The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-09
FROM THE AURORA.

An article appeared in the Gazette cf Ire
United States of Saturday, that bears very ex-
iraordinary 0l5etT at leaf -whether Il lad its
origin in the ,iiltempercd malignity OF an air.
min or in 4 di!Hoii,on to attract public atten,i-
on and divert it from fome other obiea--or
whether il is founded on any actual knowledge
OF one more fa6swhich may give tome color of
p'auGbity to the fypicion5 which are held forth
under the gulf. of enquries-we lha quote
s'c article and fuhjoin'iuch animadveriions 10
the particular queries as the fubjeGts prefent 10
oar v;sw or them combined with pre-cxieing
fees.
elbow long will It he before we ihal hcGr of
GEL Burr being at the head OF a re-,o!ution Par.
~ on the weifern waters?
els il a fact that Col Barr ba5 tiymel u titan
II engage the adventurous and entcrpriZing
;9ms men from. the Atlantic Gstes 20 come into
LOuiliana"
This obvious Intention ofthefe two auctions
is TO nculcl;e Il belief that Col. Burr has formed
E,me biau o5rez,oluti0n in the weitern country
AID that he has By agents FOR the purpofe held
ont Temptations TO enterpriing young men.
Whatever may the aiL,oftiou of COL Burr TO
purfue fuch a courie If ii qvere in bis po4rer,
we apprehend, that the obief, is much too
mighty for his efforts, and thai the material5
by which it is infnu,ted, that he propofes 20
efeEt his reqoimion, are neither OF the kind nor
III iN' iiOI EeODfI ana
circumstances of the country admit of the az
complement ri any iuch proiecs. We
believe that iheie two queftons are merely ina
.-in2r9 or calculated, ty holding forth f>ne
great Object, to dirctt the attentionto leGer
is it one of the inducements th1tanin1medi-
ate conzlntion will be called from the Rates Dor
dering on the Ohio, and Mifiaippi, to form
feparate government %
This dueitiou is nIj;rd becauGe wholly I'M
y. - = r "a
b,lr fpifit, that Inc people on the Ob;o and Mr.
ENtbi are rot attached to tie eenfcderntio1-
II IS conceived in peridicus and tratorous
fr-it correiponfpondiug in qerg re-
marGabie manner gpitb the fpir;t of
95ist ruhlihed during the agitation OF the Lou
imfo?Up and fraud di!piaved in A Pam
ifana 9nej7ion pretending TO be written by a
F,qNtb connieiior ofRafe--we hould NOT he fur
pr'ied . end in the author of that torgery the
author of tie prelcnt .Gmnd.
Is Il another, that ali tie onbiir EanT5 IRE to
Re fcized and par'i''o7cd among tholc yqates,
,xcrnt what is ,cf.,z,ei for the vyarike trends
ahi followers Of BY,, in the rev ,lutioa /?
80 IS it part ofthe plan for the ne'v fsates to
Tr1at thefe andGic bovU!irJ to cnticc inhabitan;i
from HE Atlantic ffatcs %
F,yf, qGsfiors ~. conceived In IT euun,iy
Gctc9abe fi,irit, bcc1ulc .tcy anu:ne under col
o. o. enquiries, facts, which would necenariIy
i true produce eitH 7var, ard 10 that view
how tx Gazette of the Uai;ed States can iuni-
~ Us isAiion, we cannot conceive. The lands
II tn pabc are mdii>Habie but by the aufloyi-
~ 2f7 iG7v Of conereE; the idea Of FORTHCOMING
theit lando, The public property, carries with il
therefore idea of iqipreaioH. which it j..
n'ure ieiurah'e to believe TIE qcrifer is Hsiyonf
@Hsmotiag tan a6na;ed by any other motive
How ioon will the fort aad magazine, &
al The military potts at New-Orleans and ON
the MifiTippi he in the hands Of Col. Bnrr's re-
NOIilOn party.
This gueGiou Is in The fame fp;rit as The pre-
ceiing---and goes To irnpeach the bo1or, bifegri.
", Glsiitg, aad loyalty Of thS officers and other
citizens who Cupy the military potts at New
Orleans and the SiifIifTippi.
Iipw foor will Col. Burr engage IN the re-
tuctooof MEXICO, Ivy granting 66>rfy 20 itsinha-
H'ants, and feiZing OIL it's treahres, aided b.
Dniih l,ips df3 forces ("
Ghis queGion is only calculated 20 tyrof,' the
extravqanc' Of the writer, and how hgfh ofan
H'qe..i,ag G,ir', 1nimates him--a ivan who felt
me love OF he country--a nan who entertained
ozark ofrerercua niaerauimi.y aud patriotifn.
+ man in ~. 'caa aciu7tsd by the love OF virtue
NJ liberty, w5"id never have uttered leuii-
ments Ese .Acfs, which, however much con-
.sro' aat ah"cy-cpce for the author thy way
,acie IN SIC U. safes, are % fucN nalVre As