Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-04
,yrossrns N. Y. EVENING PosT.
A VIEW OF THE POLITICAL CONDUCT
OF AARON BURR, ESQ VICE.pRE-
SIDENr OF The u. STATES.
By ibs sutbs- sfs5s" NarrafiVs."
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N was our intention 20 nave given 10 "'"S''
sfthi. psmph'e. by waytf eI,rad and iammary
a. fhnuld n We conveyed TO, cur diitant iesoeIs
who hase'it not IN their power TO Psfenaie IL
fome tSk-able idea az its contents Inc 'mPo,'
lance of the fubiea to the whole community a.
fords u. the beit apology for devo,ing 10 mueh Of
the paper to il, and we prefume 1t. wou'o nave
been gratifying to the majority OF our reaaeTs
20 have feen our aeenun. of it concluded win as
much freedom,as we had begun It. Inc pro-
prie.or. nf,he pamphle, however, Meir'' Den
milton and Cheetham. conceive that TINS manner
of dealing with ie is fubRautially re.rePubllca
ton. and Of eoufc an infringement OF their copy.
right, they therefore bat in terms Of Politeneis
have written note to the editor exPreihve OF
their impreiIions, and requelfing the dheont:nu-
anee of extracts, obierving at the fame time that
" they win net 20 ihackle the prei., and that
they iuppoSe fufieiently Satisfactory review
NAV be given to thepublie unaecomPaned WIN
thofe copious extracts which in tact are the
View i,feaf" No, whining TO provoke = eo;'-
,roveriy with them on point witch Is perhaps
II leaft doubtful, ner diipoled co nJure the iaie
of their book, of which they leem 10 aPprehen-
Eve, we ihall eon6ne ourieves in future {" max
;ne an abridsmen. OF the mon interetting paiiag-
e with as little literal quotation as Potieie.
The pamphlet proceeds to give an &C.
count Of Mr.. Burr's conduct after 1t was
learnt that he and Mr.. Jeferion had an
equal number of votes.
1t charges MIR. Burr with having writ
Ten letter to General Samuel Smith, with
The expreis dehgn of deceiving the Peo-
ole which, contrary, as he fays, to Mr..
Burr's intention, was publihed in the
newfpap.rs at the time it is here called
in plain term. monument OF peril
dy.'-The following is copy -
Ex,,aa of a letter from Cal. Bur- 10 &C.
neral Smith, Of Baltimsrs, dated Ns7U.
York, D.eembt, I6tb, 1901.
"It is highly improbable that i hall
have an equa! number of votes with Mr.
Jefferlon, but if ii mould be the reiult,
every man who knows me, ought to
know tina. would utterly difclaim all
competition. Be aiIured that the federal
party can entertain no with for fuch an
exchange. As to my frierds, they would
.dilhonor my views and infult my feelings
by fafpicion that would fubmis TO be
Instrumental in coun,eraesing the wiihes
uad the expectations of the United States.
And l now conftitute you my proxy 10
dtela,e t6etS /entimeass, 1t the occano"
fha!l require" Gt.)
The writer thinks the obvious declara-
t;on for MIR. Burr to make had he been
fincere, would have been this, that it the
feleraliAs lhould eleet! hin in preference
to Mr.. Iefferfon that be qOoald FgfantJ
-rfgr in favor OF MIR. Je&erfon. But
the pamphlet expressly aderts that Mr..
Burr about the time he wrote the above
letter, "correfponded with the federal
if, on the fabjea their placing him IN
the preferential chair" and that |" ne lett
40 expedient untried to effect his election
TO the proficiency"
i" the following indxb1"6k iaa," lays
the writer, utilities theie aaertions, and
is f'f len, of i.lelf to induce every 6oHsF
man, Of whatever party, to frown upon
and avoid him as an Arn0idt
"Mr. Burr, eubilt IN tbs city ST Neav-
York.. carried on regoeiati0n eUit6 f6e
Heads eftbe Federal Party at Wo,@iast0",
xuitb 0ie4v to bis Election a, Prefdent 9
fbe United States. Il fcy(sn eO@s autbo.
rytd BY them to confer with him on the
Jxbje9, 4ubo ae.o,d~gk dd/6. Mr., Bur-
egs~ted to the broasGfi:ns Of The neg'eiat0r
end referred bin to bis confidential friend
10 eompleat The nrgoeiatios. Mr.. Burr
Hafed tbat 4f1e, the fyf Oote taken in t6e
R.yt of Reprcjtstasives, Nt7o-frk and
7trrDss epsa!a siut into ,tbe FsdfrHi-
ifs!
Eve are authorized to fate, upon the
veracity oftwo grave and respectable der
symrn in this city, that MIR. Burr eontlrrtd
zr;tb p-r/sn lttated BY tbe tsdtra!yes 10
negotiate 4ritb bin The terms ON qubieb fbsy
trsb,td to tk9 bin Prs6aenf sfLbe U. S. l.!
II is added, that Mr.. Burr a0:nteI 10 their
t,vsskian,, and entered fully into their
views !"
On thefc facts Especially mutt depend
the principal arength Of the fingular and
bold attack now made on Mr.. BIS cha
raaer. Could his meet this charge d.
reilly or in a manner materially to weak.
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