, 1862-07-12

SATURDAY, JULY II, 1862.
Z HE TREASON esF AN q. g,
NfINEbTER.
Rrigatier General George
Wallace Jones to his Noble
and very dear friend. His
Fxcellency Jefferson Davis,
preeidcnt.'s
[F1on the Burlington uawkeye.I
LEGATION L. s., BoGoTA, y. G.,

1TGS1uNn1~'7
lF1on1 the Burlington uawkcye.1
LEGATION L. s., BoGoTA, y G.,
Mag II, 1861.
NJ NOZZLE AND VERY DEAR FR1Esn:-
In consequence Of the continuance Of the
horTihle civil war which still continues to be
Wcged in this distracted and divided Republic,
and the interruption oi all mail conlmunica-
ton from the United States aud elsewhere.
letter Of the :.utu of January LAST Until the
ISL ult., and then at Honda, to which place
repaired myself expressly for .lc purpose Of
receiving my dispatches, letters, newspapers,
&C., which Lad heard were there. It took
nc three days travelling over ululost inpassa-
ble mountains to get to Houda, but Was
well repaid for my trouble, As 1 received some
twenty eight letters from my wife and child
ran, besides Eome seventy others from my
government and old friends, with some 203
newspapers, all Of which have afforded me
bo:h pleasure and heartfelt paia to read
l did not come acros5 the valed!ctory
speeches Of yourself, dear Clay, Mallory and
Yultc, until yesterday. devoured thcm all
shedding Of fears, dear friend, when 1 read the
farewell Of yourself, especially as so patheti-
cally expressed IL your last speech in tbs San
att, as we'll as il ttiat Of TIC 10tl Of January,
whcn you 20 beautifully depicted to your fel-
low senators and tue world the sitn1tio Of
cDiDg H.
You may we'll say as you do in Your letter
to LIE tnat you know 5eu ~ viii sympa-
thi2c with Us {you)"
How can I feel otherwise, dear old friend,
college 1:.s,tt and coI.dyHe, than sympa:hiz-
for .ou aud the people ~coin sou represent
on such an occ.:ion. Born IN what they
tauatir.ly call 4 free State Qudianl} brought
u il Missouri, and educated ta:re and in
kta'ucGy, ;nd hayi'g resided for the i,1!t
%1S Il f1,,r ;r,
iowa, I cannot hut he well acquainted with
tcc principles, feeling2 aud actions Of the par
tics 10 IL. contest which is now going on In
my beloved country.
Wien ! wsnt 10 Wisconsin, sinsinawa
Mt:rnl, tlcl4 Michigan, I took with n1c 1ny
selshn'E, whom, 1t their request, I purchased,
they having b@cn born in Illinois, and made
t1ascs uudtr the ordinance Of 1857, Aboli-
tienists who likc Doty, Bronson, Burnett ct al,
came TO my house to share my hospitality,
| told my slaves that they were free, and actu-
ally Induced The Ignorant but A':7lpy Pl1l to
btiieyc le was free, aud to bring SUIT for him
| scI aLd lis sister Charlotte, bo.n Of whom
you Hay rcrol1eet,. as they waited on You
| when 3ou visited Us. I had Il vexatious and
| long lawsuit with Paul, hut triumphrd over
| ll:,, and lis abolition advisers. l served II
Ccui::eEs rs delegate from Michigan and Wis
| cnl!siH TWO years each, :trd 1sls tl-n b!aten
fcr the Third term hy Doty, because served
| us 4 second III tie Clliey aud Graves duel, and
! HtS Il Sis.fE NhutI.
| 1u ISL was removed from tie of1ic4 Of
| surveyor general OF Wisconsin and Iowa by
GEL. uarrisou's administration, through Do
Us lLllllrucc as tie then delegate, Siul ply he
| cauSc wa5a Democrat aud S, s,m1athized with
| tle South~-ao single objection haTinS been
llade against INC OF anY other character. Mr..
Folk, God bless 1im, restored lne in 1915. and
],ur ont the lrpg-]cg.ed Black Republican,
| jim Wilson Of New Hampshire, who lad su-
litrct Gut INT.
I was transferred from the surveyor ccner,
| ais Office i'll December, 1913, to the United
| States Senate, and driven tlcrcfrotn by tn. al
o!i,ion;sts in March, 1850, no otlcr objection
having ever been mndc to Int save that Wa:
| i follower Of the South, an3 dcughf.ce fol
such 1ntn as yourself, Clay, aud other South.
| erEtrs. Il, therefore, I lad TO other reason
for e,Mpathizin@ with tile South, the bad
,rt;.tn.ent WHICH have received 1t thc haads
ci Northern abelitioni5ts would have made
| l4c dG so. But upo1, the constitutional ques.
