The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-17
| HEROIC HEARTS.
Gen. S. B. Buckner Visits Gen.
Grant, His Old Classmate,
Friend and Foe.
lie Treasures ms sacred the
scraps of Paper Upon which
the Dying Hero Wrote.
The silent Mans Noble senti-
ments Upon the Results
of the Late War.
How the Mystery of IA MarshaI's
Death Remains Uns0Iyed
by the Government.
GRANT AND BUCKNER.
Touching Incidcnts OF the Meeting OF
These Oid-riinc Friends ut
NIOunt yIcGrcgor,

Mount McGrcgor.
New York, July l6.-Gcneral Simon
b. Buckner. the ex-confederate sol
der who called upon General Grant
ut Mount McGregor, aud had a long
| chat with him. is at the Fifth Avenue
hotel, but will return TO his home in
Kentucky tomorrow. General Buck
ner has hitherto persistently declined
to make public any part of his inter
view with General Grant on the
ground that it was private aud per-
sonsl. General Buckner was a class
mate of General Grant at West
Point. and served with him through
the Mexican war, and their friendly
relations were never weakened, not
withstlnd'ng they fought on opposite
sides during the late war. After ma
ture consideration and becoming sat
isiicd that General Grant would not
object, G eneral Buckner yesterday de-
ci1ed to give to the public the only
portion of the memorable interv lew
| which, in his opinion, Is of interest TO
the country at large. lie handled the
little slips of paper on which General
Grant had written, almost as though
they were sacred.
General Buckner said awe had
some generel conversation, which was
of interest TO no one but ourselves;
In the course of ii, however, General
Graut wrote one paragraph which |
regard as of great Importance, aud
which the public have Il right to read.
Here it is in full just rs he wrote 1t: Il
have witnessed since my sickness just
what have wished to see since the
war-hqrmony and good feeling be-
tween the sections. | have always
contended that if there had been no.
body left but the soldiers, we would
have had peace in year. There are
seem to be satisfied, on the southern
side. We have some on our side who
failed to accomplish as much as they
wished; who did not get warmed up
to the fight until II was all over and
who have not hadquite full satisfaction
The great majority too of those who
did not go into the war have long
since grown tired of the long con-
troversy. We will LOOK forward to a
perpetual place ut home and ma
tional strength that will screen us
against foreign implications. be-
lieve, myself, that the war was worth
all it cost us, fearful as that was.
Since it was over have visited every
state ia Europe and a number in the
east and know now as | did not be-
fore, the value of cur institutions
CHOSE" said General Buckner are
noble sentiments of genuine patriot
ism aud think the general public
ought to share with me the knowl-
edge that General Grant holds such
views. They show he has only the
good of his country Mt heart in the
last moments of his patriotic life.
The names OF those which | left
blank are those of ex-confederates
still living and | don't feel at liberty
to make them public. Beyond this
sentiment, there was nothing what
ever in the interview that is of inter.
est to anybody except General Grant
and myself"