Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-12
JOHNSTON AND HARDEE.
THEIR VIEWS AND SENTIMENTS.
INTERESTING STATEMENTS.


me in = very cordial generous, unreseryed man.
ner. Him and talked freely on all subjects OF
interest at the present time. IN speaking OF the
War he made this remark able assertion Sir,
3 .Cept this war as the providence OF Goa. lie
intended that the slave should be free, and now
he is free. Slavery Was never a paying institu-
ton / have often told ny friends So For III
! stan e. nv wife owned about one hundred ne
| groes to.ty oil the one hundred were useless for
work vet she had 10 feed these forty in order 10
| get the work OF the other sixty. The negro will
| be worse oil for ttls war. viii any Of your abo
| Htions.s Of the North feed and clot!e hall
dozen little children in order 70 get the work of
a man and woman Sir, our people can pay the
working grOes a fair compensation Tor their
services and let them take care of their own
| families and then have Is much left at the end
Of the year Is We had under the old system.
'Ge, eral do you think We viii soon have real
peace
Il DO. think the people Of the South are anx-
ious for it. They wanted II two years ago. |
then saw that our cause could not succeed
will we not have guerilla warfare
so help me God, sir, il we do | am willing and
ready 10 light 10 put an end to It.
Is the :, me sentiment entertained by the other
genera! Offices who have been in the Confederate
service
ItiA l have not the slightest doubt but they
will use every NE ms they can command - bring
Quietness and security again in the land. They
will in no wise support those who do not obey
the laws
south Carolina is the worst whipped state In
the Union
But will no: rer leading spirits control the
masses
They. TOO, are crushed. She has no leading
spirits now Let me impress il upon you that
the D ope Of the SoutH " mt 10 live 10 peace
with the people OF the North, and you wiil lind
they wi do il. They will do II cheeIiully, pro
vided your government d les not resort 10 harsh
measures. II il does resort 10 such measures, l
cannot answer for the consequences. we staked
our all on the success Of our arms and they fall
ed Us, an ROW We are willing 10 return 20 and
live under the laws Of the United states as We
find them although they may no be as we would
desire 10 have them.
Your officers have 20 money. what are they
going to do 2
They must 20 10 work. The prospect before
them is most gloomy indeed. It will be very
hard on old men like ne. l cannot now con-
mence q profession
Do you think Jen Davis was pleased at the
assassination Of President Lincoln
1 DO not think be was. The people OF the
South do not like Andrew johnson. How can
they, compared 10 Mr.. Lincoln Lincoln had
been in Oiice four years, and knew who he couli
trust. lie had also learned TO govern. He had
made q name. lie coud have done many things
for the south that Johnson cannot. do not
believe that Lincoln vas a party man hat IS,
that he was particularly so. johnson Is party
man. he Is new, and the fear is he will be rad
ical. ] hope he will not, for the good of the
country and the welfare Of the people.
1t is said that JEFF. Davis went OF with sew
eral millions in specie. Is It So
i cannot particularly say whether Il Is or not. |
know that General Johnst asked Mr.. Davis |
10 Orde some OF the troops 70 he paid on IN gold,
ana he replied that he had no control over the |
IA a. h.. -, nf IL haA
taken from the Virginia banks and that when |
these were again aOIe TO rece We It he would see
that il was prop rly returned.
DO yoa think that # Mr.. Davis takes the |
money out of the ConiedeTacy that he viii re-
turn il 70 the banks
.! think he will.
Is there much cotton in the South, Genera2' |
"Oh, YES. And By the way, let me say that it |
will oppress the people OF the South very much |
II the goyernment Of the United Sts'es cOnhs- |
Gaze the cotton belonging 10 private individuals.
These pc pie need the cotton and tobacco TO |
commence bus ness on. They are the only arti- |
cles they have 70 sell. Give them chance 10 |
sell their cotton and tobacco and here will be |
green backs introduced and trads will revive |
The cotton which the Confederate Government |
owned believe 20 be the Iighlful property Of |
the United States; aud further believe that the |
people Of the South should be honest ard turn |
thai property In 10 the agents autho lied 10 re-
Ceiye 4. One man tOlQ me Lual he udu some
Confederate cotton on his plantation, and that |
he intended 20 burn il befo.s the enemy should |
get possess on OF i. toli him be void he
DO Nc very wrong in committing such an act
On my wi e's plantation in Alab ma have some
cotton that belonged 10 the Confederate govern
ment. and which am vel guard ng, and will
turn il over whenever the Umt=d States agents
are ready 10 receive it.
Al thi, iuncture a special tain, with the
Unied States troops and Generals Schodeld Cox
and Fitzpatrick on board arrived close behind
ours al a station where the eng ne was stopped
for wood and water The second train had left
Raleigh al seven a. NJ, and was also bound tor
Greensboro. General Hardee and two other
rebel offcers repaired 20 the car in which the
Union generals were sitting, whereupOn intro
due ions took place and agreeable conversation
enSued.
Another correspondent of the Herald under
a ne date (Raleigh 2nd inst says;
An HOUR WITH GENERAL JOHNSTON.
General Johust0n's camp was very plain one,
scarcely as respectable as a division geuerars in
the Union army. The tents we've old, and scat
tered about without much regard 10 regularity.
The Generals tent was a plain wall tent not
mech better than the rest. In front Of this Gen.
Johnston and some five or six officers Of his stad
Were sitting. ON tho lid Of a mess cheat near
them was the remains OF very plain frugal
supper Johnston Is = man OF about live feet
nine inches in hight rather 81 ght but musca-
larly built frame. From appearance | shOuld
take him 20 be about fifty. Only that his hair
and beard are 50 gray you would not think him
40 old He is evidently a man Of great reflective
mowers schOOed into the greatest subservieDcy,
combined with untiring energy. His converse
ton is so natural dignided and easy that you at
once feel at your ease, though at the same time
YOU are conscious that he is reading yourthonghts
like an oDen book He possesses much OF the re-
fined ea,e snt elegance OF a gentleman with the
penetration and hrmnsss Of soldier. He con-
versed freely.
A remark was made on the hopelessness Of
the South con'endiDg against the North with her
vast wealth and unOOunded resources, both IN
men and means While this war has depOpula-
ted and devastated the South the North was never
20 furnishing, nor never had so large pOpu-
lation.
True enough yet We did not fail so much
from the want Of men and means as from mis-
management. Had we your government SIR,
the result might be quite different. lie thinks
that the mass Of the people will quietly return
TO their homes and conform to the new state OF
thing. He was bitter on the murder of Presi-
dent Lincoln. Lincoln, sir,n he said, ''was
good man and conservative man" His death
placed in power man OF radical principles
Southern mana man, fear OF strong private
/ prejudices, who will not try TO heal up the
/ wounds of the nation. The scOundrel Booth
/ was a hot Drained man, full OF kind OF tragic
desire OF immortality. He was no frie nd 20 the
South. If at any time such sn act could COM
plicsts the Federal Government II is net now
Even should the Presidents death help our
cause for 4 seSSon IL wolld be sure to bring
curse upon Il for never did cause flourish by
assassination. All good men and true soldiers
deprerSte the assassin. / hope he may be taken
alite, iasordsr 20 come at his aecomphces."
General Johnston spoke in very hsttsring
terms of &c neral Sherman's military alb ties
but was very bitter on JEFF Davis, in fact at
tributing the whole fAilure 70 his bungling ad.