Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-14

they are all loyal; they appear to UNDER
IS. however enorant they nay be in
other RESPECTS In refefenee to this
matter ofAloyalhE. n will NY man who
Tabors in the South 10 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
@ Can you state from recollection the
substance OF the conclusions IN your
repoft2 - "A Hs8W AZ USNT
A. One of them was to this effect,
that If the rebel element was allowed to
vote in the South at that time, every
member who would be returned to Com
gress would be hostile to the policy of the
Federal Governnen1 not only as reA
CARDS the payment OF the National debt
but in reference to emancipation Of the
negroes; that while they expressed. q
bwillingness TO ahbmitato principles Of the
Emancipation Proclamation, they always
coupled with it the determination to reg
ulate their own affairs in that respect,
stating that they would have organized
system of negro labor which they would
construct for themselves; over and over
again / heard them saying that they
| could make condition of affairs better
| for themselves than it was before;- they
said that Government had freed the he.
1 groes, and should be made to take care
Of the .cripples and thoselwho were NOT
able to work, while they would regulate
and coutrol The labor Of The able bodied
| while many in the South would say thai
Government must pay the rebel, as well
as the Federal debt, the better and more
Intelligent class of them did not speak 10
this way; but they told me distinctly
that could not expect that they would
help pay our debt, or pension our sol
diers for whipping thsmgi shat they
would haye. power in the. Government
some daly; wish their increased represents
alton, and would be able to defeat the
4 payment ofinsetess on the debt 81 in
some other way destroy the public
credit. / asked them where they expect
ed to get help for that purpose, and they
would generally Say that there were
portions Of the North where they had no
interest in Government securities-ai
the West for instance; since / made
my writled 8repoft. to- the Presidsnt
have had other conversations with him
la few weeks AFTER my return, hearing
that there was some probability that be
would order the withdrawal of the
Freedmen's Bureau, or both from
the South, ! said that I thought
understood the feelings of the people
of the South, and that it was my con-
,vietion that if such . course was carried
4 out, the ffst thing would Be that the
rebef element would begin to kill the
negroes, especially those who had taken
| up armsSon our side; that there would
De killing on both sides. / said to the
President: Yon will then be compell-
ed to send troops to restore order. The
State Governments being in the hands
of the rebels, they will commence theil
boppreasige enaelmenis infeRerd to thess
4 people, and the inevitable reault will be
q call on the Government of the United
States for troops to shoot down men who
had fought for our cause"
@. Have yoa any further statements
to make in regard more particularly Il
Louisiana than thoss you have already
made?
a. There is one matter which / urge,
upon the President in my report, or Of
my return to New Orleans, and that wa
the removal Of Governor Wells from
Office, and the appointment of Miliiar,
Governor, inasmuch as Governor Well
had betrayed the loyal party there, an,
had put rebels into Office; l insisted tina
the people of Louisiana were not in
condition to be intrusted entirely will
the affairs, Of thst State, and also on
pressed myself in favor or Military Gov
sfnora for other States Of the South, 70
the same reason, aud spoke generally il
favor of holding firm military contro
| over them.