His return, however, the Governor had received through other channels Lord Grenville's speech, leaving no doubt on his mind of war, and from it he anticipated as he wrote " the atrocious murder of the King of France." In June, 1794, Talbot prepared to rejoin the army, and in the latter part of that month, after the meeting of the provincial Special Friday Dead Racist Blogging: Presidential Edition. My thesis is this: virtually every American President, including those we glorify most, has been a racist. After being informed of specific atrocities while president, Truman is said to have exclaimed "My God. I had no idea it was as terrible as that. 1821, Letters and other Greenough