Note 286 — Chapter XXXV · first administration of cleveland, 1885–1889.

That the North and South were forgetting their differences was proved during Cleveland’s administration in two striking ways. In 1885 ex-Confederate generals attended Grant’s funeral; the next year, the sufferings of the people of Charleston, South Carolina, on account of the earthquake that so damaged the city, called forth great sympathy and help from the people of the North and West.