'National Honor' and Civil Rights: Lessons From U.S. Grant's First Inaugural Address

<![CDATA[In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant, victorious hero of the Civil War, delivered his first inaugural address. He faced the gargantuan task of healing a divided nation, guaranteeing civil rights to new groups of citizens, thwarting mass Democrat violence, and upholding a Constitution under assault. Since we share many of the same issues or connected problems with the ones he had to handle, I want to mark his birthday anniversary (April 27) by drawing some lessons from that 1869 address.]]>