. . . Ex-Minister, etc., it appears did not fail to call on the
editor of the Democrat, while in this
city, and receive a little of his sympathy.
The Democrat says, that “Jones
spoke of his Ft. Lafayette experience freely, and places the proper estimates
upon the unauthorized and tyrannical acts of the great Mogul of the Department
of State.” Secretary Seward arrested
Jones for complicity with treason. He
wrote a letter to Hon. Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy,
in which he expressed his sympathy with the rebellion, and promised to give the
South all the aid in his power. This
letter fell into the possession of Secretary Seward, and as it was strong
evidence of Jones’ traitorism, he had him arrested and sent to Fort
Lafayette. Had it not been for that
arrest, we firmly believe Jones would have at this day held some position among
the rebels, had he not sooner met his deserts.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, May 6, 1862, p. 1
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