings.
Other voices in this conversation
