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AMHERST.
Col. Charier Taliaferro.
SPOTTStLVAMl A.
members
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Robert Bailev.».'.'Ii....i...«. '*4
Oliver Towles..*
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. J^re^Orleans^ Ma rch 5*
layida^, iheforedhe
Sisfrict “Uourt of the United
Statea/j*4Jus citr^ - came on. the'
trial of col.’ Lewis Kern -on a
cfiar’ge^rhayln^ '‘set 'onfoot a
fpilitary ei|>edition against thfc
Sphhtth^besessions infAhaerica^’
The trial lasted two days, and the
Jwy aftet a retirement 'bf'bftty A
few minutes, returned with a ver
dict of Not: GuUtyo ■The -cause
hSul-been tried about A fortnight!
ago, iiuthe sairieGourt, and last*'
!e4, five days.' .ftdt theijwry could
not agree, ‘and after .having re*
mained out fofc four days thore,
were discharged by the toitrt; &
! a new jury.was called. . The last
S tnal did''tri*. occupy sd jtBUch time
as the former, on account of an
1 agreement between the parties ,t».
> ubpiit theca»se totherjury on tho
.yidence, witboutanyremarkspf
counsel on cither side.” ^Anaccu*.
rate report of /.these «, interesting
[ trials, with thetspeeche? pf coun
sel-on the firsts has -been-, taken,
apd will,,ho. shortly, published by
;Dr. DaVezac. '■f.tfi&s'M-- /P.
it?” •/• >T • - /'«'■
| George (PI Npuetiey, cn Monr
c(aylast twits indicted before the ,
DisUictQpprt, of.Richmond, now
sitting,,a .misdemeanor . at.
cpmmquliw, for procuring mo
ney Cashier offthe.Ba»k
of yijginia,' by.forgednlie^ks, in,
the uapie gf his, latp venerable
uncle ,George Wythe. lie lyas
convicted bn the Lndictment.apd;
his fine assessed,hy the j ury. tg FOQ.
dollars. , ;£he court aretofix the •.
term ofhist unprispheaentj which •
has not yetheen done, j bat wi$ ,bg.,
ascertained wh^.sentfpoe is pr0*s|
As 'V-5 -t »' ■>1 st.ff'.w
: ■ >ru it- Z!v jM#'1* sil}
1 he lasJi London papers state,
that not only the regular rpen in .
all the royal navy yards . are or-’,
dcred tg work double tides, but,
thai fresh gangs pf carpenters are
seat to ail,the merchant’s yards j
and a great exertion wa^ making;
throughout fpe k.lngdgm, jo,equip.
for set* crerr ki»nl of vessel ..cal
culated to.pany troops; and that,
it was expected attempts would
be made pn various and distinct
quarters of France, while the
French lmd so great an army in
Prussia and Poland j and so ma
ny Prussian prisoners in France.
The French , troops which had
passed the . Oder, up to Decem
ber 22 d last,, amounted to 280,
OOO-mejp. . ...,
i!, QnquifGrt
In/titf Argus of therl^'it.V
sts?edp,’anjf,|he fact is now to gy
nt rally: notorious to. be doubted, 1
th*«t ihi chiefj ustice M arshall has
dined with Aaron
. WickhamYsihcb he ajmself so- *
leihnly decided,.1 that .there. was
prdhable^eause to befieyet.jJim
guilty df^fhigh ihisdemtiindr a-’
gainst his country. Thestory 'lias'
’ indeed excited' some surprise,' in'
Richmond, bdt none of those sen
timents of’ lively indignation,
which a stranger, from the coun
try would hhtui'aliy have expect*'
ed. ' ■ y'f- v.d1*"4
. ■ Asto Burr himself, I feel to
wards him the same ‘sentiment, I
feel towards every man charged,
with a crimes—-the wish, that he
may haveafaif and impartial tri-’
al ■, that if _gdiity, he may be pu-.
nished, if innocent, acquitted^
His efforts, to whatever end di
rected,'have-not a;i,yet, been at
' tended wi>^co.nsequencoe, which'
can excite inthebosom ofapatri
otany thing like personal resent
ment. I heard with pleasure that
Wr on his arrival in Richmond,
V readily burnished with the
tbfies necessary to his comfort:
Yughtit a single proof of the
\psity of my countrymen. I
with pleasure, how zealous
ably his counsel had dc
im : I ihought-such ex
>OBorablq to our bar.
