Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-06
IsspEcroR-oEsraAL BucKEER TO GOVERNOR


IHspEcroR-oESERAL BucKEER TO GOVERNOR
MAGOFFIN.
HEADQUARTERS KY. STATE GuAaD,(
Frankfort. Ky June 2s, 1861.
sIR Ny attention has been directed 70 the foIloWipg
dispatch LON Gen. kcCelan in reference to my inter-
view with him at Cincinnati:
GRArros, Va June 20.
To Capt. W. Nslson, u g. Macy:
Ny interview with General Buckner personal, not
official. was solicited by him more than once made
no stpaations the part Of the General Government
and regarded his promise 70 drive out the Confederate
troops a. the opy result Of the interview His letter
gives bis own views, not mine.
[Siguedl GEO. B. MCMILLAN.
Between General Mcclellan and myself there can be
nothing more than Misrepresentation to the results
Of the interview. If the interview vas personal h was
necessarily official In i0 results. Neither be could
except in our Official capacity, carry out any understand
ing This position 10 necessarily conceded In the follow.
pg dispatch addressed not to me personally but TO the
Governor Of Kentucky:
CINCINNATI, June IL, 1851.
Governor B Nagc6fn
have received information that Tennessee troops ar,
under orders TO occupy Isand No. J. six miles below
Cairo 10 accordance with my understanding with Gen.
Buokper, call upop you 10 prevent this STEP Do you
regard the Islands in the Mississippi river above the Ten
nessee line within your Jurisdiction and 50, what
onesf Respectfully,
Signed @. B. hcOLELLAN,
hsjor-General u. 8. A.
first the above Dispatch the same day received
yours on the same subject published 10 Memphis paper
a. elegraphic dispatch from Cincinnati; but before
seeing Il had already acted in accordance with my
agreement aud your instructions, and prevented the
cupatop Of Columbus by 5000 Tennessee troops.
il Is true that twice sought interview with Gene
raj Mcclellan. IL is equally true that be had previously
expressed strong Wish for interview with me.
know tbvt his purpose to discharge his duty to the
Government which he serves with such ddety and ab
ity. He knows that my purpose vas 70 make such
engagements with him would tend 10 preserve the
peaceful attitude Of Kentucky The objects to be attain
cd by either party sufficient re,son for seeking
or desiring an interview.
Ny letter to you of the 10Th inst. presents, In my
opinion concise and report Of what call
arrangement aud Gen Mcclellan in bis dispatch 10 you
calls an understanding" resulting from this interview.
The misapprehenson in reference 10 that misundesand
ing satisfied, does lot rest with me- because my
opinion TO tbs correctness Of my statement, is
fortified by that Of other gentlemen, one Of whom was
present at the interview and whose recollection cores
ponds with mne.
Gen. Nc, lellan by his dispatch seems 10 regard my
promise drive the Confederate troops the only
result of the interview might with equal reason
gard our exemption from the presence 6 Federal and
Confederate troops as the only result Of that interview
II my only object was to announce my purpose to drive
out the Confederate troops needless 10 meet him.
In my letter Of the lllhinsl.
Gen. Mcclellan states thu. be 'made no stpulatons
on the part Of the General government" In the sense
in which his dispatch TO Capt Nelson reads regarding the
interview "a apersons not official" this view ia correct
But bis action 90 o,er Of the Government necessarily
binds MIN within the mis Of The agreement Tho nature
and extent of that agreement distinctly stated 10 my
letter 1t is an agreement" understanding" resulting
from "he paiicy which he will adopt towards Kentucky"
The right Of Kentucky to claim the position she had
sumed was neither conceded discussed but was de.
MED BY Geu Mcclellan 1t simply the policy Of per-
hitting Kentucky to do what she has always done here
tofore, execute the laws within her own limit; or the
policy Of thrusiDg upon her needless var. We
agreed tha policy and the result Of that concord
of opinion the agreement reported
Whatev,r view Gen. McCleauma take Of Il, whether
personal or calcs there can be doubt that he will
fully comply with the agreement entered into between
us. The Eisio of his E5hcY is sufficiently demonstrated
by the peaceful Results which have followed it.
am, slr. very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
lSigned 8. B. BUCKNER,
Inspector General
To His EIssllsncy, B. Nsgofin, Frankfort Ky.