The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-04
For the Standard.

MEssRs. EDITORS My attention has been
called to an editorial in the Daily Sentinel,
of the 14th inst. in which l have been most
grossly misrepresented, and ask place in
your excellent paper for this communication.
1t is charged that have " been a0riting let
ters to tie damage and Inconvenience Of my
Didrict.n 1T is affirmed that this
same Mr Jones has recently addressed letters to
tie attorney GeneroI Of tie United States"
representing that the mail contractors are too
9isloyal 10 be truSted-tidt the achOte State IS
Gisloyal, and that the best thing thGt can be
done is to break up the ci0H gopernmeat Of the
State, and tlro,o as back unler a Provisional
G0rernor declare cold the elections, and Of
course the oatds Of erery man, and degin4tfesh
to reconstruct the State"
Every one of these charges are base falls
hoods, and the affirmant, who ever he may
be, land think I have very good idea OF
the gentleman has willfully and knowingly
misrepresented me. 1 have never in all my
life written or addressed a letter directly or
indirectly to the Attorney General OF the
United States have never written or ut
tered single sentence or sentiment in favor
of placing the State under Provisional
Governor, OF against the progress of civil
government in the State. All my acts, wri-
tings, words, and deeds stamp with infamy
the base and false charge, that represented
the whole State as disloyal.
addressed a letter to the Postmaster Gen
clal, through another gentleman at Washing
ton city, which was carefully sealed and
stamped in the presence of witnesses. and
was sent to Asheville to be mailed, but was
broken open without my consent or that of
the person to whom it was addressed. What
think you of such acts as this 2 deem it
proper to state that the gentleman who had
charge of the Post-oflice at Asheville, is not
by any means implicated in this lctter-break-
ing. 1t was heralded all over this section
of country that had written in this same
letter, to the authorities at Washington to
I remove Governor Worth, and appoint Pro
visional Governor-a thing that had never
thought of-indeed, have never uttered a
word derogatory of Governor Worth in any
form, shape or manner whatever.
Inow appeal to the parties who are max
ing themselves so busy in regard to this VIC
lated letter to produce the same with my
signature, and let it be published, verbatim
so that the community may judge for them
selves whether have been writing letters tC
their damage or inconvenience or not Wher
the real contents of this letter become known
as it will be- will submit to the Judgment
of the people.
Whilst in Washington city used my bes
endeavors to get the ''test OATH so modified a
to admit the loyal people of this State to the
revenue and post offices, and so as to become
mail contractors, &C., but my honest effort
met with opposition from quarters where
least expected it. I am still in favor of mod
flying the OATH There are thousands of mel
in the State who have always been loyal, ant
cannot take the oath from the fact that the,
were compelled from circumstances to do act
that bar them as it now stands, but am no
willing to do without mails simply becaus
we cannot get the g test oath removed, cs
pecially when the regulations can be complies
with l am doing all that can to promot
the interests of my constituents, and as t
my ability, it is for the people of this Distric
to Judge, a large majority of whom are loys
and will judge and act for themselves IN
portionef the State is really more loyal than til
lMouRtain District" The people of thi
Mountain District proved the fact of thei
loyalty by eecting A. II. Jones to Congress
who has been loyal all the time, before til
war; during the war, and since the war, an
will work for the best interests of the peopl
with the same devotion and firmness that h
has shown for the interest and maintainanc
of the Union. Talk about ability; the pei
pie of the Mountain District have not W
forgotten that the leaders who brought thei
to ruin claimed to be men of great abilit,
and they will not forget soon, that commo
sense, honesty of purpose, and fidelity to til
Union of their fathers is the best ability wit
which their public servants can be suppliet
They don't want such as violate the la
Of the land by pillaging sealed letters. The
don't want such as copy them, knowing sue
to be the fact. They don't want such as wi
mlsrepr'sent the writers of such violated lie
tiers, nor they will not have them.
We will close by admonishing all sue
that they should remember that they are N,
now living in the days OF the so-cailed Coz
federacy, when such things could be done
certain parties with impunity.
, We believe that breaking sealed an
stamped letter is penitentiary crime in IL
United States -
The public shall have more at the prop
time ALEXANDER H Jones
March 93d 1864