counsel should admit
reest communion of
\ nature, and that;
« should be con
art with civility
Vn though they
v, I am not
nit I insist,
•Jd, (God
brbict that the profession of the
lawlshotuhi IjMsxcose^a-ihan, for'
wanting the oplinary.feelings \bf
a cittzen towards the violators of
t! • law. •And trftly my surprize
would have equalled my indig
nation, had not Burr been admit
ted to 'the familiarity of private
friendship, much more to the,,
house ancl table, of any man, but
Mr* Wickham. This gentleman
(if We may listen to the once loud
peal of angry fame, which,still
rumbles, though at a distance)
was once himself regarded as a
sorf ofstateoffender.asanmiidi- f
ous.foe to the liberty ?atul inde-a
pence of the UV States. ?1<»shall
InOt vouch fori' the i troth j df
shocking charger! allude to, nori
discuss* its* probability. I resign i
that task to Mr* Wickham, if he
think; proper * trif dare to encounter
it. v Bat if ithe?true, no wonder
Burr’s 'situaiionshould excite his
sytnpathy., Twill >not 'press - the
subject.TepMri Wickham should
haVe: remembered, * and having
forgotten,- should'be publicly in
structed, that as the people of ■
Virginia hawe> generously- forgi- ]
ven the errors of his i youths (1 I
choose’the mildest plwase, for? -I j
too havejoined in the parclon) he*
should modestly havcxTefratined ]
from recalling to our recollection, j
by entertaining * suspected trai
tor to the union as his guest, a re
port so damnatory to his* own
dame* -.iV
I have never had any, the least
confidence in the political princi
ples of the chief justice. I have
never discovered hr his public I
(far 1 am ignorant of his private)
character, any of that noble can
dor, which his friends have made
the theme of such extravagant
eulogium. I cannot discern in'
him, for my soul, those splendid,
and godlike talents, which many
of all parties ascribe to him : his
book certainly displays nonesuch.
But I have always been inform
ed, and’till now have believed,
that he was a man of excellent
j udgemeut, most ^consummate
prudence, and ol a depbrtment
higHly decorus and dignified. I
took his merits upon trust, and
bountifully gave * him credit for
good qualities he does not pos
sess. ’ * !
Let me inform the conscience
of the chief justice, that the public
do not.view his dining with Burr
as a circumstance so trivial as he
himself may incline to consider
i it. It is impossible to separate
I the judge from the man. We re
gard such conduct as a willful
prostration of the dignity of his
own character, and a wanton in
sult he mi ght have spared his coun
try. How has Burr entitled him
self to be the social companion of
the* chief justice? Is he not still
suspected of the blackest crimes ?
How has he manifested his inno
cence? Has he* even thrown off
that cloak ‘of mystery, which
truth, inndcence'j‘and~virtue were
never known to wear, and in
! which all his words and actions
have been enveloped ? . '■']
What will the’people of Virgi
nia, who yet regard, the name of
John Marshall with a kind of pa
rental fondness, and too faintly;
condemn the fatal errors, or im
pious ambition, that led him to
desert them—what will the peo
ple of the union, who look, up to
the chi-f justice, as the head of
the third co-ordinate branch.of
government; too high to be ambi
tious, and supported against any
fall from dignity by his very ele
vation, (for such is the impracti
ceble theory of our independent
judiciary)—what will they think,
how will they feel, when they;
learn, that the chief justice *ha$
feasted at rite same convivial
board with Aaron Burr ?—with
whom ?—With the very man, of
whom that very chief justice has.
declared, that there is probable
cause to believe him guilty of a
highmisdemcjfiior againstthe U.
