Our city was honored yesterday with another visit from this
man. He is on his return home from a
pilgrimage to the southern part of the State.
His object, we presume to be the re-organization of the Democratic party
on the Vallandigham platform. We believe
George W. Jones to be a traitor from the crown of his head to the sole of his
foot, and that if his letter to Jeff. Davis had not been intercepted, and his
plans frustrated, he would be as closely identified with the South at this
moment as Floyd, Wise, or Pillow. Will
not some of his friends here, who claim loyalty for this man, try and remove
the stench of treason that arises from his infamous letter to Jeff. Davis, and
clings to him like the poisoned shirt of Nessus? – Until that be done, let no
man say there is a drop of loyal blood in the veins of George W. Jones.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, May 16, 1862, p. 1
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