The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-11-23 00:00:00, page 2

it|by Mr. Burl's convenient difpofi#
-lion, and to triumph on our division.
All these things considered, it will
not be futprifing if we should fail to
7 lay before our country the most Full
and fatisfaßory proof of Mn Burr's
negociation ; and although it will not
be deemed probable, undet all the
circumft^nces of the case, that more
t^anprefumptive testimony can be ad
duced, yet we (hall prove substantial.
ly the negociation, and that it was
entered into by Mr. Burr to effect
bis eledion to the Presidential chair.
The following communication
made to ourselves, is written by a
gentleman of unblemished character;
one who is a member of the Rev.
Mr. Abeel's congregation, and who
informs us—and we place the utmost
confidence in his information—that
the idea^ and the language of it are
precifel, those of the Rev. Mr % Abeel
and Dr. Linn. And although its pub
-0 lication is not ftri£lly authorized
bythe Rev.Mr.Abeelend Dr. Linn,
yet the Spirit and the language of it
are emphatically their own. Neither
of those two gentlemen 'will contra
■ did, in public, or in private, the
I faas stated th the communication.
And though the Rev. Mr. Abeel and
L Dr. Linn are pledged to us to main
tain tbofe'faßs; although indeed we
have not had a personal interview
with either of those two gentlemen,
yer they are bound in honor and in
truth to support the veracity of him
.. who has been So obliging as to make
I to us the communication. If it be
t asked why the communicator does
I not avow his name, we answer that
there is no occasion for such an
avowal, since the Rev. Mr. Abeel
[ and Dr. Linn will not, nor cannot
1. contradia the fads it contains. If,
however, contrary to our expeCla
tion, founded on our knowledge of
V the private integrity of those two gem
tiemtn, they Should contradia, or
endeavor to weaken those fads, then
i? the communicator has pledged him
felf to us to support them by affida
vit Let it be remembered that Dr.
r Linn, the Rev. Mr. Abeel, and the
, communicator, reside in this city.
New-York, 7^4 zyb, 1802.
GENTLEMtN,
k " Dr. Linn and the Reverend Mr. Abeel
of this city told me, in a conversation I had
with them,that they believed that Aaron Burr,
Eq had corresponded with federal members
Jof Congress to get himfelf eleded President
of the United States, and that he had agreed
, to come into their measures. Some time as
, ter, I saw Mr. Abeel, and he Said that it was
a mistake that Mr. Burr had carrejprohd with
,federal members of Congress, but that he
r had made a verbal agreement with them, and
that if I wanted an investigation of the busi
ness the perfin was then la town who would
prove the fad" i
"Note, I asked Dr. Linn his resfan for
believing that the correspondence tock place ?
He replied that it Could be proved in a court
of justice, and Mr. Abeel Subjoined that he
would vouch for the truth of it.
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" I called on Mr. Abeel this day and told
him that I was going to make public what
he and br. Linn had communicated to me
refpeaing Mr. Burr. Mr. Beel Said that al
though the agreement which Mr. Burr had
[made with the rederalifts, was not told to him
as a Secret, yet as the gentleman who was
/his authority bad the cbaraaer 0/ Mr. Barr ire
}bis bands, he would not perhaps with his name
to be given up without his content. Mr.
Abeel promised to fee him between this day
j and Monday next," 7*"' 2 8.
“ I called on Mr. Abeel and asked him
whether be had seen the gentleman above re
st , terred to? He answered no, but that he had
considered the fubjea and did not think that
j the person who informed him would contra-
Inia what be had fiid, butthat he was afraid
ft it would produce a duel between him and
Mr. Burr.—l then told him that ! would
. „ make public what he had communicated to
me. Mr. Abeel laid, well ; but added that
it might be attended with disagreeable confe
|lquences."'
Such is the communicatien of our
friend.
It is probable that Mr. Abeel was
TOade acquainted with the negociation
entered into between Mr. Burr and
V, the federal gentleman, by the nego
-1 viator himfelf, for %firmly per
•foaded was Mr. Abeel that Mr. Burr
ihad cordially received the federal
i negociator, and aflented to bis prop
- lofitions, that he authorized the gen
tleman who communicated to us the
labove information, to repeat it to
J Mr. Burr himfelf, and to fay that Mr.
Abeel was his authority for it. The
gentleman did not, however, comma,
nicate the information to Mr. Burr,
, but he very frankly gave it to us for
the use of the writer of the " View."
Accordingly it was introduced into
that wok, which Mr. Burr has read.
