‐ Because of the Civil War and becauseof Grant's heroism‐‐ and at Appomattox, Grant...

[cheers and applause] ‐ Because of the Civil War and because
of Grant's heroism‐‐ and at Appomattox, Grant becomes the hero
not only in the North but in the South
for his fairness to the defeated
Confederate troops‐‐ Grant enjoyed
a certain status and sort of levitated above the level
of American politics. ‐ And not unlike Washington, that Washington was
the father of the country and Grant was the savior
of the country is something that is
on many people's minds