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it's interesting how Grant "reagard the war, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation" and he's fighting in it and how he alludes the republic to the european monarchies. ---Eun Yi | it's interesting how Grant "reagard the war, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation" and he's fighting in it and how he alludes the republic to the european monarchies. ---Eun Yi | ||
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| + | I found it interesting that Grant compared the Mexican War to the events surrounding the Revolutionary War. He sees America as unjust for exerting their power over a weaker country because they want to "acquire more territory," which is what Britain had previously done to America. He also criticizes the Americans who colonized there for bringing slaves into the territory when the Mexican government opposed this institution. Was Grant an abolitionist? Or was he just anti-slavery as most people in the North were? -Iris Onks | ||
== Lincoln, KS NE Act speech, 1854 == | == Lincoln, KS NE Act speech, 1854 == | ||