N Mr. Abeel and Dr. Linn are the re
fpeHable clergymen mentioned in it,
and they were generally known as
fach. Thus situated, Mr. Burr could
hardly do lets than visit Dr. Linn and
Mr. Abeel on the fubje&. The fol
lowing fa&s are also from Dr. Linn
arid the Reverend Mr. Abeel, and,
like the communication just read, will
not nor cannot be contradicted. As.
ter considerable time had elapfedy
Mr. Burr sent to Dr. Linn a friend,
who asked him to sign a certificate for
Mr. Burr. This certificate Bated
that the information given by Dr.
Linn, to the gentleman who had com
municated it to us for publication in
the ' 'View" was derived from com- 1
mon report. The beared of the cer-;
tificate subjoined, that Mr. Burr wifh-\
ed Dr. Linn to do no more than
simply to certify that he got hisinfor./
mation, concerning the negociation,
from common report. Dr. Linn sent
for Mr. Abeel to consult with him on
the fubjed. Mr. Abeel waited on
Dr. Linn accordingly. Dr. Linn
then, in the presence of the bearer of
the certificate, asked Mr. Abeel
whether he could sign it? Mr. A-1
beel replied no, Dr. Linn, you can.;
not ; the information we gave of Mr.
Burr's negociation was not obtained.
from common report. Dr. Linn then;
laid be could not sign the certificate, 1
and the bearer of it took his leave.
Mr. Burr afterwards wrote a note !
to Dr. Linn, requeuing an interview|
with him at his house alone. When
,the note was received, Dr. Linn againl
sent for Mr.' Abeel to confer with him
concerning the solicited interview.
Mr. Abeel advised Dr. Linn to avoid
a conference with Mr. Burr alone, and
expressed a readiness to accompany'
Dr. Linn, provided Mr. Burr would
receive them together. This was a#
greed upon, and they accordingly
waited on Mr. Burr at his own houfa
where an interview was h^d in the
presence of a gentleman whose name
is to us unknown. Mr. Burr ad,
dressed himfelf to DtaLinn and very
politely enquired wifether the inform
mation Bated in the View, concern
ing his negociation with the fed^ralifts
and said to have come from two re
fpe&able clergymen in this city, was
not derived by them from common re^
port ? The Reverend Mr. Abeel said
no— the information was not derived
from common report Dr. Linn coin
cided with the reverend Mr. Abeel.
A pause ensued.—Mr. Abeel fays,
that he expected Mr. Burr would have
immediately enquired "from whom,
gentlemen, did you receive the in
formation ?" But that no such en
quiry was made; no such question
asked. Mr. Burr manifefted no dis
position to fift the matter so closely :
he enquired no further about it. Mr.
Abeel then observed, that himfelf and
Dr. Linn had given the information
to the gentleman, [who communicat
ed that information to us for publi
cation in the View] & that they were
bound to support his veracity.' They
were forty to fay any thing against
Mr. Burr, &c. Mr. Burr thanked
them for their compliments, and they
retired.
This is a faithful narrative of this
singular interview, and on which we
hope we may be permitted,to offer a
fewremarks. '(To be continued.)
Wafoingtoh-City, 051. 27 —ln.
formation received from Algiers,
as late as the 16th of August,
states, that on the sth of that ?
month two French 74's, a cor
vette, brig of war, under com
mand of a rear-adm. were at Al
giers, having on board General
Hulen, a French agent. On the
next day the agent demanded a
renunciation of al| pecuniary
claims on the French, an admis
sion of the Italian Republic to a
free navigation, the severe pun
ishment of two Algerine captains
who had ill-treated two French
captains, by throwing overboard
Inational dispatches, and flogging
a French captain at Tunis.
He further demanded the res
toration of three Neapolitan vef-
Ifels, with their cargoes and
I crews, captured by Algerine cot-
Ifairs on the coast of France ; and
I declared that France would not
I give a Mediterranean paflport to
i any national vessel whatever—ln
I all these demands the Dey reluc
'tantly acquiesced.
,The French are to have Lecal
-Ile, which they mean to fortify,
and are to enjoy the commercial
'privileges ipecified in the treaty
made in December last, it is fur
ther stated that they demand a
fortified factory at Bona.
I On the 15th of August, the
• French agent failed, in an armed
brig, for Marseilles. The next
day was fixed for the departure
I of the admiral and his fleet, for
I Tunis.
