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political fflcfflanp.
The Vice-president.
Fr m thc AMERICAN CITIZEN.
PROOFof the Negotiation between a
Federal gentleman, authorifed by the
Leading Federalists at Wethington,
QUr. Burr, to place himfelf in the
v Prudency, at the late tkaion.
" The Minister who, by secret corruption,
invades tire-freedom of election, and the ruffi
an who by open violence destroys that free
domiate embarked in the fame bottom."
'Junius.
Letter Eight.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
[CONTI NUIDe]
'tea
THE extreme folicitude.Qf Mr.
Burr to procure a certificate
from the Reverend Mr. Abeel & Dr.
Linn, stating that they had received
their information concerning his ,e
--gotiation with a federal gentleman
from common report, plainly indi
cates in him a disposition to defend
himfelf against the principal charge
exhibited in the view, in the most
N conclusive manner. That he has not
vindicated himfelf by leflimon,; that
he has not given to the world other &
>^ bmterproof than hisown bare denial
of the negotiation, is solely attribut
able to his incapacity to do more•="* I
The charge is of so serious a nature,
and, from the known chataHer of Mr.
Burr, so probable as to have induced
him to call into a&ion, every power
of his mind to repel it. Accordingly
he availed himfelf of the only alterna.
tive that promised success. _Mr. Burr
bad great reason to believe that the
Reverend Mr. Abeel, if not Dr. Lirin,
bad been informed of the negocia
tion by the negotiator himfelf. Still
he deemed it pojible to obtain from
them a certificate purporting that
common report had informed them of
the negotiation. Even JucA a certifi
cate would have been consoling to
Mr. Burr, and no doubt published
with great triumph. And such a cer
tificate, knowing as he did, the con
ne&ion of Mr, Abeel and Dr. Linn
with the negociator, was the oty one
for which he could ask. Hence those
gloomy refleaions which sealed his
- lips when the certificate was in fad
twice refufed,may be readily account,
ed for. But why did not Mr. Burr
ask, when the Reverend Mr. Abeel
boldly said we did not receive the in
formation from common report, from
whom then did you derive it? If the
monitor within had net proclaimed to
him his guilt, had he not negociated
with federalists to place himfelf in the
Presidency, would he not have said,
with an air of innocent triumph, if you
received not your information from
common retort, from whom was it de
rived? I deny that the information
is true; I defy the world to prove it
so; I challenge investigation of it; I
infill upon it that you had your infor
mation from common report, since
the information has no foundation in
truth. Would not a guiltless man
{accufed of an offence so enormous,
r^ve demanded from whom the two
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Reverend Gentlemen had obtain#
their information ? Mr. Burr, how*
ever, made no such demand ; no such
^"on%e other ted!refufal of
Dr. Linn and the Reverend Mr. A
beel to give the required certificate,
evinces tnat they relied implicitly on
the source of their information ; that
they were in fa& almost as certain that
Mr. Burr had negotiated to place him
felf in the Prejidential chair, as if they
themselves had been the negotiators.
The refufal is not; indeed, conclusive
proof of title negotiation, but it (hews,
in the clearest point of view, that the
Reverend Mr. Abeel and Dr. Linn
had to them fatisfadory cause to be#
lieve that Mr. Burr had cordially re
ceived the negociator and entered
fully into his views.
That the Rev. Mr. Abeel and Dr.
Linn were convinced that Mr. Burr
had negociated with a federal gentle
man, will be still more apparent, when
We state who that gentleman is. We
then declare that the Federal gentle
man who negotiated with Mr. Burr,
and who was authorifed to do so by the
leading federal members of Congress
then assembled at Washington, is Da
vid A. Ogden, F.fquire, Counsellor at
Law. 'Mr. David A. Ogden resides
in this city, [Newyork.} and is pro
ftffioually conneaed wi&^ta.^^^
ilton; we believe they ate copart
ners. They, however, both tranfad
profeffional business in one office.—
The Rev. Mr. Abeel and Dr. Linn
are known to be intimate with Mr.
D. A. Ogden and Gen. Hamilton.
Hence when the two Rev. gentlemen
stated to Mr. Burr that their informa
tion was not derived from common
report, the allusion muff to him have
been vety obvious, and the source of
their information, though never that
We know of by them mentioned, will
not now appear to the public less so.
More than eight months ago we
knew that Mr. Ogden was the nego
ciator ; and it is now stated as an un
deniable truth.
There is reason to believe that the
negotiation with Mr. Burr was firft
planned in this city. This is, howev
er, only a surmise, not very material
in itfelf, but proper to be mentioned.
On the 16th day of December, 1800,
we received information that the elec.
I tors of South Carolina were chosen.
From that day the fuccefe of Mr. Jes.
ferfon and- Mr. Burr was no longer
doubted by either party. The last
resource of the federal party was then
to effea the eledion of Mr, Burr to
the Presidency. Means were imme.
diatcly devised, and we think in this
city, to accomplish that objed. On
the 27th day of December, eleven
days only afer the South Carolina
news was received, Mr. David A.
Ogden engaged a feat in the mail
stage for Philadelphia. It is proba
ble that previous to his going to Phi
ladelphia, he conferred with Mr#
|Burr on the fu bjed of effe&ing his ]
etalon to the Presidency by the efr
forts of the federal ptay, and that
he went to Washington to consult
with the leading federal members of/
Congress on teM
Sieved that Mr. Ogden had no pro-|
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feffional business to tranfad at Wafh
jngton, and itis therefore difficult to
conjedure what induced him, ac that
feat of government, unless to consult
with the federal membeis of Congress
on the projed to negociate with Mr.
