The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-16
THE SOUTH.


regard to Louisiana. He testified
that among the politicians and others
who remained at home during the
war, there was a most bitter feeling
against tho Government, while in the
army the feeling was different, and
the soldiers seemed to be submissive.
Shortly after his arrival in New
Orleans, Gov. Wells returned from
Washington, where he had been to
sec the President, and called a meet.
ling. lie said that the President was
a Southern man, that he would adj
minister tho Government very differ
emily from the way Lincoln did and
that he would put the rebels on their
original footing with the Government.
This encouraged the rebels, and
discouraged loyal men.
The answer TO the question as TO
the feeling abont educating the ne.
gro is as follows:
A.--The rebel element is almost
entirely opposed to doing anything
TO enable the negroes TO obtain an
education, while the loyal element is
almost as unanimously in favor Of al
lowing them. At meeting of loyal
whites which | attended, there was q
Unanimous expression of opinion in
favor of negro suffrage in some form.
Q.--So far rs your own observation
went, what is your opinion as to the
capability OF the freedmen every.
where, not educated, tojudge between
| the rebel and Union candidates for
Officer
Al may as well say at once that
I never heard of or saw negro in the
South who was tainted with disloyal.
ty; they are all loyal; they appear to
understand what loyalty to the Gov
ernmcnt is, however ignorant they
may be in other respects. In refer.
ence to this matter of loyalty, / will
say man who labors in the South is
generally loyal man; the white man
who lives upon The labor Of others,
no matter whether it is white or black
labor, is pretty certain to be rebel
Q.-Can you state from recollec.
ton The substance of the conclusions
in your report?
A.-One of them was to this effect,
that il the rebel element was allowed
to vote in the South at that time, cv-
cry member who would be returned
to Congress would be hostile to the
policy of the Federal Government,
not only as regards the payment of
the National debt, but in reference to
emancipation of the negroes; that
while they expressed willingness to
submit TO principles of the Emanci-
patton Proclamation they always
coupled with it the determination to
regulate their own affairs in that re
spect, stating that they would have
an organized system of negro labor
which they would construct for them.
selves; over and over again | heard
them saying that they could make =
condition of affairs better for, them
selves Vhah IL was before; they saio:
that Government had freed the fie~
groes and should be made to take
cure VI Tue cIlPPIe' ana tnose VINO
were not able to work, while they
would regulate and control the labor
of the able bodied; while many in the
south wouio say thaV Government
must pay the reoei' Us wen Us reaeral
ueot, tne petter ahu more iHteilSent
class OF them oid not speak IN this
way o't tney toll me uistihcIiy Una,
couiu nov expect 'laI they Would
nelp pay our ueoV' OF pension our SOL
olerS ior whipping tne'i, 'haI they
woulu nave power ,n the Government
so'ne uay WIN tne,l ,hereaseo repre-
sehtaCloh, anu wouIu ~ oe "oIe 10 "e'ea'
tue payihep' o' interest On the ueot'
or ~ Son,c o'ner way destroy tue
puui'c cre'"', "sNc', 'ne'h Where
lucy eApso.vo W sel ne'p 'or '',a' pur'
pose, gnu Vley wouiu wu Sene,a'iy say
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