Caddy Buddy books

I saw him write two messages to Congress, both
of a good deal of importance, without pause or correction,
and as rapidly as his pen could fly over the paper. The first
was the message he sent in on the adoption of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution. I was much interested in a
bill in aid of national education. I called on the President
when the last State needed had ratified the Fifteenth Amendment,
and suggested to him that it might be well to send a special
message to Congress congratulating them on the result, and
urging the policy of promoting education for the new citizens.
I told him of General Washington's interest in a national
university, and what he had said about the importance of
education in his writings. I said I supposed he had them
in his library. He said he believed he had, but he wished
I would get the books and bring them to him. I accordingly
got the books, carried them up to the White House, showed
him the passages, and Grant sat down and wrote in a few minutes,
and quite rapidly, the message that was sent to Congress the
next day.


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