December 12, 2024

LETTER: Wisdom of President Grant

Randy Hughes

Creston

In Des Moines in 1875, President Grant, addressing the ninth reunion of the Army of Tennessee made the following comment.

“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.”

It is as true now as it ever has been.