Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-07-16
Gen. Joues, Letter.

Of Gen. Joees 81 Iowa, late Minister 70 30
gotta, and which caused his arrest and i'm
ptisonnleut ia Fort lafayette some time
ago Oh charge Of high treason. TIE let
ter WIS intercepted about year ago, but
vas tot allowed 70 appear ~ pfint ii last
week, then Only for the reason that bis
friends about Dubuque continued to affirm
his loyalty. Strange Is il may seem, the
pretended loyalits Of the Dubuque Ter
aid order continue to lympathize with The
unfortunate, perecuted General, aud still
insist that BIS arrest aud imprisonment
were without warrant Of law, unconstita-
tional, ard inde2eutly iutoleraut They
seem never . forgive Secretary ewari for
inprisoning the innocent and patrig:-
Gen. Jones Two If bis sons are ii tie
reb>.l army, and how many more Of his
flierds sc do not know--aeeording to his
! promise 70 all jeff Davis, with "ue and
mine aid asi.te hosta IF friends al e
1 stand "sioalder 10 shoulder III Tie ranks
giM you and our southern friends AID
reiattres sghose riqhts, Ike my ova, hare
been disregqraea III the aJ0Iitioalsts !"
The assertions 81 Cen. Jones, that be reai-
" preferred Mr. Lincoln - Douglas for
President, 1T be knew Mr. Doug rs 10 be
m pnpiinelpled demagogue, that M,.
Douglas was more than any other man il
the couify responsible ior the agitation ii
10: tie destruction Of the uuiol, ta4t il
Jones opinion, Biz. Lincoln Was not -
deeply mtued with abolilionism as bis
friends zup. oaod, and by insiaaatioa that
Mr. Douglas wa more Of An aboiitiouist
than waa Mr. Lincoln, and maay other
say.n5s, ars curious 10 make tie lest u
them.
1t will he seen that many things are re-
terad To ID Ar. Jones letter familiar % all
IL Oh citizens Of this county, aad nAica
refer 10 Tie times when jeff. Davis aud
Gen. Jones resided ID these parts. Al Tie
tine slluded tc, Gen Jones owned lie SIN
siunesa u unl properly IN ibv south laft
Of tqs county, nhefe he Iesi-s4 tiacA IT
lis lime for many years. Jya l1,is sac
IN tbo lnean time. al officer IN tAe re-siar
service, u 5. a, and Nas posted Il F.
Crawford, tut sreut much 81 his time at
Dubuque. keeping the miners away from
the Indian Reserve lands lis exploit,
with be miners III 20 viii Be remembered
ty Sam Morri., II. W. Hodges, Sam Letn-
on, Judge Cox, Ofri@ AieCstuey. and
many others still living and residing 10 the
county jeff Davis and Gen. Jones had
bees college mates; they were now pro-
fessiolaIly engaged, Joues as an oihce hold-
CT ana Davis ia a sollief. and appear Is
have spent much Of their time gelher
during the several years DAVIS aas posted
at lit. Crawford. They hurted. fished
aud aportad u company until every hll
and valley and the sbtife river asst iIa0
the present site Of Dnuleith to prairg ca
Cldeh hecame as fauiliar to this lrals Of
heroes as minors u theif noble l0r,.S.
About this time JEFF. Davis wood ana
married tie daughter ii Col Zachary Tag-
Tor, then IN command at Fort Crawford ;
some say the old man refused bis assent to
the match, and that Davis stole the eilI.
Ii Gen. Jones letter, familiar names Of
several persons appear, 81 Of them well
known ID those days to jeff Davis; the
names are alluded to ~ Jones in order 10
excite Bis recellections and move him ten.
derry bask through time to the days of
+ youth, aud thereby restore the mutual re-
CARDS and affections which existed loug,
long ago---tof Jones now thinks Of beeom-
I ing citizen Of the new rebel empire, with
ri ct Ills aad Ills multitude 81 friends.
According to Jones' account Dotg, Brun-
son and Judge Burnett, though sharing he
4 hospitalities Of the chiyalroes Jenes, tam
pereI with lis niggers, intrigued 70 Get
the ignorant but happy Paul free--the
naughty abolitionists, the} Were-no bet
ter than thieves. Well then they could ut
let him alone, but perseeeted 81 mors be-
cause he ''sefyed as a second ii the Ciilay
aud Graves duel, and was ! slave o ner,
and then because he was democrat be
was removed from Office b. Harrison, bul
was restored by Polk 'sGod bless him, whe
put out that long-leeged, abolition lack
republican skunk, jim Wilson.
AS to the circumstances Of the Negro
Paul, some IF them wereihese: Jealousy
produced split in ihe ranks Of Tie lonss
Dodge and Dun families, other loading
families Of that day taking part on one
side or the other, Tie Dunns, Bufnetts,
Bruusons anu Dotys going together, and
to increase the combination they enlisted
again t Jones tic powerful influence q
Paul by soliciting for his freedom. Jone.
found be could not hold Paul, 50 be
thought to strengthen Influence by dona-
tiu.. Paul to himself But Paul remained
10 the close of life on tie side Of Dunn
Burnett and Brunson. He died il 81, q
loysl ciiizen of Wisconsin.