The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-05


ons engagement to work, but Just very
short jobs to provide them with the i'm.
mediate means of subsistence.
Q. Has the colored race generally as
much love for money and property as
the white race? lrH
a. do not think it has; the blacks
whom know look more to the present
than to the future
Does that absence Of lust of money
arise more from the nature of the negro
than from his former Servile condition =?
A. Well. it may bein some measure
attributed to his former condition they
like their case and comfort. aud l think
look more to the present than their iu.
ture condition.
Q. In the event ofa war between the
United States and any foreign power
such as England or France if there
should be held out to the secession por
ton of the people of Virginia or the
other recently rebel States, a fair pros.
pect Of gaining their independence and
shaking off the Government Of the Uni.
ted States, is it, or is it not your opin.
ion that they would avail themselves of
that opportunity
A. | cannot speak with any certainty
on that point; do not know how far
they might be actuated by their feelings
| have nothing whatever to base an
opinion upon so far as l know, they
contemplate nothing of the kind now
what may happen III the future ] can.
not say. ,TD na
Q. DO yon not frequently hear, in
your intercourse with secessionists in
Virginia, expressions Of hope that
such war may break ont ?
A. | cannot say that have heard it
on the contrary, have heard persons (I
do not know whether you could call
thcm seccssionists or not Il mean those
people i'll Virginia with whom l associ.
ate) express hope thpt the country
may not be led into warl
@. In suclraHcvcutSt6 youtmrk that
that class OF people l call secessionists
would join the common enemy?
A. 1t is possibic-it depends upon
the feeling OF TIE individual.
- W 10 '"'' i"cStioh (you may an.
swer it or not as yon choose) What, in
such an event, might be your own
choice ?
A. L have no disposition now to do
it, and never had
.. And you cannot foresee that such
would be your inclination in such an
went?
a. No; l can oEly Judge from the
past; L do NOT know what circumstances
may produce; cannot pretend to fore.
s'e events. So far as know, the wish
OF the people OF Virginia is for peace.
Q. During the war was it not con.
templated by the Government OF the
Confederate States to form an alliance
with some foreign nation if possible?
a. | believe it was their wish to do
so; it was their wish to have the Con
tcderate Government recognized as an
independent Government. | have no
doubt if it could have made favorable
treaties it would have done so but
knew nothing Of tho policy of the Gov.
ernmcnt; l merely express my own
opinion.
Q. The question am about to put to
you, yon may answer or not, as you
choose-"Did you take an oath of fdel.
ty or allegiance to the Confederate Gov.
ernment?"
A | do not recollect having done So
but it is possible when [ was commits
stoned did. | 60 not rccollcct wha:ht
or it was required If it was required l
took it; or if it had been required
would have takel it---but | do not re-
collect whether twas or not.
BY Mr.. Blow-Q. In reference to
the effect of tht President Johnson's
policy, if it were adopted, would there
be anything like return Of the old feel.
ing. ask that because You used the
expression "acauescins in the result ?"
A. believehit would take time
for the feelings bf the people to be of
that cordial natlfe to the Government
that they were brmerly.