Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Pondering a third presidential term, Grant faces scrutiny of his controversial second.
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1875
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Pondering a third presidential term, Grant faces scrutiny of his controversial second.
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: July 7-December 31, 1863
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 2
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809303663
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: July 1, 1868-October 31, 1869
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1967-c1995 .
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This volume carries Ulysses S. Grant through a brief period of welcome calm to the storms of the White House. Seemingly resigned to becoming president, Grant detached himself from military routine in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1868 to tour the Great Plains. He then settled in Galena to escape the clamor of the presidential campaign. Grant reveled in his respite from official duties, writing to his father, "I have enjoyed my summers vacation very much and look forward with dread to my return to Washington." Grant's residence in Galena shielded him from public scrutiny. "Whilst I remain here I shall avoid all engagements to go any place at any stated time. The turn out of people is immense when they hear of my coming." Grant remained in or near his prewar hometown until the election forced him back to Washington. Grant publicly said that he accepted presidential responsibilities "without fear" but privately lacked eagerness for the office. Even before his electoral victory, he wrote disapprovingly of "the Army of office seekers" and "begging letters" from potential appointees. Never enamored with the "pulling and hauling" so much a part of politics, Grant tried to minimize importunities by withholding names of his cabinet selections until after his inauguration and keeping his policy pronouncements spare and noncontroversial. His earnest desire as president was simply to inspire every citizen to work for "a happy Union."
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809322770
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327768
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809322763
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: February 1-December 31, 1872
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Grant deals with criticism as parties squabble and inflation threatens.
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 16
Author: Ulysses S. GrantPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809314676
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: November 1, 1870-May 31, 1871
Author: Ulysses Simpson GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
In the spring of 1871, Ulysses S. Grant wrote to an old friend that as president he was "the most persecuted individual on the Western Continent." Grant had not sought the office, and halfway through his first term he chafed under its many burdens. Grant's cherished project to annex Santo Domingo, begun early in his administration, entered a crucial period. Grant agreed to a tactical compromise: Rather than vote the controversial treaty down, Congress sent a commission to investigate the island. Grant's message submitting the report, hammered out over labored drafts, bore a defensive tone and asked Congress to postpone any decision. Closer to home, Grant sought legislation to facilitate federal intervention in the persecution of blacks by white extremists across the South. After much acrimony and stinging accusations of executive tyranny, Congress passed an Enforcement Act, hailed by Grant as "a law of extraordinary public importance." The greatest accomplishment of Grant's first term came in foreign relations. After secret negotiations, the United States and Great Britain met in a Joint High Commission to settle long-standing grievances, from boundary and fishing questions to British complicity in the depredations of the Alabama and other Confederate raiders. The resulting Treaty of Washington established an international tribunal in Geneva, Switzerland. At home, economic prosperity and consequent debt reduction meant that Grant could see "no reason why in a few short years the national taxgatherer may not disappear from the door of the citizen almost entirely." His Indian policy, influenced by Eastern Quakers and often ridiculed for its benevolence, augured well. Despite continued clashes between Indians and settlers, Grant maintained that compassion rather than force would answer the Indian problem.