The Mountain Democrat

PREDICTION ON THE NEGRO.—A delegation of colored ministers recently called upon President Johnson. He made a short speech to them, in which he said the negroes must not depend upon Government for support, but they must work and support themselves. He takes a practical view of the negro question, and judging from his reported sayings he will not yield to the pressure of the Radicals. He said to the delegation "I trust in God that the time may come when all the colored people will be gathered together in one country, extradited to their native soil if it shall appear they cannot get along together with the whites." From this it would seem that President Johnson favors the colonization plan. As he was born and brought up in the midst of the "institution," and was one of its strongest champions, he must be conceded a good judge of their wants and condition. The Radicals may find him more consistent and conservative than is agreeable to them. Evidently he has no sympathy with their peculiar and fanatical ideas with regard to the negro.