as Grant was a SLAVEOWNER, ex-slave overseer and held HIS slaves until 1866, one wonders if YOU are actually quoting what Grant said, versus what you WISH he had said.
in other words, i'm saying that damnyankees are LIARS, hatefilled, arrogant, ignorant and mean-spirited by their NATURE.
free the southland,sw
"As soon as slavery fired upon the flag, it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle... there had to be an end to slavery."
And still later, in his memoirs he wrote what he felt was the true cause of the rebellion:
"The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United States will have to be attributed to slavery. For some years before the war began it was a trite saying among some politicians that "A state half slave and half free cannot exist." All must become slave or all free, or the state will go down. I took no part myself in any such view of the case at the time, but since the war is over, reviewing the whole question, I have come to the conclusion that the saying is quite true."
I would ask if you were sure of your source, but you don't have any.