:ie'i', ard even urou that of eSpedicncs,
never had 4 single doubt but if l L;l:!, NY res
ie|nce il this country and my knowledge o
'he fleets OF freeing The negroes IN the We5
lnu:es and in this Republic, would certainlA
1,ay, ni.tde q convert Of ME as it has of every
E1glishnlan, freedman, German ayd othc
| forIGlI,rs wht1p I hayc ever met with in thl:
county, and who la7c seen the bad effects O
al,li:it.lisHl.
had hoped tLat Mr.. Lircoln wou1d hay,
i,rct.lHmtd soon after lis election his to;a
disscut Ii em the mad schemes OF his abolition
supporters, 80 as TO areEt ths tornado ulsal,
saw b: fure left New York, last November
.zas a1'ou! to c,usc dissolution Of our hereto
fore glorious Union. I believed from thu
course which he lad pursued with Douglas ii
Lis can,s'aign for liz; SENATE in 1865 tlat III
was not l1uburl SO thoroughly with abolition
ISL! as his Il -pubitcan supporters supposed
a,.d Therefore really preferred him tnei, an.
last fail to neuglas, whom knew to be ii
uElrlaciplcd demagosue ard WAS 1nasin:
speeches in tA.. North to PLEASE ;4bo!itionis; Is
aud wcuid tsicn 60 South aud m,k
djstourses Of an Opposite character
country pref ssing democratic principles Q
! even abolition doctrines, is our country il
dvatt d toT the asi;ation ii not destruction 4
OUT Cnie1l. js.1, for hi n aud his friends VIII
broke up the Charleston convention u demo
cr2t would lave bttlt elected LAST flll to tn
presidency, and before another contest, sue
!, in arr,ue e1ne.l would have been mad: as t
: lave prevented the dissolution Of the Luio
; aid P ,rhaps civil war. Ny latcst dates are I
Z tic I'D If February aud I tremhle At th
: thought Of rcesis1ug other dispatches, <sc
lest they si,a!l announce the existence OF civ
war. My prayers are regularly offered up #
the reunion OF the States aud for the rclc
al,a concord and happiness Of MY count1,
But lct what 5aay come to PISS, you may rel
upon it, as you say, that neither I nor nit
: viii ever be found in the raulzs Of our {you
i enemies. May God Almighty avert civil VA
but it un;aIliy it slall come, yoa naay
think donbt {.Ioubsicss) count on Me and fnil
and hosts Of other friends stauding should
te shoulder in the ranks with you and 9th
Southern friends and relatives wh7sa rish
like 1ns OWE 4aya been disregarded by Il
AholitiopiS;A owe Iowa and Wisconsin b
cause IT. conferred by them on L,
ard lfSS% fyed them always faithful
= but PIC VIII with them against tt
South #kaaE3 :Lts they shamefullg neslcctr
Ntr will | sanction t.ffI1rt IN Der
Ike South to submit to the North in rcfertn
10 question {s!aye:y) with which the Nori
/, have no right 10 inicrf; re and that too in p
lr'tlr T,ol=ti"n to the constitution Of n
couItry-the treaty With France-thc law
God himself and every principle Of juslc
reasf.l, ard the experience Of tue world.
- Tit history Of the world shows that 4
erets src wholly unfit for sclf:goycrnment
thut they arc Thousand times happier
= slaves in the United States and elsewhere, tn
when free in their own native land. Ey
those who ire freed in the United States a
- these stolen from the South and run OF in
q The North ind Canada, are in worse CON
- ticn-aS in this Republic aud in the West
dicS-than WHEN slaves. It WIS and is so ri
the slaves whom took With me 10 the Mort
ana Paul admitted to me that le never was
r we'll fvd or clothed Of provided for after
got his freedom, as he was whilst he was
slave. HI denounced the abolitionists "
cheated him out Of his carnings, and
tfE-cG 1IE .luu Wiz ~ Icl I!IIi lEluiu
us, hut we would not, because he sued Il
E. though | beat him III the ease.
I liank you for your efforts for IuT 5
Will IN, tor your letter and for the Coegr
sional Directory. My God bless yon, y
family and your own sunny South, which II
still hope and pray shall he united to the {
s. | North. Wien yen see them make my va
regards to all MY Southern friends, and es
cia;,y, to Clay and his father, Toorubs, MalI'
III and 1h,ir fasnilirs.
ue Tic dissolution Of the Union will prob =,
,.s he tho cause Of nly own ruin a5 well Is thai
7o- my country, ard may cause nc aud mine
= go South.
Your friend, sincerely and fervently,
GEO. II. JONES
. HIS Exccllency JEFFERSON DAVIS, Of Mis-
sirri President, &C., Montgomery, l.!
ba1na.
Treason on the Fourth OF July.
1 lF,om the Woodstock (MeuenrY Co) Scntir
!; For the first tine in five years, the Fou
Of July was ceiebfatcd il Woodstock on