Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-08-04
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cnCc OF NLr. Burr anu OF WalCn tHt 10iOR
ing circumstance affords the strongest proof
contained an article which appeared as all
editorial one, AMI which our readers viii
remember was copiedinto the Evening, Post,
accompanied with remark that it was a
precipitate and improper attempt to fore
stall public opinion: to this no reply was
ever made. The writer thus expressed
himself; g while VIZ deebty rfg;yt the
melancholy termination OF this unfortunate
contest, 7ue have also the mast sGiiTuctor4
assurance, that wnen a fair and car did
statement is laid before the public Inc can
duct Of G'ol Burr mil be ja@lfcI by e0erg
dlsinterested and nnbrsjvdiceG man" What
Will be the surprzr OF every Gre when he
hears that the writer Of this Identical pc.
ragraph was no other thau C3h BuJr hin
self; and that the Editor Of the i1orang
Chronicle implicitly. adopted his language
and gave 1t TO the world as his owa? Yes:
we repeat that we have satisfactory cause
to believe that this whole paragraph was IN
the hand ,oriting qflIr- Burr; nay shat he
himself wenl with It TO the oisice of the
Morning Chronicle late at night; when the
Editor was senttor, and Col. Burr peril
naciously insisted upon its insertion. Gould
none of his associates be found tc write q
few friendly lines? Nor one even to bear
them to the press was he SO entirely dest-
tute of all assistance that he was obliged
to become,a one the author and the mesen-
ger OF his own deebregret, his own satis-
factory assurances thut his condact zyould
be justified by every disimereStca aid u1l-
brejudIccd nan Does this look as if
he himself believed what he uttered
fine felt so very conscious OF his own
reciitude; that he had acted with justice
and honor towards Gen. Hamilton; and
that the steps which he had pursued, and
the fatal issue that followed, would admit
OF a perfect justification, why SO anxious
thus to progresses the public in his favor
Yes; Mr.. Burr began TO justify himself
before even an accusation Was made. Does
this look as # all was right within? Does
itnot speak in language plainly TO be un-
derstood, that he a length felt he had act-
ed from motives which would not bear the
hght? Does it not indicate the settled plan
OF hostility ty which II had been governed,
and an apprehension that the scrutinizing
eye Of public censure would pry into the
sec3ot receSsss OF heart 6 capaciops of
mischief" and trace to IT'S true source &he
cause which has produced this national
woe? Why not wait four aud twenty hours
till the written correspondence should ap-
pear? Methinas such would nave been The
hPh ~! al hot hal y
ed with integrity and with upright views.
he would have Suhmitted 10 tic world the
evidence of the transaction, and appealed
with confidence to their Judgment after it
should be correctly informed OF the circum.
stances. This was the course pursued oy
the friends Of Gen. Hamilton; they knew
his character and they were wiling tie
world should Judge of it in tbs instance
from the papers themselves mich passed
between him and Col. Burr. No insidi.
Gus paragraphs were previously published;
no attempts to make ali impression which
might stand in the way of an impartial de-
claratlon of public o'plnion. And the course
thus adopted would have ben still pursu-
ed, had not the oiciousness OF Mr.. Burr,
his TREND AID aiheren1s rendered 1t neces-
sary tor Us to break silence, in order to
counterfeit their cruel insinuations, and
place this affair before the community in i;s
true light.
This we have attempted, and unless
we are extremely mlstak n this duel will
sppear as the result of cool political cacu
lation, and no, At all as the effect of wound.
ed personal feelings. And though iii the
eye of the law, lhlre IS no distinction be-
tween daels fought for one purpose or ano-
Their, and although al are strongly con.