Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-06
FROM THE N. Y. EVENING Posi-.
a correct Hsaeesssss sTs lsrt.

.ration Of Jo6n ddam5 qDHs e9mbHea'
and the matrices far 1t; ./nf3re6foa by
Caisnrl Bur- zUia5 J9m. 03ferpa,iaas
on NarratiVs, BY q Ci!iSen Ne7U-
1crk.
BY John Wood, au,hor eff the faid Hif-
tory.
Irwould b: a departure from ju.tice, and
from that Rria neutrality which we pro-
fefs 10 obferve between the Clintonians and
Burrites, were We to omit to give as full
and particular an account Of This pamphlet,
as we have given Of thoi4 whic; have ap-
peared againit the Vice PRECEDENT. We
have more than once obferved, that the
guilt or innocence q MIR. Burr mutt de-
pand OF the motives which influenced him
TO procure the iuppreiion and that the
complexion OF thole motives mutt depend
principally, if not entirely, on the decla-
rarions OF Wood. Ii the autho: OF the
&" Narrative is TO be believed, Mr.. Burr
is urquef:onably ruined in the opinion OF
great proportion Of his former political
adherenrs if not, the attempt to injure
him in their good opi'i,n, mutt recoIl
with tenlold force on the heads OF his al
iailants. In the pamphlet before US, MIR.
Wood unqGeAionably makes compleat
ard found defence for Mr.. Burr, and there
fore i, muit now turn on the fOPc5io:
weight olevidcnce to be attached to Wool,
Crto the writer Of the Narrative. And
here tie public will judge. whethe P'im2
facis more credit is NOT due 10 him who
appears in his own peli0n before them, than
20 an anonymous writer, who Is known
10 no one, an! 0! courie, accountable 10 no
one. |, mutt NOT, however be forgotten
On tie other fidc, that the editors Of the
Citizen have publicly declared ,hemielves
rclpontible in Court Of law fer what the
pamphlet contains and whether the an
fwcr eiven by Mr.. Burl's friends, that ii
would be inioaerably degrading Tor the
Vice Prehdent to defend 10 controversy
with fuch men, wall be satisfactory we
leave to the public TO dcciie-,Na1 nof,1m
t0a:a5 :azpsssrs !stFi.
In or extracts this evening we have
found it impoEiblc TO abridse much ; we
gave entire ,h-t part Of the Narrative to
which this is an anfwer, and this renders
it necshl;y to prelens the defence almoa
equally pnbrokcn.
On the 10Th of June 1901, entered
into an agreement with Medrs. Barlas and
Ward, Booksellers in New. York, to,writc
Hifory of the United States of AH.e-
RIGA, during the rehabilitation OF PEeii-
dcnr ADAMS" "By our letter OF agree
sners c!aufe was ;nlsItc! at the detire CT
Mr.. Barlas, thar the work ihouid be
iinifhed by the end Of AuguA or SePtem-
Der. l did not ohjef u the clauie at
the infant of fabfcrtbing thc articles, not
doubtirg but Meiirs. B&giaS and Ward
would for their own in;ert!t, allow the
period to be prolonged if necchary. Pre-
yioas TO the commencement OF the work,
I had calculated Vi on my labor, rather as
field oe amuf,ment than that OF laborl.
Gus reiearch it was impofib!e TO have
conceived that the annals ola government
OF a new country. fuch as The Y. States,
for four years, 4hould he snyeloped in
nyRery, cabal, and intrigue, and that all
the public prints lhoaid be a collection OF
iaHehoods fabricated BY the hi.slings Of
party bot | loon diftovcsed, that 10 in
veRisatc the truth from volumes OF newt
papers devoted TO cppof,e :otercas, would
require ieveral years in place of few
months. Before the iiipula,cd period was
expired, I communicated M iensimen's
20 Mr.. Ward, and rcqnelled 7rolonsa-
ton Of the period, to which he appeared
to give his cordial aaens, bot spon CON.
vsriing with Mr.. Basias, they both United
iuppole from the adv.ce OF Bar!as that
the book ihould be fnifhed within the
time p.elcribed, o,herwile that ! would
forfeit the penalty that ! had agreed up-
on in nay letter of the 10TH of June. !.
{" Thus cirsunitarced, was under the
riaIs, I may fay wiihsu either proper ar
rsngement or dre confederation. Ths!e
materials were principally collected from
L.