Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-05-27
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
Iuterviev win Hardee and Johnston.

interview with Hardee and Johnston, at
Greensboro, is from the correspondent
of the New York Herald: rs
General Hardee received me in very
cordial, generous, unreseryed manner
He and talked freely on all subjects OF
interest at the present time. In speak
ing of the war; he made this remarkable
assertion: ''Sir, / accept this war as
the providence of God. He intended
that the slave should be free, and now
g. he is free Slavery was never a paying
institution. i have often toid my
friends So For instance, my wife own
-e ed about one hundred negroes; forlyo
the hundred were useless for work, yet
- = she had to feed these forty, In order TO
get the work of the other sixty. Sir,
-0ur yeor,le can nav the working negroes
y~ a fair compensation for their services,
mr.. and let them take care of their own Ia
miles and then have as much left at
lL the end of the year aswe had under the
-.--- old system!2 - y 49, Z. = y
- ----- tsGeneral, do you thlnk We Win sOon
-il4 n % do. think the people of the
s-, South are anxious for it.. They wanted
IL two years ago.. then saw that our
y-.-- cause could not succeed.
ssWilI we not have guerilla warfare?a
$50 help me God, sir, if We do l am
willing and ready to fight to put an end
to IT." -. e
ssIs the same sentiment entertained
TIE other general oihcctS WIZ nav
been in the Confederate service?' = =
cit is j have not the shghtestdoubt
but they viii use every means they can
command to bring quietness and secu-
rity again in the land. They VIII ID no
l wise support those who do not obey the
laws" go,
Elbow will it be in South Carohna?''
s'South Carolina is the worst whipped
s State in the Union. =
s.But will not her leading spirits con-
s. .sThev. too. arc crushed. She has no
- leading spirits now Let me impress it
= upon Won that the people of the South
want to live III peace with'the people OF
the North, and You viii find they VIII
'+" do it. They wiz do it cheerfully, pro-
yided Your government does not resort
.s.r- to harsh measures. If it does resort to
r n sach measures, I cannot answer for
the consequences. We staked our all
on the success of our arms, and they
ksr1a failed us, and new we are. Wiling TO re-
bs-. S turn to and live under the laws of the
y United Statesias We find them, although
~'' they may not be as we would desire to
have them "s1sd s.lz9~7ss
T s'Your officers have no money. What
are they going TO do?".T
''They must 90 to work, the prospect
before them is gloomy, indeed. twill
be very hard on old men like me- y
80 can not now commence a profession. -
-s, do you think JEFF. DAVIS was pleas
ed at the ASSASSINATION 1feSlueuJ
coln?"
54Jt- CT do not think he was. The people
of the South do not like Andy Johnson.
How can they, compared to Mr.. Lin
coin? Lincoln had been in Office fouI
years, and know who he could trust.
He had also learned to govern. He had
made a name. He could have done
many things for the South that Johnson
can not do not believe that Lincoln
-t. was a party man-that Is that he was
particularly so. Johnson is party
man. He Is now, and the fear is he viii
be radical. / hope he will not, for the
. ss good of the country and the welfare OF
& A-+t-s the people. % & $3.50
ssit is said that jeff Davis went of
with several millions in specie. Is il
SOP
a II cannot. particularly say whether If
is or not. I know that General John
- s5ton asked Me- Davis to order some OF
the troops to be paid off IN gold, and
- he replied that he had no control over
the money. He said that the most Of
-@a5 it had been taken from the Virginia
banks and that when these were again
-se" able TO receive it he would see that il
IS D was properly returned.
,:.Do you think that if Mr.. Davis
-. +, takes the money out of the Confederaey
he will return it to the banRs?'
...--.-. i 81 think he will !" aJs 81 uq
s-ls us there much cotton in the South,
General?' 5 iF
ssOh. YES And by the way, let me
say that it viii Cypress the people OF
the South very much If the Government
of the United States confScates the
- 81 cotton belonging to private individuals.
These people need the cotton and to-
bacco to commence business on. They
are the only articles they have to sell.
( Give them a chance to sell their cotton
and tobacco, and there will be green
= --'-- - backs introduced and trade will revive.
The cotton which the Confederate gov
eminent owned 1 believe to be the
: sd ftor s;e ~ that the nenn1e q
So 4he south sb5nId he honest and fnrn
that property III ii the agents author,
lied to rece sc it. One man toldme he
T-e ss had some Confederate cotton non his
plantation, and that he intended Lo
burn it before TIE enemy should get
possession of It, I told him he wonld
s=.a be doing very wrong in committing
such an, act. On my wife's plantation
In Alabama / have some cotton that
q. & belonged to the Confederate govern
ment. and which am well guarding
and viii turn it over whenever the Uni
ted States agents are ready to receive
~ o. -s--ss.a-
~ = AN INTERVIEW WITH JOE JOHNSTON. .
During a brief period, when the Gener-
-a al was disens gagged, I-had private CON
yersation with him subjects pertain
&A3 ing to the Egas and the surrender oi
his army. 1 read to him the follow.
sta-z - -iDg:=-ss !. -sSs.ss-sg S-7Ff7
--c-v4y,, WAR DEPT, WASHINGTON, April q
Al 1866. This department has informa
lion that the Presidents murder was or
gained in Canada and approved al
Richmond. -. 81. e. nj. STANTON.
tE-T Il 1hHn Secretary of War.