The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20

JUNE, 1889
An lntervlew With Hsrdee.
| This morning General Hardee's party
left Raleigh at Ave O'Clock and reached
DErham's at half past seven. BY invita-
ton they breakfas:ed at General Kilpat-
rick's, after which they continued On To
Greensboro. I accompanied the party
from Durham's. General Hardee received
me il very cordial, generous, unreserved
subjects Of interest a. the present time
| In speaking Of the ~ he made use OF this
remarkable assertion: Sir, accept this
war rs the prov;len OF Sod. He intend
ea that the slave should be free, and now
be j. free. Slavery YVES never paying liz.
sti.utjon ! have often told my friends SO.
For instance, my wife owned about one
hund.cd negroes; forty Of the hundred
! were useless for work, ye. she had to feed
| these forty in order to &c: the work Of the
other sixty. The negro will be worse of
for :ais war. Win any Of your Abolition
lists OF the North feed and clothe half .
dozen little children in order to get the
work Of a man and woman? Sir, our peo-
| ole Gao pay the working negroes fair
compensation for their services, and let
them take care Of their own families, and
then we will have as much left at the end
Of the year as we had under the old sys.
tem."
General, do you think wewill soon have
real peace?''
II do. think the people Of the South
are anxious for it. They wanted it two
years ago. lthen saw that our cause could
not succeed
"Will we not have guerrilla warfare?"
$50 help me God, sir, II We dol am
ready and willing to fight to put an end &C.
"Is the same sentiment entertained by
! the other general officers who have been II
the Confederate ser7ice?'
II, is. have not the sllghest doubt but
they will use every means which they
can command to bring auietness and Sc
curity again into the land. They will in
rowise support these who DO aot obey the
laws
How will i. bein South CaroliEa?'
}, "South Carolina is :ns wors: whipped
State in the Union
"Bat will not her leading spirits control
the masses %
.'They, too, are crushed. She has no Lead
ing spirits now. lie: Eae impress it upon
you that the people Of the South want to
{ live in peace with the people Of the North,
: and you will find tbatthay will do it. They
, will do it chee.fally provided your govern
rnent does not resort TO harsh measures
: II it does resort to harsh measures I can
no. answer FOX the consequences. We
staked our all on The success OF our arms,
and they failed us. ana now We are will
ing TO return and live under the laws the
3 United States es we md them, although
5 they may not be as we would desire TO see
them" sal
? "Your officers have . money; what are
: they going to dc?''
:; .'They mus. go 70 work. The prospect
before them is mos. gloomy indeed. Il
t viii be very hard on old men like me. l
'Do you think Jefferson Davis was
0 pleased at the assassination of President
g ! Lincoln?"
e II do not think he was. The people OF
q the South do not like Andy johnson. How
can they, compared to Mr.. Lincoln? I.in-
9 who he could trust. Ee had also learned
y to govern. He had made name. He could
/. have done many things 10. the South that
= Johnson cannot. ] do not believe that
= President Lincoln wasa party man-thati Ia
y that he was particularly SO. johnson 10 a
le will be radical. hope he will not, for the
= good Of the country and the welfare Of the
q people"
several millions n specie. Isit so?'
e 81 cannot particularly say whether it is
" or not. 1 know that General Johnston
l. asked MIR. Davis ~ order some Of the
at troops 10 be paid Off in gold, and he replied
'e .ha, he had no control over the money!
n lie said that the most o: the money hsl
II been taken from the Virginia banks, anC
10 that when these were again able 10 re.
20 ceiye it, he would Gee that j: was properly
,e ra.urnedY' SGT e9a.
es "Do you think :hae IL Mr.. Davis take,
n the money opt O; ::ne .s-,:federacy he vii
ID return It 10 the thnkkf'' ansk Sss
in II think he vilI' eY .Asii..s.te.h,,,5.. #
N ''1s there u,uth'co:ton in the South, Gen
}rVo tNsk, ...s 'F,.f u.
N 40, yes. And i-v VIE way les,' das SAY
N that t will oppsese BE people Of the eSou,t
e. very much if be Government of,the Uni
% ted States coniiscaies the cotton BELONGING
H. 10 private individuals. These people meek
b. the cotton and tobacco 70 commence busi
ne ness on. They are ths oaly. articles the,
re-, bave to sell. Give them chance to eel
he their cotton and their .ooRcco, and ther.
IL will be greenbacks Introduced and trad,
Id ~itl revive. The cotton which the Confed
ID craze Government cwred believe to b.
s. the rightful property OF the United states
ar and further, believe tha: the people Of tn,
b. South should be honest, and turn that prop
.. erty in to the agents au: horized TO receive
IN it. One man told me he had some Confed
n- crate cotton on his Place, and that he In
d. tended 70 burn j; os;Ere the enemy sGoult
e, &c: possession of j.. odd him he wouit
ID he doing very wrong in committing sue,
b. an act. On my w;fe's plantation I hayi
K, some cotton that belonged to the Oonfedex
g. ate 6ovefh:neut. aid which ], am vel
d! guarding, md wia tlssn.t over whenevs
ve iheiUnited States xye:Atsl are ready 70 re
50 ceive il. tss1is3 .stss
r. 30 GNa r 10! - IS -TIIsoFE .,ots
a: A S7nANGE SIabs A.soUr, Mr.. LixcoL :
,h Threee .ars ago. she. gentleman, spoke b
lie says she corresp,rdesa .,f.he Cbssntfy Ges.
10, tiensan, told t,s T.. s:.ryy 9f NJ. Linc,l,,
. Wnico nave lNfShs'4Sns OF sloce, uDii
d. now. When Sir, Lincoln, received. III
g news Of ..is frs. e.o.,ssiti. he came home /,
81 tell Mrs Lincoln at.aui i..s She was u
a: stairs in the b..si ra-eu., and after tell;u
or the news. in waii;n. stout the room III
Id eye tell upon the buYeaa glass. Imueii
he ateiy he threw h.nls sci: 1own upon ID
TO lounge, ana :oia MT5. lincoln he though
r. he mast DO i'll, for he saw . second renec
ton Of his face in the glass, which he coui
not account for. It was perfect, but yer