Burr the temrs of his ele&ion to the
Presidency. We believe that Mr.
Ogden went to Washington express.
ly for that purpose, and that be pre
viously conferred with Mr. Burr on
the design.
We have stated that Mr. Ogden
left this city in the mail stage for Phi
ladelphia # n the 27th day of Deceits
![ser. The following certificate, which
proves that Mr. Burr and himfelf rode
together in the fame mail, establishes
the fad :
" New York, Saturday, 27th Decem
ber, 1800, one o'clock.
Mail Stage.
Mr. Ogden, i feat to Philadelphia, £ 3 00
Col. Burr, 2 feats to Princeton, j i§ 0
I certyfy that the febove is a true cop,
frem the Stage Books.
MATTHIAS C LYON."
Mr. Burr and Mr. Ogden might
have ridden together in the mail
without preconcert; whether they
didfo or.not every reader will judge
for himfelf. To us this Simple a&
speaks a pertinent and eloquent lan*
guage : it indicates much.
Mr. Ogden did not remaieJong
kt Washington—While there, he
was authorised by the leaders of the
federal party to Negociate with Mr.
Burr, concerning the terms on which
that party proposed to ele& him Presi
dent of the United States. Thus
commissioned, Mr. O^den returned
to this city, early in January, 1801,
had an interview with Mr. Burr, and
fabmitted to him propositions which
Shall bye and bye be explained. To
these propositions Mr. Burr assented.
Immediately after Mr. Ogden's
interview with Mr. Burr, a letter
was written by a leading federalifl,
in this city, to an influential member
of CongreG, at Washington, giving
a full and accurate detail of the nego.
ciation. The following leae^ad
dreffed to a gentleman in this city,
and written atWafhington at the time,
fully explains the one penned by the
leading fcderaliJl juft mentioned.
" Wethington, 29th January, 1801.
It is not true that there is an ine
quality in the vote of South.Carolina
favorable to Mr. Jefferfon, and the
Union, I fear, will have deep cause
to lament it.— The profpe& arc far
le's bright and decisive than could
be wished, which makes it more in.
terefting that the real friends of Mr.
Jefferfon's eledion Should be watch-,
nil against the intrigues which are
in train for the purpose of defeating
it."
„ The following information comes
to me through different channels, in
which implicit confidence may be
Iplaced." ;
Mr. David A. Ogden, of your city
when not long since at Washington, I
I was authorized by some leading menl
I on the federal fide in Congress, to
have a conference with Col. Burr, forl
(the purpose ofaffertaining two things;:
firft, what would be the condud he .
I would ol,ferve,tfelected by the means *
of the federalists, in refpea to certain !
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cardinal pointe of federal policy ? Se
cond, what cooperation and aid he
could and would afford towards pro
curing fucc^fs to his own eledion, if
the attempt should be made.'
Mr. Ogden having made a com.
munication accordingly to Col. Burr,
was answered by him in substance,
that as to the firft point it would not
be proper or expedient to enter into
explanation—trfat the federalifts must
rely upon the Situation in which he
would be placed if railed to the Pre
sidency by their votes, in opposition
to the adverse party. That as to the
second point, the federalifts might
bp assured that New York and Ten
neflee on a second ballot would vote
for him, and that probably New.Jer
fey and one of the Southern states
might be induced to do the fame."
" In a subsequent conference, he
referred to a gentleman who he said
would be entrusted to speak more
.particularly and was to be his confi
dential friend at the feat of Govern,
ment.",
* The material points of this nego
ciatioß, tho not with all the particu
lars mentioned above, have been
communicated in a letter from a high
federal character in your city, and
one who has long had a predominant
controul in his party, to an inffirefr
tial member of Congress."
" Thus is the well known wish of
the people bartered to promote indi.
virtual imereft, and a man elevated
to the great office of state who has
been raised into notice by the well
earned popularity of him he would
supplant."
"This comes to me in a Shape
which renders any communication of
it embarrassing in the extreme, and
requires particularly tha^he name of
the negociator should be a profound
secret; but it appeared to me effen
rial that you should be apprised of it
the better to'enable you to obferve'
the future motions of the partie,." ,
" Means of a very prompt and im*
perative nature must be adopted y.
counteraa the Scheme, fa „„ „.
motel, hint the possibility of some
overtures from the profligacy and def.
peration of the party."
66 Your delegation Should be urged
from different quarters to remain firm,
regardless of temporary appearances
or the opinions ts wavering or timid
minds. The fedeialifts difeover a
concert strongly indicative of some
important objeds." J
By adverting to the date it will be
seen that the above letter was written
immediately after Mr. Ogden's nego
ciation with Mr. Burr, and a letter
had been received at Washington
from a leading federal chara&er in
this city, detailing the terms of that
negociation. It will also be seen
that the letter is of a highly confiden
tial nature, and that considerations of
peculiar delicacy prevented its being
I made public to the world. Nothing
I but the importance of (he fubje&,
and the bold unblushing denial of the
Inegociatioii hy Mr. Burr, could have
:induced & gentleman who wrote
ft, to permit its publication. Nor
was the writer's consent to give it
publicity obtained until a letter wa,
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