States ; at whose tnal the chief
justice is himself to preside; who
is suspected to have plotted'
schemes hostile to the happiness,
th§ liberty and integrity of the u
nion,scheme^ which would have
rendered'the chief justice an ali*f'
| en to his own father ; who is
j charged on the,evidence of a gen
tleman, on whom his country have
bestowed tetany testimonies efts-:
* ■ \ ' ’j ‘ 'J /’ v
teem, I mean Mr. Eatofc—with
having entertained the afconwna- ’’v
ble design,’ or at least imaginatr- ,
«n, of Assassinating the president,1 ?y
dissolving the congress, dWcbing; ' '<
the chief justice hhjjj^f of jhisute- * '
mine, overturning all our sacred
institutions, state and federal, and '
erecting an execrable dcjspbtism ,’7
on tlie ruins of freedom. Whe
ther Burr will be able to Vepcl;
these charges or not, I shall not
pretend to decide; for I do\not *
mean to prejudge him ; but 1 da
say, that the evidence they fest * '
ptfr is sufficient render hli^ai^
hnfit compaOioafejr ihe chief jits- ’>
ECc. s- *,-***■ *s>
| have sear^eaiiiil^in in my \
Wn foind, for sbWelv apology for *
conduct so grossfyfiidecent. Per-? >
haps it may be thqught~that my'
understanding^ riotliiely to be' 4.;*
Very acute orJsiidha^ubjeet; but*
Indeed I have hear4 hq excuse cf- -
fered by any othenperson.
Surely the chief justice ’does •
no| pretend to bp the private ;
friend of Bufir^if so, I bc,g leave
tfi inquire by. what services Burr ,<
haAj&bliteratedr l’ronv his memory ^
that very, veiyfoirriddeed, which
wa$ Called the hiuAler of Hamil- *
By what merits has.he eon-| - .
Ciliated the good will of,nil good •
federalists ? Surely-not by the .
appearance of a rebelilon against %1 *
the .government ? 's *
l Was ,<the chief justice ignoring -|4 7/
that Burr was to be pjf the party, ;*> \
to which Mr. Wickham invited ?
himf ? If so, what/are we to think ’
Of Mr. Wickham’s delicacy to»
wards his.friend ?: If,so, why
did not the judge leave the house
so soon as he discovered^ theYin- •
di^iity imposed upon, him ? If
so let that be assigued as the rea- '
son, and I shad *piore rtjoice to ‘
hear it, than any, of those ayco*
phants, of whom the judge boasts
so numerous a retinue; for Ire
gard his conduct as a disgrace to ■'*
my epuntry, and shall be happy at ‘
any alleviation however •trivial, ' I
But Itake it for. granted the act * ,4
was willfull.
But it maybe said Mr. Wick*; j 'j
ham’s was a ffiend’si house, and '
surely the chief justice *may dine.' '
at a friend’s house, with any per*- -■
eon whom that friend may think ’ !
fit to invite. Indeed ! Suppose 4*
that that “unfortunate gentleman” >
Thomas Logwood, lately con*
signed to the penitentiary, had ,
been bailed, as he might hav^i.V 5'
been, had his friends been as-zea*
lous as Burr’s—and suppose that >
pending the prdsecution, JMfcvEd- j
mund Randolph had thought fit to
give his client an entertainment^ . .
(though I ought to bespeak Mr,, ^
Randolph’s pardon for even sup- £ ‘
posing such a case)—and suppose
Mr. Randolph had invited the
chief justice to be of th? party ; ;
how would -he have felt ? how act- ‘
ed ? Would he have laughed at V
the folly, or burned at the ineo- ' '*
lence, which must have induced >
such an invitation l Yet, where > “■
is the man, so ignorant of the na
ture and consequences of crimes,
as to compare that of Logwood, %
to the misdemeanor, for which .
. the chief justice has declared that .
Burr ought to be tried •, muck ;<
inore to the treason of which he V; •
is suspected ? Or is, it only the ,.
grandeur and sublimity of the ,/
crime, which redeems the charac-.
ter of a criminal and- exalts* him
to a level with a federal judge i -
Has the chief justice forgotte*. ; ,
or neglected the maxim, which is -
in the mouth of every tyro of the ;
law’—that the administration of
justice should not only be pure, but
unsuspected ? I warn him to haveV
it constandyin his remembrance, .
and to beware how he inconside* *
rately betrays motives which may •
expose him to further scrutiny.
I doubt not, this will be deem
ed a very singular publication* ,
The style of it is, indeed, little f >
consonant to that which prevails
too generally throughout this su
perb and courtly metropolis. But
the sentiments, as well as the i
manner in which they are expess- ;t
ed, are suitable to my own tem
per, and sanctioned by my own V
t judgement; and I am not very
! anxious to obtain the approbation
I of those, who approye the con
duct which IhaVe here condemn
ed. ”
A Stranger from the Country, *■