The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-31

was asked, and there YVES NJ one 70
answer it fully.
For days she please ant -facs1 young
hentuck1an had gone about, 80 the
Hlddles who had made their first cruise
me previous summer said with ms
iace as long as "a wet hammock" He
was facing the hardest problem of f,;s;
iite. for already the outbreak IN RaId-
more against the Sixth Nassa .i11tsofts
had given a soretaste Of war. Was his
duty TO the nation of his allegiance.
or to the state or his birth? DaV after
day he had seen his friends resign. one
after another. and pass out forever
from the ac1 temy. His .omrades from
southern states were Urging him as a
staunch southe-ner to resign he had
no one of whom TO ask advice because
no ono whom he knew was unbiased
nor. from the circumstances OF the case.
could be,
on Friday night. the 10th OF April.
Lieutenant Buckner had hardly silent.
IN the morning he was uD W.th the
dawn, and writing al his desk The
paper that he penned vas his rcsfsua-
tion from The navy Of the I5pfId
states. He had at last determined TO
throw ia his lot with the ss,esSiorists.
signing the paDer he wait ID only until
the superintendeut should he in his Of
nee. and then ne sent the document in
30 him. II was that afternoon thar his
the
parade ground. attracted he attention
o. mis- fellow officers and called forth
the question:
What's the>matter with Billy Buck
ner2" a newcomer who he'd inst then
Joined the group was the one TO an
WHY didn't YOU know he had re-
sig-ed2" he said
Resigned? Old Buck? Wei. I really
thought he would stick"
II thought he had more sense said
ancs&a-.
You must remember that he IS a
Kentuckian." urged the first sneaker
"ard that the lafest r1u7Or IS that his
state has seeded. Then. too. Hunter
Davidson ard Wood. ard .BiBy Parker
and southern men"
eVell. perhaps that's natural I don't
know how | should look at it If I were
a sovtherner.'
What. natural to turn your back on
that2" The mansWhO had brought the
news wheeled about and pointed to the
curves Of red, white and blue. as they
undulated in the spring breeze. Nat
ural. when the government has Ndu-
Gated him. Natural 20 desert that kJv-
eminent ana use that learning TO aid
those who are trying to destroy the
Union. which 10 has sworn to defend2
! call il most unnatural
II wonder now he feels ncw?" re-
marked another.
Like p Britisher or a Dutchman,
probably" said the first, in a contempt
tucus tone He can never be one Of us
aea'n."
Poor old Buck" said the second
speaker. He was a good fellow" He
shook his head and looked down. They
spoke of Buckner now as if he died
that morning.
Go light: here he comes warned
one of the group, as the young officer
came around the corner of the recita-
tion nall
Bcckner'S eyes were upon the ground.
he was thinking deeply. Had he done
right2 Shculd he have sent in his res
iEnat'on? He knew that So must have
already been read BY Commodore Blake,
tho superintendent and with other pa
rers have been nut in the mail for
washington. that the secretary of the
navy might take what action he chose.
Buekner could not recall IL If he would
AID would hep
As he approached the group. who
were orly waiting FOE DEVELOPMENTS
which should call them out in defense
o. the Union. all eyes were turned upon
this. their late cOrnTade- There seemed
to be no disposition to draw him into