The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-15

President Johnson's Brother. "
TEXAS oARPHNrER-nIs Views ON rHE MICRO
QUEsTION--tANDREw" WOULD NOT OWE HIM
ANY DxrINIrE INFORMATION RxsfsCrINa NEGRO
fcaro Coirespondsucs Of Cincinnati conmercisll
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OF President Johnson who Is now hsway from waaAl
e his n cul odss
than his brother Sos d SIN vigorous and
and @ e h 70 s ~: %
modern notion that white man CAM work 10 the South
Sossssoc "a ns ORLEANS s and Baton ssss.
many NY Johnson i abort Of stature stout and muscular
Is vvacous and rapid in his uttsrsaoe Oad q siss
hearing good story. quick 70 make point oyn p.ny
homey comparson; Of keen insignia tnto oharacees and
his conversation ied with practical facts collected 10
lifetime Of close observation Ho has none o. the rcs
all questions and and bis hatred Of slavery
and negroes, secession and negro equalty anke cor
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g:s: y Ss: s
policy e. s.: him. . ;ss:P
awhss: asked him. do you saisl Z che average
IIssNot moro than SIX per cent "el.1.7 am
4 snNQ higher than THAR -.
nUs oG Ss noass o. tho
"aow then, ds We ind some Of the p'a.ss" % nm
% ss IT, ~ soust,nr on new land rbsy TOOK
up 81 % pe acre and the advance OF the land alone
would make them rioh II planter owned . stock Of
oven il they Increased rapidly, his Income from Thorn
would not exceed six per cent OF their value; whiic
they were S'y s arc tSs me sIss
he would not, am confident, nctmoro than Two and
half per cent his Investment The slaves are waste
picking that The wasisso Is very great The buyer.
always prefer the poor mans BALE because they know
has been picked clean by him and his chidrsa ana viii
"whst Kind OF plan do you think II would DO to set
Texas OF and put all the negroes IN BY themselveei
tho country But they wouldn't stand long In three
years eyd relapse barbarsm and we'd have 70 feed
from the Cairo Democrat. August 81 gss
We recently had quite an interesting interview with
the Presidents brother mr. william , Johnson BRA
visit to brother In Washington and his two sons In
Nashville Mr. johnson is sixty years OF age, and
quietly at home with his wife and SON aged fifteen
years His now at Nashville have both been SOL
e nos s which have been kindly furnished them
BY The President Mr. johnson represents the cotton
crop in Texas as nne; sugar an average crop and corn
fered By the war; but TINT he anticipates great trouble In
the future For the last two years labor In Texas has
of'p abs planters ,s' S nsa KENTUCKY Missouri
virginia aud other States have sent In their slaves offer
ing their services for clothing vctuals, &C MT John.
son thinks the negro population Of Texas will be great
TO the State Many Of them have already become
bomesick, and want TO return 10 their homes others
have become very Indolent and lounge around unwilling
70 work. Mr. johnson says these neg believe that
freedom means ideness and that they will be sent to
school by The and finally become preachers,
lawyers DOCTORS &C He is opposed 10 giving them the
ballot and although Andrew would not give him any
definite information the subject, he believes he will
not yield 10 the radicals and force his own people u
swallow the unpaiatablc pill Of negro equality.