The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-28

cannot be important. On Monday by nine o.
clock l ihall be in town at my houie in Cedar
ftreet, No. SO, where fhould be glad 10 fee you
An additional rea{on for preferling this is, that
am unwilling to occafen to you trouble.
With eiteem, am fir,
Your obedient fervant,
A. HAMILTON.
To -, Efq.
At nine O'Clock, on Monday, the e5th inf.
1 called on Gen. Hamilton, at his ho,ae in Ce-
dar-treet, to preient the letter No. 4, already
alluded to, and with inftru6tions for verbal
communication, of which the following notes
No. Z, handed me by MIR. Burr, were to be the
balis. The fubitance of which though in terms
as much foftened as r.y infru6tions would per-
NIT, was accordingly communicated to Gen.
Hamilton.
No. VII.
A. d. far from conceiving that rivall,p au-
thoriies latitude not otherwife iuftifable, al
ways feels greater delicacy in fnch cafes, and
would think it meannefs to fpeak of rival but
in terms of refpe6t TO do juftice to his merits ;
been his conduct towards Jay, Adams and Ha-
milton the only three who can be fuppoied
| to have food in that relation to him.
That he has'too much reafon to believe that
in regard to MIR. Hamilton, there has been no
reciprocity for feveral years his name has been
lent to the fupport of bafe flanders. He has re-
yer had the generoGty, the rnagnanimity, or the
candor TO contradict or difavow. A. r. forbears
to particularfe, as it could only tend TO pro.
duce new irritations but having made great
| fscrihces for the fake of harmony, having exer-
cited forbearance till it approached a hurnilia-
ton, he has feen no effect produced by flch
conduct but repetition OF injury. He is obi
ged to conclude, that there is on the part of
Mt. Hamilton, fettled and implacable malevo-
lence that he will never ceafe in his conduct
| toward Mr.. B. to violate thofe courtefes of life,
and that hence he has no alternative bat &c al
nounce thefe things to the world, which, con-
fiftent with MIR. BIS ideas of propriety, can be
done in no other way than that which he has
adopted. He is incapable of revenge, fill lefs is
he capable of initiating the conduct of MIR. Ha-
milton, by committing fecret depredations on
his fame and character but thefe things mutt
have an end.
! Before delivered the written communication
with which was charged, gen. Hamilton faid
| that he had prepared written reply to colonel
Burr's letter of the Gift, which he had left with
Mr.. $50 and wifhed me TO receive aniwered
that the communication had to make him was
predicated upon the idea that he would make
reply to col. Bnrr's letter of the elf inNant,
and that ] had 10 ubderftood him in our CONVEX
fation of the 22d-gereral Hamilton faid that he
believed before ] left him, he had profFered Il
written reply. I obferved that when he an
| fwered verbally, he had offered to put that re-
.tutal in writing, but that if he had now prepar-
ed written reply, would receive it with plea
ture. accordingly called on Mr.. **& on the
fame day, Monday, June rs, between one and
two O'Clock, P. M. and ftated to him the refut
of my recent interview with gen. Hamilton, and
the reference he had made to him.
I fbsr, @la LIZ NJ
8, which follows.
Here No. Y. fthe former. fafemenf.
The letter was unfealed, but i did not read it
in his prefence after Tome conversation rela-
tive to what general Hamilton would fay on the
tuble6t Of the prefent controversy, during which
Mr. ~N% read from paper his ideas on the fub-
ject, he left me for the purpofe of feeling and
con!uiting MIR. Hamilton, taking the paper with
him. In about an hour he called at my houfe,
| i Informed him that had thewn TO col. Burr
the letter he had given me from gen. Hamilton,
| that in his opinion il amounted to nothing more
than the verbal reply, I had already reported,
that it left the bufinefs precifely what it then
was that Mr.. Burr had very explicitly nated
tiie iiiaitier nc mad received and the repdration
he demanded, and that he did not think it pro-
per to be afked now for further explanation.
| Towards the concluiion of the converfation, ]
Informed him that col. Burr required a general
diayowal OF any intention on the part of general
Hamilton IN his various conversations to convey
expreiions derogatory to the honor of Mr.. Burr.
MIR. %T* replied that he believed gen. Hamilton
would have no objections to make fuch decla-
ration, and left me for the purpoie of confulting
him, requefing me to cali in the courle of the
afternoon for an anfwer. / called on him ac-
sordingly about s o'clock he then obferved
that gen. Hamilton declined making f1ch diff
! avoW2l as had fated in our laa conversation
that he, Mr.. ass did not then perceive the whole
force and extent Of it and prefented me with
the following paper, No. 9, which tranlmt-
ted in the evening TO MIR. Burr.
Hare No. III effbe. f5r0ier Patement.
The following day (Tuefday &c Junc) as ear
ly as was convenient, bad an interview with
col. Burr, who informed me that he coniidered
gen. Hamilton's propolition 4 mere evafon, that
evinced defire TO leave the injurious impreilion
which had ariien from the CONGREGATIONS of ge-
neral Hamilton in full force. That when he had
undertaken to invelligate an injury bis honor
had fGaained, X wouid BE- unworthy Of him not
to make that iweitigation complete. lie gave
me further inltm6tions which are fubfantially
contained in the following letter to MIR. ~A* No.
10.
Here No. YfIE. If former Faiemeaf.
IN the evening of che fame day, received
from him the following sDfwer.