Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
OWNED SLAVES.
A Fact About Grant that Is Not Cen
orally known.

A Fact About Grant that Is Not Gen
orally known.
Mrs. Grant is now living in Washing
ton, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Grant-Sartoris. The home is a
handsome residence of carved white
stone, situated on a fashionable but
quiet street, and the interior is fur
nished with an air of rich though sim
pie elegance, says the Cincinnati En-
quirer. While retiring in her tastes,
she loves to talk of her husband and
recall the sweetness of days that are
now only hallowed memory.
II was with the general through
nearly the whole of the war;" she re-
marked in a recent interview, land
must confess am fond of the army.
was glad to be with him, and he always
arranged his headquarters, if possible
to do so, in order that I might share his
lot. / remember when he was station
ed at Nashville he sent for me to come,
and few days after my arrival he was
ordered away to another post He came
into the headquarters looking very de-
pressed, and when / told him that some
of the ladies had remarked that he al
ways ran away when 1 came he said
that he had been planning all in his
power to remain where he was, but
that Longstreets movements forced
him to go to the front.
I'm his last campaign in Virginia 1
was with him, and lived for several
months in a log cabin on the banks of
the James river. We had waited long
and anxiously for the surrender Of the
South, and l remember how gladly he
hailed the news that Lee was ready to
lay down his sword. The general had
severe headache when the tidingS came,
but he said it vanished instantly. He
was glad when the war was over for
the sake of the Southern people. He
bore no feeling of animosity toward
his opponents and often has he told me
that for the good of the South he want
ed to end the struggle. They are good
people, he sometimes remarked, like
ourselves. They are brave and patri-
otto, but hot-blooded and impulsive,
and led on by fre-eaters. They have
struck out wildly, and for their own
sakes l wish to bring this war to an
end-the sooner the better for both
sides, for divided nation could never
live. We must be a union.
sand always his expressions were
full Of feeling that longed to bring the
whole nation back into harmony. At
the time of the convention, when he
was urged as presidential possibility,
said to him: 'Ulyss, do you really want
to be president? He was dressing at
the time, remember and he looked at
me and smiled. Really, don't believe
have any say in the matter he laugh
ingly replied. But do you think of the
responsibility of giving a satisfactory
| government to such a vast natiOn-a
nation of such diverse feelings and
needs?' 1 asked. We'll, 1 would feel
that if my country calls me l must
obey he answered gravely. I do be-
| lieve that the people of the South know
! me to be genuine friend, and that they
have confidence in the kindness and
| justice of my course"
Few, perhaps, know that Gen. Grant
| was a STAKEHOLDER, but the fact is that
| he had several in the State of Missouri,
| and these were freed, like those in the
| South, by the emancipation proclama-
ton. "These slaves" said Mrs. Grant,
''came to him from my fathers family,
! for lived in the West when I married
| the general, who was then lieutenant
! in the army. lived in the army then
] for while, and afterward we farmed
| in Illinois. When the war broke out I
| followed him to the field. Then fol
lowed a period of rest at Washington,
and the eight pleasant years we spent
| in the executive mansion.
"When Gen. Grant was i'll he spoke
of his last resting place, and remarked
| that it was likely that the people would
desire to bring him to Arlington or that
his remains should rest at the Soldiers
Home, but that he did not wish to be
| placed in either cemetery, for the rea-
| son that he wished to lie in death alone
| where 1 could rest by his side, and he
| believed there was a military restric-
ton against anyone except a soldier
| being buried in these grounds"
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