It was apprehended at Algiers that
;the Dey, in order to recover his pop
!ularity, which had been much shaken
; by his submission to the French, would
;feek a rupture with either the Danes,
Swedes, Dutch or Americans.
Nov. I.- —Authentic informa
tion has been received at the feat
of Government that the report
lately circulating stating an in
tention on the part of the officers
commanding certain French fri
gates to land a number of Ne
groes on the coast of South Ca
rolina, is entirely without foun
dation ; and that measures have
been taken to punish the author of
the report ; relying on the most
authentic information, we feel it
our duty farther to state, that
the fc ! ^ order said to have
been issued by the commanding
General of the Militia of that
state, direding in the event of
those negroes being landed as re
ported, that, not any of them
should be made prisoners, but
that they should be indiferimi
nately put to death, or in other
words, inhumanly butchered or
maflacred ; it is also falfe, mali
cious and groundless, there not
having existed the flighted: pre
text for that calumnious report.
r Philadelphia, Nov. 11,
It appears that our ambassador at
the court of St. James's has gone on
a tour to the continent of Europe;
and has not, as we formerly premised,
devolved the duties of the legation on
our ponful at London, as has been
customary, but on a young Scotsman
:of the name of Monroe. It is not
Ithat we luppoie a Scotsman destitute
of capacity or fidelity, that we ecitori
this fad, but when so much clamor
is made in the United States about /■
foreigners, it appears rather inconfifl
eni in the members ofthai party to
make use of Sedfaen or any other
! foreigners. Worthy men are to be|
found in all nations, as well as un
worthy: and it never appeared tons f
an objedion to general Davie of
North Carolina, that he was a Scotfo
man when sent as an ambassador to
France. Nor is it because the cler
gymen lately brought from Scotland
by the Rev. Mr. Mason, are such
that we think it objedionable; it on.
ly appears extraordinary that in a
country so-happy and virtuous as this,7
with so many seminaries of learning,
and so rquch piety, that men could
not be found in America capable of
inftrußing their fellow=citizens in the
principles of the Christian faith. The 3
cohdua of Mr. King in devolving rhe •g
affairs of our legation to a young
Scotsmans, is worthy of regard on oth^ 7
er grounds; forit may be very prob- /
able that Mr. Monroe, the young
gentleman, tho' a Scotfmah, is as/
sincerely devoted to the principles of
republican government, and to the■
support of American liberty, as other
gentlemen from that country whom
we know to be so. The thing ft nev
ertheless flrange, when there was an
accredited agent of our government
on the fpor, with capacity, vigilance,
and possessing the confidence of that L
branch of our government Upon
which diplomatic characters depend.
We mean Mr. Erring our cohful at
Lohdori, There is another point of
view, in which Mr. Kings conduct
is rendered very remarkable by con^ iff
trafl. When the leaders of the in
tended revolution in Ireland, had
agreed to retire to America with their
great monied capitals, and with such &
principles of attachment to republican
government, and splendid talents, as
must have rendered them an acquisi
tion of invaluable estimation, Mn.
King applied to the British court,
and prayed that they might not be
permit ed to come to America. The
delegation of his functions to young "
Monroe of Scotland, contrasted with
this conduct, appears very queftion^
able 4 ; % r ffi^
About ten days since there appear.
ed in one of the tor, prints of New- H
York, a flaming account of an infers l
nal landing, of infernal French ne.'
groes with infernal intentions, from■
on board an infernal French frigate
at Long Bay in N. Carolina—we
published it at the time, convinced in
that it was an infernal dory, contriv.
ed like the object of Dr. Morse's
Ocean maffac re, to affeCtthe Bodora
election—behold the fame papersm
now come out with another lie to unlic
their infernal lie—and tell their rea
ders with canfummate contempt for
their understanding, that it was a
falfe alarm, and only originated ira m
the appearance of one man! '
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION
Pennsylvania contains thirty.five
counties, executive of the city of Phi.
ladelphia, which is usually calculated
upon as the thirty fixih. Out of this ftp
the friends of order have a small ma
jority in three counties. We shall
enumerate the counties alphabetical-,
ly, that the eastern folks may difig.
nate more clearly the weight of theF
state of the union possessing the great.
est whi+e population—the most re
publican constitution—the greatest
flock of public wealth, improvement,
wife and beneficial inflitutiorc — ana r L
the lead proportion of crimes and '
criminals, with the mildest laws of ,1
any state in the union.
Counties of Pennfylvania. l
Adams, Dauphin, Montgomery, ,■
Alleghany, ; Delaware, Northamp- " 1